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MMA Fighting has UFC 307 results for the Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. fight card, live blogs of the main card, and more from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday night.

In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira puts his belt on the line against Khalil Rountree Jr. Pereira, who has won four fights in a row, makes his third title defense. Rountree Jr. has won five straight fights.

UFC bantamweight champion Raquel Pennington puts her belt on the line against former UFC champion Julianna Peña in the co-main event.

Check out UFC 307 results below.

Main Card (ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET)

Alex Pereira vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.

Raquel Pennington vs. Julianna Peña

Jose Aldo vs. Mario Bautista

Roman Dolidze vs. Kevin Holland

Ketlen Vieira vs. Kayla Harrison

Preliminary Card (ESPNEWS/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)

Stephen Thompson vs. Joaquin Buckley

Marina Rodriguez vs. Iasmin Lucindo

Cesar Almeida vs. Ihor Potieria

Austin Hubbard vs. Alexander Hernandez

Early Prelims (ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET)

Ryan Spann vs. Ovince Saint Preux

Carla Esparza vs. Tecia Pennington

Court McGee vs. Tim Means

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Charles Oliveira and Diego Lopes are confident that fellow Brazilian star Alex Pereira leaves Salt Lake City as UFC light heavyweight champion at UFC 307, but disagree about his future with the company.

Oliveira, a former UFC lightweight champion, likes “Poatan” going back to middleweight or pursuing a historic feat, while Lopes approves a heavyweight showdown against the man currently holding interim gold, Tom Aspinall.

“A fight that would be really interesting for everybody would be against Aspinall because that way [Pereira] wouldn’t have to stress his body going down as much in weight for 185,” Lopes said in an interview with MMA Fighting. “He would be fighting at his natural weight, basically, with no weight cut. I think the Aspinall fight would interest people the most.”

“I think it would be insane to win three belts,” Oliveira told MMA Fighting. “‘Poatan’ is a big guy so he would be gigantic [at heavyweight], too. I guess he has to think what’s best for him. Can he make weight [at 185] and feel good going back down again? That would be good for him, and I think he would definitely wins [against Dricus Du Plessis]. If he goes up that would be great, because then he would have three belts, but whatever his team decides, his coach Plinio [Cruz] is good.”

Pereira enters his third defense of the UFC light heavyweight belt in 2024 against Rountree after knocking out Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka with ease at UFC 300 and UFC 303 respectively. The decision to award Rountree a shot at UFC gold was a surprise to many, including Oliveira, but Lopes believes that makes him a dangerous opponent.

“It’s a very interesting fight,” Lopes said. “It’s something that has happened quite often in the UFC lately, someone down the rankings fighting for the belt — or facing a top-ranked fighter. And you know, when people from the bottom get an opportunity like that, they come in hungry. I think that’s how Khalil comes in this fight. But ‘Poatan’ has looked unstoppable, right? It’s going to be an interesting fight because it’s 100 percent striking. Khalil has never shot for a takedown in his career, and ‘Poatan’ has takedowns although he’s a natural striker. It’s a very interesting fight, and I think ‘Poatan’ wins.”

Oliveira was “very surprised” by the match-up, and sees Rountree as “a dangerous guy with great power in his hand” against the former two-division GLORY kickboxing champion.

“Not taking away anything from anyone or thinking ‘Poatan’ is a superhero,” Oliveira said. “But I think ‘Poatan’ has a good chance knocking out any striker that fights him. He’s just too calm, too precise, too relaxed, to hit at the right time. I think that’s another person he will knock out to defend this belt. It’s hard for any striker to knock out ‘Poatan’ because he’s too calm and relaxed. He waits for the right moment to attack — and when he connects, his hands hit hard.”

As Pereira prepares to face Rountree at UFC 307, Lopes will serve as the backup fighter at the following pay-per-view later this month, ready to step in as a replacement for champion Ilia Topuria or Max Holloway at UFC 307 on Oct. 25. Meanwhile, “Do Bronx” Oliveira gears up in camp for a UFC 309 rematch with Michael Chandler, scheduled for Nov. 16 in New York.

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Kevin Holland and Joaquin Buckley haven’t seen eye-to-eye since their meeting all the way back in 2010, but the two fan favorites have seemingly buried the hatchet ahead of their respective fights this weekend at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Back in 2010, Holland and Buckley met under the bright lights of the Octagon. Holland ended up delivering a third-round TKO finish, but it was Buckley’s official UFC debut. Both fighters have grown significantly since then, but they still hold a bit of a grudge. Holland even said earlier this week that he intended to stay away from UFC 307’s fighter hotel in effort to avoid the “annoying” Buckley.

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Fortunately, cooler heads have prevailed. On Friday, Holland and Buckley ran into each other in the hotel lobby before UFC 307’s official weigh ins (results HERE). The two fighters were separated by an entire hotel floor, but they still engaged in some fight talk. To much surprise, the two contenders seemed to end their beef and even plotted on how Buckley would defeat Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson this weekend at UFC 307.

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“I think I’m shooting in the first 10 seconds,” said Buckley. “I’m pulling a Khamzat, what Khamzat did to you. On my momma we about to touch hands (and I’m shooting.)”

“You gotta do an ankle pick, if you don’t do an ankle pick it ain’t gonna work. I’m telling you,” responded Holland.

What do you think, fight fans? Is the bad blood over? Will Holland’s advice help Buckley this weekend at UFC 307?

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Iasmin Lucindo has the chance break Jon Jones’ record as the youngest UFC champion in history, but she’s not treating that as a career goal.

Lucindo has won three in a row in the UFC, defeating veteran Karolina Kowalkiewicz in her most recent appearance this past May, and now faces top-ranked Marina Rodriguez at UFC 307 on Saturday night. Lucindo would need to clinch the UFC strawweight belt by Sept. 5, 2025, to break Jones’ record (23 years 242 days).

“[The title shot] might come [in 2025], but I was hurried before in my life to make things happen, so now I just want to live the moment,” Lucindo said in an interview with MMA Fighting. “I want to take things slow and enjoy the moment. I’m in no rush, but I want to show my work and evolution. The more fights I have before the belt, the more experienced I will be. No rush. If it comes next year, great. If it comes in three years, it’s great as well.”

Lucindo, who turns 23 in January, started fighting professional at age 14 after taking martial arts classes to defend her mother and aunts from domestic violence. Lucindo says that breaking Jones’ record would be “awesome,” but learns from mistakes made by others who have tried that in the past and failed.

“I see the new generation on a rush to make things happen, and the more you rush things up, the longer it takes,” Lucindo said. “We have to respect the process. If it’s meant to happen, it will. I’m here. I’m respecting the process and evolving. but if it’s not meant to be, we have other records to break [laughs].”

“Also, I’m rooting for Virna to be the next champion,” she continued, referring to training partner Virna Jandiroba, who faces Tatiana Suarez at UFC 310 on Dec. 7. “We joke that I’ll get there when she retires. I hope Virna becomes champion because she deserves a lot. Before we started training together, she showed me it was possible, so I really want her to become champion.”

Lucindo sees the Rodriguez match-up as “a great opportunity” to prove herself against one of the best strikers in the division, and admits “I didn’t expect that opportunity” sitting so low in the rankings.

“I’m a striker, and every striker likes to battle, and you’re definitely getting 15 minutes of war,” Lucindo said. “I love challenges like this. Marina and I, that’s going to be a very technical fight. She will get the best out of me, because she’s a top striker. I believe I can [knock her out] but we have to be careful because we’re dealing with a striker and we don’t waste opportunities. I believe I have a good strategy to get that knockout.”

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