Khalil Rountree Jr.'s plan appeared to be working for a while at UFC 307, until Alex Pereira did what he usually does.
The result: a fourth-round KO and further evidence that Pereira is a terrifying individual, not to mention still the UFC light heavyweight champ. It was over when a Pereira combination left Rountree bent over, but the blood was flying long before that. The Delta Center crowd watched him break a man down.
The damage was bad enough that Rountree had to pause his postfight interview because his nose started bleeding again.