“Pereira hits like a train hits you” – Bogdan Guskov on the UFC champion’s upcoming fight with Rountree

Fighter Bogdan Guskov in a conversation with , he assessed the champion’s chances Alexa Pereira and challenger Khalil Rountree in a UFC light heavyweight title fight.

Currently, Guskov, representing Uzbekistan and Russia, occupies 12th place in the UFC light heavyweight rankings. The Brazilian Pereira will defend his belt for the third time on October 6 at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City against the American Rountree, who has five consecutive victories.

— What do you expect from the UFC 307 main event?

– My opinion is that in the first three rounds of this fight everything will be decided, since both are by knockout. Additionally, Rowntree is a slasher forward who always wants to show his strength. But it is unlikely that it will be easy for him to move for a long time, as he is a rather imposing fighter.

On the one hand, it’s good when you can simply crush your opponent. On the other hand, Pereira really likes to meet, and it doesn’t matter at what level the fighter goes to him: whether he is a tank or not with style. It turns out that one fighter likes to move forward, and the other knows how to meet.

For me, counter punchers are always the favorite. Because those who fly headlong most often forget about protection. And in our case, Pereira is the person who comes together competently and in such a way that people can’t even understand how he does it. So, I think Pereira will drop Rowntree pretty quickly, although I wouldn’t rule out Khalil either. He has a good chance and his shot. When it hits them, it has an effect. We saw how he almost ripped Smith’s head off, so he’ll have his chances in this fight.

“Now everyone thinks a good wrestler will be Pereira’s problem. But don’t you think that a good batsman has his chances?

“We can talk about the wrestler a little later, when Pereira actually meets him, and we’ll see what the wrestler does.” And at the moment, Alex Pereira has been beaten by a good striker in the person of Adesanya. And I think Adesanya showed how you can work with fighters like the current champion.

– What would you do in a fight with Pereira?

“Myself, of course, I would bet on the movement, on the movement in the cage. And he would always work without stagnating in front of him, because Pereira hits like a train hitting you. There is certainly no need to stand in front of him. Turn around and try somewhere to act on counterattacks, ”Guskov told .

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