Khalil Rountree vs. Daniel Jolly Official For UFC Fight Night Event in Houston

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A light heavyweight battle has been announced for a UFC Fight Night event in Houston on Feb. 4. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season 23 runner-up Khalil Rountree (4-2) will meet Daniel Jolly (5-1). The event …

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A light heavyweight battle has been announced for a UFC Fight Night event in Houston on Feb. 4. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season 23 runner-up Khalil Rountree (4-2) will meet Daniel Jolly (5-1). The event takes place at the Toyota Center and will be headlined by the returning Chan Sung Jung going toe-to-toe with Dennis Bermudez.

Rountree is looking for his first professional win since Dec. 2015. He’s lost two straight bouts including the TUF 23 finale when he fell short against Andrew Sanchez. He was then submitted by Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson.

Jolly entered the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) with a perfect 4-0 record. He was welcomed to the UFC by Misha Cirkunov in August 2015. “The Werewolf of Texas” was knocked out in the first round. Jolly’s bout against “The War Horse” will be his first in almost a year and a half.

Also featured on the UFC Fight Night event in Houston will be a strawweight match-up between undefeated prospect Alexa Grasso and veteran Felice Herrig. Lightweights Evan Dunham and Abel Trujillo will throw leather on the card as well. Ovince Saint Preux will look to bounce back from his knockout loss to Jimi Manuwa when he scraps with Jan Blachowicz.

Video: Trailer For UFC Fight Night 104: Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie

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With UFC’s final event of 2016 officially in the books following Friday night’s UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC began their look ahead to 2017 by releasing the official trailer for …

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With UFC’s final event of 2016 officially in the books following Friday night’s UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC began their look ahead to 2017 by releasing the official trailer for their UFC Fight Night 104 event in February.

Featured above is the official UFN 104 video trailer, which features a look at the event featuring Dennis Bermudez versus the returning “Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in the headline bout.

UFC Fight Night 104: Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie is scheduled to go down live on Saturday, February 4, 2017 from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, airing live and free on FOX Sports 1 (FS1).

Alexa Grasso: ‘I Never Expected to Fight Felice Herrig’

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Undefeated strawweight prospect Alexa Grasso will make her second appearance for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on Feb. 4, 2017. Her opponent will be Felice Herrig on the main card of UFC Fight N…

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Undefeated strawweight prospect Alexa Grasso will make her second appearance for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on Feb. 4, 2017. Her opponent will be Felice Herrig on the main card of UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie.

In her UFC debut, Grasso was close to flawless. She defeated Heather Jo Clark by unanimous decision. In the fight, Grasso was one step ahead standing and was able to win the grappling exchanges.

The Lobo Gym fighter recently spoke to the mixed martial arts (MMA) media about her next fight (via MMAFighting).

“I never expected to fight Felice. I think she has one of the best bodies in MMA and I’m still working on that. It’s amazing because she’s a veteran and I saw her fights. Now that I’m fighting her, it’s a blessing for me.”

Grasso believes Herrig will be a tough challenge. Herrig holds two victories over Clark, with one of the victories being considered an exhibition bout on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). Professionally, Herrig is 2-1 inside the Octagon. Her lone loss in the UFC came at the hands of Paige VanZant. Her two victories ended by submission.

“I think I should be more careful because she won twice to Heather and Heather was difficult. I think she will be more difficult than Heather and I have to train harder.”

Undefeated prospects in the UFC can often feel pressured into keeping their perfect record intact. Grasso says she doesn’t feel pressure. She says she realizes the reason for her unbeaten streak is the time she put in the gym learning the sport of MMA, sparring with her training partners, and sticking to the gameplan.

“I don’t think it’s pressure. I’ve been working very hard for that [undefeated record]. I think that being undefeated is because of my work and my teamwork.”