T-Cell Heart in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri will host UFC Battle Evening 257 April 26. The occasion is headlined by a lightweight heavyweight conflict between former champion Jamahal Hill and former title challenger Kalil Rountree Jr.,the struggle promotion introduced on Wednesday.
Hill (12-3, 1 NC) is coming off back-to-back loses for the primary time in his profession. He was knocked out by champion Alex Pereira at UFC 300 and was stopped by former titleholder Jiri Prochazka in his final outing at UFC 311 in January. He is ranked No. 4 within the 205-pound weight class.
Rountree Jr. (13-6, 1 NC) had a five-fight win streak snapped in his final outing at UFC 307 in October. He confronted Pereira and gave the champion one in all his hardest fights however was completed by TKO late within the fourth body. Rountree Jr. is ranked No. 7 and to climb a bit of additional up the rankings with a win.
The struggle card’s co-main occasion options veteran former title challenger Anthony Smith and rising Chinese language knockout artist Zhang Mingyang. The bout, which can mark Smith’s sixtieth skilled struggle, is probably going the final for “Lionheart.”
The occasion will mark the struggle promotion’s third journey to Kansas Metropolis and the primary time the octagon has been there since April 2023.
