Dana White Reveals UFC 307 Fight Card, Alex Pereira To Defend Title Against Surprising Opponent

The world of MMA has its eyes peeled on the upcoming UFC 305 down under in Perth, Australia as Dricus Du Plessis will be defending his Middleweight Championship against Israel Adesanya on Saturday. 

However, ahead of the pay-per-view, UFC CEO Dana White has announced the fight card for UFC 307 set to be held at the Delta Center in the Salt Lake City of Utah. And as it turns out, Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira will be headlining the UFC 307 as he will make his third title defence of the year. 

Alex Pereira headlines UFC 307 against surprising opponent 

UFC CEO Dana White took to his social media to announce the fight card for UFC 307 and confirmed that the main event will once again feature Alex Poatan Pereira. 

Alex Pereira has already made two title defences this year knocking out both Jamahal Hill and Jiří Procházka. Dana White has once again turned to one of his most consistent stars to headline another main event. 

As it turns out Alex Pereira is surprisingly going to defend his Light Heavyweight belt against Khalil Rountree at UFC 307. Khalil Rountree was on a five fight win streak including four knockouts before he was suspended for a failed drug test. 

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But once the suspension was lifted, Khalil has been rewarded with a title fight. This does come as a surprise because he surely wasn't the first choice. 

UFC 307 Fights Announced 

While, Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree will face each other in the main event at UFC 307, Dana White also confirmed that the co-main event will witness Raquel Pennington will defend the women’s bantamweight title against Julianna Peña. 

Here are all the fights announced for UFC 307,

• Alex Pereira vs Khalil Rountree (main)
• Raquel Pennington vs Julianna Peña (co-main)
• Ketlen Vieira vs Kayla Harrison
• Movsar Evloev vs Aljamain Sterling
• Jose Aldo vs Mario Bautista
• Roman Dolidze vs Kevin Holland
• Stephen Thompson vs Joaquin Buckley

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The UFC 307 will take place at Delta Center in Utah on October 5th, 2024.