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In the third episode of UFC 307 Embedded, Kayla Harrison shows off her striking, Khalil Rountree Jr. goes for a run, Julianna Pena is surprised at the airport, and more.

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UFC 307 takes place this Saturday in Salt Lake City, headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree Jr, and also featuring a women’s bantamweight title fight between Raquel Pennington and Julianna Peña. On top of that, there are 10 other big fights so No Bets Barred is back to break it all down.

This week, host Jed Meshew takes a deep dive on all 12 fights at UFC 307 and his favorite bets for each. Topics discussed include Rountree’s chances at pulling off the upset, Peña’s quest to become the most improbably two-time UFC champion ever, Jose Aldo being the GOAT, and plenty more.

Tune in for episode 102 of No Bets Barred.

New episodes of the No Bets Barred podcast drop every Wednesday and are available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you find your favorite podcasts. The latest episode can be heard below.

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Khalil Rountree Jr. competes in his first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) main at UFC 307 this weekend (Sat., Oct. 5, 2024) as he tries to slay Light Heavyweight champion Alex Pereira from inside Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Pereira brought in former UFC Middleweight champion Sean Strickland for his training camp to help prepare for Rountree Jr. At UFC 307 media day (watch here), Rountree Jr. was asked about Pereira’s decision to bring in someone he had past beef with, and he revealed that Strickland actually apologized for their problems in the past.

“Yeah. I mean, I saw it, and I was, like, cool,” Rountree Jr. told the media. “Honestly, the last interaction that I had with Sean Strickland was at the UFC P.I. It was literally the day after Dan Ige stepped in for that fight on like three hours, four hours notice, or something like that… Out of the blue, Sean Strickland came up to me. He approached me, and he just said, like, ‘Khalil, I apologize, I’m a dumbass. I actually kind of like you. I think you’re liberal, but, you know, but overall, I like you, or I respect you,’ something along those lines.

“So what I took it as is, almost like squashing whatever beef, you know what I mean, or just saying, like, ‘Look dude, I am who I am. I’m gonna say what I’m gonna say, but I’m coming here to personally shake your hand, tell you I think you’re a liberal, but you know, to a certain level, I respect you.’ You know what I mean? It was like that. So I took it as like, okay, you’re coming here to kind of make the peace. I left it at that. So now, anything moving forward, like anything that’s said, or whatever, I got that sort of my memory bank, so I know that there’s really no issue. It’s really just talk, and I won’t concern myself with it,” Rountree Jr concluded.

Strickland completely snapped on Rountree Jr. in 2022 after “War Horse” cried during his post-fight interview and has insulted him for the past two years whenever given a chance.

On the other hand, Rountree completely no-sold the beef and ignored him, even acting like he didn’t know who he was.

Thankfully, this uncomfortable beef is over for now (until Strickland snaps again).

Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 307 fight card right here, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET (simulcast on ESPNews at 8 p.m. ET), before the pay-per-view (PPV) main card start time at 10 p.m. ET (also on ESPN+).

To check out the latest and greatest UFC 307: “Pereira vs. Rountree” news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right here.

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All-time UFC wins leader Jim Miller returns to action on Nov. 16 when he faces Damon Jackson in a lightweight bout at UFC 309, which takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Wednesday with bout agreements issued for the fight.

With a long list of accolades already on his resume, Miller returns in November to further cement his status as the UFC’s Iron Man. The New Jersey native currently holds the record for most fights and most wins in the UFC but after a disappointing outing against King Green at UFC 300, Miller undoubtedly wants to back on track when he returns in November.

As for Jackson, the 36-year-old veteran goes back to lightweight for his next fight after primarily competing at 145 pounds for the majority of his career. It was after a decision loss to Chepe Mariscal back in August that Jackson decided the cut to featherweight was just taking too much away from him.

Now he’ll go to 155 pounds with a tough test awaiting him in Miller.

Miller vs. Jackson is the latest addition to the UFC 309 fight card with heavyweight champion Jon Jones defending his title against Stipe Miocic in the main event.

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