Khalil Rountree left UFC 307 with some ugly battle scars.
Rountree was badly crushed in his try and take the UFC gentle heavyweight title from Alex Pereira this previous Saturday in the principle occasion of the cardboard in Salt Lake Metropolis. It was a Combat of the Evening profitable contest the place each fighters dished out injury, however sadly for Rountree, he took most of it.
Other than the common bumps and bruises that include most fights within the UFC, Rountree revealed he suffered a deviated septum, and already went by way of a painful process to handle it.
“I don’t know what punch, however I do know that final uppercut earlier than the physique pictures undoubtedly landed on my nostril, however I already had felt some ache in my head,” Rountree advised Kevin Iole. “It may’ve been from that, however after we obtained the scans and every thing the evening of the battle, yeah, the medical doctors noticed that there was some slight fracturing and a severely deviated septum, so we went proper forward and corrected that as quickly as I obtained residence.
“Undoubtedly probably the most uncomfortable, painful process I’ve ever had final evening. It was the toughest sleep. My mouth is continually dry and only a fixed headache. Inside my nostril, my nasal cavities proper now are simply filled with sponges and splints. It’s very, very uncomfortable.”
Rountree (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) impressed many at UFC 307, as he fared effectively in opposition to Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC). He was up on all three judges’ scorecards previous to getting stopped within the fourth spherical. The 2 additionally placed on among the best UFC title fights of 2024.
For Rountree, there’s no second-guessing his profession following the injury he sustained at UFC 307. It was all price it.
“Each scar that I’ve, each bump, it’s all price it,” Rountree stated. “For me to have labored this difficult to get to the purpose of combating Alex in a principal occasion for a title, every thing that got here with it was completely price it. I wouldn’t change one factor.”
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