UFC 307 LIVE: Alex Pereira knocks out Khalil Rountree in brutal main event

Round one

Holland chops the wood to start and connects with a three inside low kicks. He then catches a Dolidze leg kick and looks to use that leverage to connect with an overhand, but the Georgian slips.

‘Trailblazer’ is throwing big shots but Dolidze evades and gets the single-leg takedown. Holland then goes for an armbar but seems to fracture his rib in doing so, allowing Dolidze to get into full mount and rain down bombs for the remainder of the round.

Like an absolute warrior, Holland continues to move and protect himself to survive the barrage of strikes being unloaded him, making it the buzzer. But as he goes to the stool, his corner make the decision to call fight due to the injury sustained.

Roman Dolidze def. Kevin Holland via first round TKO (rib injury, 5:00)

Round three

Sharp inside low kick hurts Vieira early in the third, backing her up against the fence where Harrison shoots for the double leg.

Harrison becoming a little but flustered as she lunges with an overhand to avail. She hasn’t been particularly efficiant when it comes to getting her opponent to the ground - but with three minutes of the round to go, she does just that.

Then comes the ground and pound. Brutal elbows across the forehead of Vieira, who is trying to throw up a triangle in defence. Harrison gets into full mount and is raining down shots for the final minute. Compete dominance to see out the fight as we go to the scorecards...

Kayla Harrison def. Ketlen Vieira via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Maybe not the uber domiant performance many were expecting, but a convincing win regardless against the division’s number two ranked fighter. Title shot seems inevitable.

Round two

Harrison goes for that same left overhand to single leg combination to dry and get Vieira back on that mat, she connects with the left but Vieira evades the takedown.

Kayla lands a stiff low kick before getting Vieira up against the fence. Ketlen then lands a big elbow of her own to form a massive welt on the head of Harrison - the most significant strike of the round.

A third round is required. It will be really interesting to see how Kayla’s cardio holds up for these next five minutes, especially given the infamous altitude.

Round one

Harrison opens with a left hand connection and spends first minute at a distance. Shoots for a takedown and while Vieira defends it well, she ends up against the fence. Vieira doing well to defend the body lock but this is where Kayla is comfortable.

Luckily for Vieira, Goddard separates the pair. But it doesn’t take long before Harrison stuns her opponent with a left before this time getting her to the ground. Massive elbow as Harrison gets into full mount, but she runs out of time in the first and Vieira survives.

Alex Pereira returns to the Octagon eager to keep his stock sky-high as he puts his light heavyweight championship on the line against Khalil Rountree in the main event of UFC 307.

In the co-main event, Raquel Pennington defends her bantamweight title for the first time since winning the belt at UFC 297, pitted against former champ Julianna Pena who will be hellbent on reclaiming the throne.

Elsewhere on the main card, Jose Aldo takes on Mario Bautista in his second fight since returning from a short-lived retirement - but first up, it’s the rapidly rising Kayla Harrison, who looks to continue her collision course towards UFC gold up against Ketlen Vieira.

Joaquin Buckley wants former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman next, believing he needs just one more big win before he’s ready for the title shot.

“Usman, get your ass out here now,” he said in his post-fight interview after securing a brutal knockout win over Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson.

“Everybody wants to see that fight. I’m going put up my 5-0 record up against your 3-0 losses.

“Let’s get it, let’s see who’s gonna win.”

Round three

Buckley explodes on Thompson early on, pushing forward fearlessly with intent of bombs on the skull of Wonderboy.

Big head kick from Wonderboy connects after surviving the inital flurry, then BANG! Buckley knocks the LIGHTS out of Wonderboy with a nuclear warhead, landing a massive lunging right to make it five from five for ‘New Mansa’!

Joaquin Buckley def. Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson via third round knockout (overhand right, 2:17)

Buckley could have easily been 2-0 down going into the third - he went in wanting a finish and he got just that. Another highlight reel KO to add to the collection.

Round two

Big spinning wheel kick from Wonderboy gets slipped by Buckley, who follows up with a shot that gets the attention of his opponent.

Wonderboy is being pushed up against the cage but is landing significant elbows in the clinch. Nice combination on the break coming away from the fence.

Buckley responds by waiting for Wonderboy to finish his combination before swinging himself, connecting with a nice right. Buckley then lands a flurry of punches and gets a takedown, but Wonderboy gets right back to his feet.

Brief stoppage as Buckley connects with an inadvertant (and debatable) low blow. Thompson looks to keep him at range for the final minute and slips a last-second flying overhand from Buckley as the buzzer sounds.

Round one

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Buckley shoots early and lands a MASSIVE double leg takedown, slamming Wonderboy to the mat, but Thompson is able to get out of it relatively quickly.

Wonderboy then connects with a shot that looks to have rocked Buckley, but that doesn’t put him off. Buckley is constantly pushing forward on Wonderboy, clipping him with two powerful headkicks.

Buckley goes for the level change, looking for the single leg and gets Wonderboy up against the cage.