Preview:

UFC 307 is set to take place on October 5, 2024, at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT. A light heavyweight champion match between Alex Pereira and Khalil Roundtree is announced to be the headliner bout. The event will start at 6:30 PM ET with an early prelims card. The prelims card will start at 8 PM ET and the main card will start at 10 PM ET. The main card will be available via ESPN+ PPV in the United States and via UFC Fight Pass in other countries worldwide.

Alex Pereira and Khalil Roundtree will be under the most spotlight as they will try to make their main event light heavyweight title bout official. Women’s Bantamweight Champion Raquel Pennington and Julianna Pena are in the co-main event bout. There is no lack of starpower as Jose Aldo, Mario Bautista, Kevin Holland, Roman Dolidzo and Kayla Harrison will be under focus. light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira puts his title on the line in the main event of a UFC pay-per-view, squaring off with surging challenger Khalil Rountree Jr.

Rountree Jr. touches down in Salt Lake City on a five-fight winning streak, having earned finishes in four of those contests, each more devastating and resounding than the last. In his last appearance, the 34-year-old challenger stopped Anthony Smith in the third round of a fight he was winning handily, rocking him with a sharp, forceful left hand before “Lionheart” slowly collapsed to the canvas with Rountree Jr. standing over him, the follow-up blow locked and loaded, but never fired. It’s cliche to say that a fight is “going to be fireworks,” but this is one of those instances where the sentiment feels incredibly apt. Pereira has earned finishes in six of his eight UFC victories, including each of his last three outings, while Rountree Jr. has ended things inside the distance in seven of his nine UFC triumphs. Both men thrive in the striking exchanges, which means this could turn out to be a case where whomever lands the heaviest blow first departs Delta Center with the light heavyweight title in tow.

Raquel Pennington and Julianna Peña share the co-main event spotlight, as Pennington puts her bantamweight title up for grabs against the returning former titleholder. Pennington claimed the title in January of this year, navigating the early aggression of Mayra Bueno Silva before distancing herself from the Brazilian the longer the fight progressed en route to claiming a unanimous decision victory. The win pushed the 36-year-old’s winning streak to six and 11-3 over her last 14 appearances, where each of those setbacks has come against a former UFC champion.

Pena has been waiting for her opportunity to challenge for the title she once held since last summer when she was forced out of her trilogy bout with Amanda Nunes at UFC 289 in Vancouver. A slow-healing injury kept her on the sidelines in January, opening the door for Pennington and Bueno Silva to clash, but now “The Venezuelan Vixen” is healthy and ready to step back into the fray in order to attempt to become a two-time UFC champion. In addition to being the obvious matchup from a divisional standpoint, there is a long-simmering rivalry between the co-main event combatants that is likely to finally boil over this week in Utah. Both were contestants on Season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter, with Pena going on to win the competition before each was added to the UFC roster. There was tension between them in the house, yet somehow, their paths never crossed in the Octagon… until this weekend.

Brazilian legend Jose Aldo goes in search of his second win of 2024 while Mario Bautista aims to extend his winning streak by defeating his most formidable opponent to date in this fascinating bantamweight pairing. Aldo ended a brief retirement in May with a masterful decision win over Jonathan Martinez in Rio de Janeiro. It was a vintage Aldo performance as the former featherweight champion looked quick and focused, putting Martinez on the back foot immediately and never allowing him to build any momentum. Vieira has been a fixture in the title conversation for the last six years, though she’s previously stumbled in this position. After earning wins over Miesha Tate and Holly Holm, the Brazilian dropped a split decision to Pennington that knocked her back a step. Last summer, she rebounded with a unanimous decision win over Pannie Kianzad. Let’s Take look on complete lineup and event detail for UFC 307 PPV.

Match Card:

EarlyPrelims – 6.30PM ET

• Light Heavyweight Ryan Spann vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Women’s Strawweight Carla Esparza vs. Tecia Pennington
• Welterweight Court McGee vs. Tim Means

Prelims – 8.00PM ET

• Welterweight Stephen Thompson vs. Joaquin Buckley
• Women’s Strawweight Marina Rodriguez vs. Iasmin Lucindo
• Lightweight Austin Hubbard vs. Alexander Hernandez
• Middleweight César Almeida vs. Ihor Potieria

Maincard – 10.00PM ET

• Light Heavyweight Alex Pereira (c) vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
• Women’s Bantamweight Raquel Pennington (c) vs. Julianna Peña
• Bantamweight José Aldo vs. Mario Bautista
• Women’s Bantamweight Ketlen Vieira vs. Kayla Harrison
• Middleweight Roman Dolidze vs. Kevin Holland

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