The UFC will probably be returning to Kansas Metropolis on April 26 and the promotion introduced the primary few fights together with Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree.
The Struggle Night time card will probably be headlined by the sunshine heavyweight bout between Hill and Rountree. It’s a vital struggle for each males as they need to stay within the title dialog.
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Jamahal Hill (12-3 and one NC) is coming off back-to-back losses as he was knocked out by Jiri Prochazka final trip. Earlier than that, Hill was knocked out by Alex Pereira in his return for the belt. Hill is the previous UFC mild heavyweight champion however he vacated the belt earlier than he had the possibility to defend it as a result of an harm. He has notable wins over Glover Teixeira, Jimmy Crute, Johnny Walker, and Thiago Santos amongst others.
Khalil Rountree (13-6 and one NC) is coming off a TKO loss to Alex Pereira for the sunshine heavyweight title and can now tackle Jamahal Hill. To get the title shot, Rountree was on a five-fight profitable streak. He beat Anthony Smith, Chris Daukaus, Dustin Jacoby, Karl Roberson, and Modesats Bukauskas.
The co-main occasion of UFC Kansas Metropolis will probably be one other mild heavyweight bout as Anthony Smith takes on Zhang Mingyang. Smith will struggle for probably the final time as he’s driving a two-fight dropping streak and coming off a knockout loss to Dominick Reyes. Mingyang, in the meantime, is 2-0 within the UFC with each wins by knockout.
The featured struggle at UFC Kansas Metropolis is a featherweight banger as Giga Chikadze will look to snap his dropping streak towards David Onama.
