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Alex Pereira, Raquel Pennington to defend titles at UFC 307
Two title fights are set to headline UFC 307 on Oct. 5, UFC CEO Dana White introduced Friday.
Mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will search his third protection this yr when he faces Khalil Rountree Jr. in the primary occasion at UFC 307 contained in the Delta Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis.
A girls’s bantamweight title struggle between champion Raquel Pennington and Julianna Peña will co-headline.
Pereira (11-2), of Brazil, is placing collectively a monster yr. He has already knocked out two former champions this yr, at UFC 300 and UFC 303, and teased a possible transfer to heavyweight sooner or later.
He’ll face a fellow kickboxer in Rountree (19-5), who has not fought in 2024 however is coming off a devastating knockout win over Anthony Smith in December.
Pennington (16-8) will look to increase her six-fight profitable streak in opposition to Peña (10-5), a former champion who has not fought since she surrendered the title in a right away rematch in opposition to Amanda Nunes in July 2022. Peña received the belt in a stunning upset of Nunes in 2021 however suffered a lopsided defeat within the extremely anticipated rematch.
The cardboard additionally options former PFL light-weight champion Kayla Harrison in a bout in opposition to Ketlen Vieira. Harrison will nearly definitely face the winner of the co-main occasion in a future title shot if she will get previous Vieira.
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