"This was horrible" - Fans react to close-up slow-mo video of Alex Pereira's infamous left jab sending blood spraying from Khalil Rountree Jr.'s face

Fans react to a horrific jab Pereira landed on Rountree Jr. [Image courtesy: @UFC on Instagram and @homieblogger on X]
Fans react to a horrific jab Pereira landed on Rountree Jr. [Image courtesy: @UFC on Instagram]

The main event between Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 307 saw the two men battle it out for the UFC light heavyweight championship. Ultimately, 'Poatan' ended up securing the win via TKO in the fourth round.

Pereira's sharp jab was arguably his most effective tool on the night, and he used it to batter Rountree Jr.'s face. By the time the fourth round came along, Rountree Jr. had suffered some serious cuts to his face.

In the finishing sequence, Pereira launched a series of attacks on the American. One of his jabs caused Rountree Jr.'s face to spray blood. X user @homieblogger shared slo-mo footage of the jab, prompting a number of reactions from fans.

Check out the post here:

Users added comments like:

"This was horrible"
"I was waiting for Khalil's team to throw the white flag"
"Khalil is a beast. Gained a hoard of new fans after this fight."

More fan reactions can be seen below:

SS of fan reactions on @homieblogger's post
SS of fan reactions on @homieblogger's post

For their efforts, 'Poatan' and 'The War Horse' took home 'Fight of the Night' honors, and Rountree Jr.'s performance had many claiming this was the most impressive anyone has ever looked against Pereira at light heavyweight.


Chael Sonnen praises Alex Pereira's consistency

Following the events of UFC 307, Chael Sonnen spoke on the rise of Alex Pereira on his YouTube Channel. Sonnen praised 'Poatan's' recent activity and even went on to say that "we have never seen anything like it."

He further went on to emphasise Pereira's willingness to fight, and compared the light heavyweight king's situation to those of Conor McGregor and Jon Jones, who are, arguably, the biggest stars in the sport.

He said:

You can’t get these guys to make the walk. You can’t get Conor [McGregor] to make the walk. Jon [Jones] will go and sit out for three years, come back for one, sit another year and a half. You can’t get guys with money to wanna got to work. That’s all this guy wants to do, and he wants to do it against the absolute hardest guys that put him in the most danger most jeopardy. It’s really interesting, we’ve never seen anything quite like it.”

Check out Chael Sonnen comments on Alex Pereira (9:44):

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