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Farah Hannoun and Ken Hathaway

Khalil Rountree: Ex-UFC champ Sean Strickland apologized for being a ‘dumbass’ when he started beef

SALT LAKE CITY – It appears the beef between Khalil Rountree and Sean Strickland is over – at least from Rountree’s side.

Rountree (14-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) challenges light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 307 (pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+) headliner at Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

Strickland is in Salt Lake City to help Pereira prep for Rountree, whom he’s never been fond of. His issue with him started in 2022 when he went off on Rountree for crying during one of his post-fight scrums. Rountree downplayed his comments, claiming he didn’t know who Strickland was.

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