Khalil Rountree hands Dustin Jacoby close split decision loss in striking battle – UFC Vegas 63 Highlights

Khalil RountreeExtending his undefeated run to three straight fights, The Ultimate Fighter finalist, Khalil Rountree keeps it standing throughout his three round UFC Vegas 63 main card opener against GLORY Kickboxing alum, Dustin Jacoby — landing a close (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) split decision victory. Rountree, who entered tonight’s outing against Jacoby off the back of a […]

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Extending his undefeated run to three straight fights, The Ultimate Fighter finalist, Khalil Rountree keeps it standing throughout his three round UFC Vegas 63 main card opener against GLORY Kickboxing alum, Dustin Jacoby — landing a close (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) split decision victory.

Rountree, who entered tonight’s outing against Jacoby off the back of a pair of devastating victories over Karl Roberson, and Modestas Bukauskas — the second of which courtesy of a brutal leg stomp TKO win, earned his third consecutive victory with tonight’s win.

Electing to stand with kickboxing talent, Jacoby throughout tonight’s main card opener, Rountree managed to keep his energy reserve primed for a third round series of explosions landing the bigger shots compared to a peppering approach from the always-active Jacoby throughout the three round limit.

Following the victory, Rountree informed former UFC middleweight champion, Michael Bisping, and Dana White and UFC matchmakers that he would not be fighting again until EA Sports made a character of him in their UFC 4 video game.

Below, catch the highlights from Khalil Rountree’s close decision win over Dustin Jacoby

Dustin Jacoby Explains Pride Of Beating UFC Up-And-Comers

UFC light heavyweight contender Dustin Jacoby doesn’t mind defending his spot against prospects the promotion tries to push. Jacoby made quick work of the always-tough Da Un Jung at UFC Long Island this past weekend. Just minutes into the fight, …

UFC light heavyweight contender Dustin Jacoby doesn’t mind defending his spot against prospects the promotion tries to push. Jacoby made quick work of the always-tough Da Un Jung at UFC Long Island this past weekend. Just minutes into the fight, Jacoby caught Jung with a big right cross that dropped him and put the fight…

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Dustin Jacoby: ‘Alex Pereira Just Hits Different’

Dustin JacobyDustin Jacoby is coming off a huge win this past Saturday at UFC: Long Island, but he has some great things to say about Alex Pereira, his former opponent at Glory kickboxing. Jacoby knocked out up and coming prospect Jung Da Un in his most recent fight, continuing to climb the ranks of the Light […]

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Dustin Jacoby is coming off a huge win this past Saturday at UFC: Long Island, but he has some great things to say about Alex Pereira, his former opponent at Glory kickboxing.

Jacoby knocked out up and coming prospect Jung Da Un in his most recent fight, continuing to climb the ranks of the Light Heavyweight division. He is one of the best up and coming fighters int he division, and has made a name for himself with his striking and toughness.

Jacoby is known for having. pretty good chin on him, but he has been knocked out before from the hands of Pereira back in his days as a kickboxer for Glory. It remains to be the only time Jacoby has been knocked out clean in his professional career.

Pereira is also making a name for himself quickly inside the octagon. In very little time with the UFC, he has had a few mesmerizing knockouts. He took a huge jump in competition when he accepted a fight against title contender, Sean Strickland. He made quick work of Strickland by putting his lights out in the first round, while barely taking any damage himself.

Dustin Jacoby has touched on Alex Pereira’s superhuman like power in a recent interview

When asked if Pereira was the hardest hitter he has ever fought against, Jacoby was quick to answer.

“No. 1, hands down. It’s not even a close comparison,” Jacoby said. “Dude, I have a great chin. That’s not something to be real proud of, but if you’re going to be fighting people for a living, you better bring that to the table. If you’ve got a good chin, you’ve got a good chance of staying the fight. And with him, he just touches people different.” (Transcribed by MMAFighting)

Jacoby believes that Pereira has a real chance of beating Israel Adesanya and putting his light out again, if ‘Izzy’ isn’t careful. Pereira had beaten Adesanya twice in his kickboxing career, one time by knowing the current Middleweight champion out cold.

(Videos) MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes Of The Week (7/10-7/16)

Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. After a relatively short slate of events last week…

Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. After a relatively short slate of events last week, things ramped back up this week with a UFC card that…

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UFC Long Island Bonuses: 8 Different Fighters Earn $50K

Despite the main event ending in anticlimactic fashion when Brian Ortega dislocated his shoulder, UFC Long Island featured a number of notable results throughout the card. After returning to the usual habit of just a pair of Performance of the Night bo…

Despite the main event ending in anticlimactic fashion when Brian Ortega dislocated his shoulder, UFC Long Island featured a number of notable results throughout the card. After returning to the usual habit of just a pair of Performance of the Night bonuses last week, the UFC elected to award 6 Performance of the Night bonuses…

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Dustin Jacoby Stops Da Un Jung With Walk-Off KO – UFC Long Island Highlights

Dustin JacobyGLORY Kickboxing veteran, Dustin Jacoby continues his impressive run at the light heavyweight limit — stopping Da Un Jung with an impressive walk-off knockout win in the first round of the pair’s UFC Long Island preliminary card matchup. Jacoby, an alum of Dana White‘s Contender Series — entered this evening’s matchup against Jung off the […]

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GLORY Kickboxing veteran, Dustin Jacoby continues his impressive run at the light heavyweight limit — stopping Da Un Jung with an impressive walk-off knockout win in the first round of the pair’s UFC Long Island preliminary card matchup.

Jacoby, an alum of Dana White‘s Contender Series — entered this evening’s matchup against Jung off the back of unanimous judging win against Michal Oleksiejczuk.

Scoring his impressive sixth successful Octagon victory since his debut back in October 2020, Jacoby’s sole matchup in the Octagon without a victory came back in the form of a split draw against Ion Cutelaba.

Extending his undefeated run to four consecutive fights, Jacoby wobbled Jung with a jab before following up with a brutal right hand, clipping the South Korean on the side of his head, sending him to the Octagon canvas for a first round, walk-off knockout success.

Below, catch the highlights from Dustin Jacoby’s first round KO win against Da Un Jung