Khalil Rountree Jr’s coach John Wooden expects a violent battle for his scholar in opposition to Jiri Prochazka at UFC 320.
Tonight, Khalil Rountree Jr will go face to face with Jiri Prochazka. If he’s in a position to decide up the win, and accomplish that in a decisive method, there’s a good chance that he’ll earn a shot at both Magomed Ankalaev or Alex Pereira for the UFC mild heavyweight championship.
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Throughout the previous few years, Rountree Jr has actually confirmed himself to be an elite mild heavyweight – and he hopes to maintain that pattern going. Prochazka is an extremely troublesome opponent to face as we all know, having confirmed that throughout his 5-2 UFC document together with his solely defeats coming in opposition to Alex Pereira.
In a current interview, the aforementioned John Wooden gave his ideas on Rountree Jr vs Prochazka.
Wooden’s view on Rountree Jr’s battle with Prochazka
“It’s a double-edged sword if you battle like that,” Wooden informed MMA Combating. “You’re going to win numerous fights due to that model, however you’re additionally going to lose fights due to that model. I believe this can be a phenomenal matchup for us. I believe it’s going to be an amazing battle.
“As a fan, it’s nice, however as a coach, I adore it. You’ve received a loopy bizarre man with that loopy bizarre stuff and it does open you up, and I believe it actually does play into our profit.”
“I believe it’s going to be violent, bloody,” Wooden stated. “Nothing in my bones tells me it’s going three rounds. There’s no thought course of, no world the place I’m going ‘I believe it’s going to go to a call.’ If it does, they’re going to be very broken. There’s going to be eyeballs falling out, ears falling off, kind of battle.”
Quotes through MMA Combating