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13 hours ago
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UFC Baku: Hill Vs. Rountree Full Fight Card Betting Odds
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 13: Jamahal Hill prepares to face Alex Pereira of Brazil in the UFC light ... More heavyweight championship fight during the UFC 300 event at T-Mobile Arena on April 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) The UFC leaves the United States this week for a location the promotion has not visited before. Saturday's UFC Fight Night card, which airs on ABC with a special early afternoon start time, takes place at Baku Crystal Palace in Baku, Azerbaijan. The main event of the UFC Baku fight card finds former UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill facing recent UFC 205-pound title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. We look at the opening betting odds for the fight card. UFC Baku airs on ABC with an early start time of 2 p.m. ET. The prelims begin at noon ET on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Jamahal Hill (+115) vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. (-135) - Light Heavyweight Rafael Fiziev (-205) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (+175) - Lightweight Curtis Blaydes (-265) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (+210) - Heavyweight Tofiq Musayev (+120) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (-140) - Lightweight Nazim Sadykhov (-200) vs. Nikolas Motta (+170) - Lightweight Muhammad Naimov (-300) vs. Bogdan Grad (+250) - Featherweight Seokhyeon Ko (+285) vs. Oban Elliott (-350) - Welterweight Ismail Naurdiev (+285) vs. Park Jun-yong (-350) - Middleweight Melissa Mullins (-250) vs. Daria Zheleznyakova (+210) - Women's Bantamweight Irina Alekseeva (-200) vs. Klaudia Syguła (+170)- Women's Bantamweight Tagir Ulanbekov (-210) vs. Azat Maksum (+180) - Flyweight Hamdy Abdelwahab (+135) vs. Mohammed Usman (-155) - Heavyweight LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 13: Jamahal Hill prepares to face Alex Pereira of Brazil in the UFC light ... More heavyweight championship fight during the UFC 300 event at T-Mobile Arena on April 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Jamahal Hill (12-3-0-1) had a 5-0 record when he appeared on a Dana White Contender Series card in July 2019. He won that fight against Alexander Poppeck by TKO in the third round. The victory earned him a UFC contract. Hill made his official UFC debut in January 2020, winning a decision over Darko Stosic on the main card of an ESPN+ event at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. He then faced Klidson Abreu in May 2020. He initially won that bout by first-round TKO, but the result was later overturned to a no-contest because Hill tested positive for marijuana He followed that fight with a December 2020 TKO over former interim light heavyweight title challenger Ovince Saint Preux. Hill's unbeaten streak ended in his next trip to the Octagon, when Paul Craig ended their June 2021 fight in under two minutes by TKO. Hill bounced back from that loss by rattling off three straight 'Performance of the Night' bonus-winning knockouts. That run earned him a shot at then-champion Glover Teixeira. Hill put on a striking clinic in that fight, battering Teixeira over five rounds to earn a one-sided decision win and the UFC 205-pound crown. That fight headlined UFC 283 in January 2023. Misfortune ended Hill's title reign. In July 2023, he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon during a UFC fighter basketball game. He relinquished the title and underwent surgery to repair the injury. Hill returned at UFC 300 in a matchup against UFC light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira. Pereira ended that fight via knockout at the 3:14 mark of the first round. Hill returned to the Octagon at UFC 311 when he faced former champ Jiri Prochazka on the main card. Prochazka ended that bout via TKO at 3:01 of Round 3. Hill, the No. 4 ranked UFC light heavyweight, has seven wins by knockout and five decision victories. His three losses have come via knockout. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 09: Khalil Rountree Jr. reacts after his knockout against Anthony Smith ... More in a light heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on December 09, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Khalil Rountree Jr. (13-6-0-1) joined the UFC in July 2016 when a loss to Andrew Sanchez in the season finale of The Ultimate Fighter dropped him to 4-1 as a pro. A submission loss to Tyson Pedro followed Rountree's defeat to Sanchez. However, Rountree went 3-0-0-1 after that setback, scoring three knockout wins in his victories. A knockout loss to Johnny Walker, who Rountree was favored to beat, ended his unbeaten streak. A decision victory over Eryk Anders in April 2019 got Rountree back in the win column, but a TKO loss to Ion Cutelaba and a decision setback against Marcin Prachnio followed. In September 2021, the UFC matchmakers booked Rountree against Modestas Bukauskas. He won that scrap via TKO. That win was the first of five consecutive victories for Rountree. Rountree was scheduled to face former UFC light heavyweight champ Jamahal Hill in June, but a self-reported drug test failure knocked him from that card. The Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended Rountree 4.5 months for that drug test failure. When Rountree returned to action it was at UFC 307 in the main event of the pay-per-view card opposite then-UFC 205-pound champion Alex Pereira. Pereira battered Rountree before ending the fight via TKO in the fourth round. Rountree has nine knockout wins and four decision victories. His losses have come by knockout (three), submission (one) and decision (two). He is the No. 7 ranked competitor in the UFC's 205-pound weight class. We will have more on the UFC Baku fight card and the Hill vs. Rountree fight as fight night nears, including betting odds, picks, predictions and more. As well as full fight card results, reactions and highlights on fight night.
Forbes
25-05-2025
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Caleb Plant Vs. Armando Resendiz Fight Card: Date, Time And Location
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 13: Super middleweight boxer Caleb Plant poses on the scale during a ... More ceremonial weigh-in in Toshiba Plaza at T-Mobile Arena on September 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Plant is scheduled to fight Trevor McCumby for an interim WBA super middleweight title at the arena September 14. (Photo by) An incredibly important boxing card takes place this coming weekend in Las Vegas. The fight card is headlined by Caleb Plant vs. Armando Resendiz in a bout for Plant's interim WBA super middleweight title. In the evening's co-main event, Jermall Charlo returns to action, meeting Thomas LaManna at 168 pounds. Charlo, a former two-division champion, has not fought since November 2023. The belief is if Plant and Charlo win, they will meet in a pivotal super middleweight matchup. Saturday, May 31, 2025 8:00 p.m. ET Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Amazon Prime streaming Caleb Plant vs. Armando Resendiz - Super middleweight Jermall Charlo vs. Thomas LaManna - Super middleweight Yoenli Feliciano Hernandez vs. Kyrone Davis - Middleweight Isaac Lucero vs. Omar Valenzuela - Super welterweight LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 14: Caleb Plant leaves the ring after his victory at T-Mobile Arena on ... More September 14, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by) Caleb Plant (23-2, 14 KOs) is the No. 3 ranked competitor in the super middleweight division, according to the latest ESPN rankings. The 32-year-old opened his career with a perfect 21-0 record, winning the IBF super middleweight crown in his 18th pro bout with a unanimous decision victory over José Uzcátegui. After three title defenses, Plant took a leap up in competition and faced Canelo Alvarez in a title unification contest. Alvarez scored an 11th-round TKO win in that contest. Plant bounced back from his first career defeat with a knockout win over Anthony Dirrell. Another loss followed as Plant dropped a decision to David Benavidez in March 2023 in a matchup for the interim WBC super middleweight belt. Plant returned to action in September 2024, capturing the vacant interim WBA super middleweight belt with a knockout win over Trevor McCumby. Armando Resendiz (15-2, 11 KOs) opened his career with 12 straight wins. Resendiz got knocked out by Elijah Garcia in 2023. His most recent outing was a fifth-round KO win over Fernando Paliza in February of this year. He is the No. 15 ranked competitor in the WBA rankings. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 14: Caleb Plant holds his daughter, Charly, after his technical ... More knockout win during a super middleweight bout at T-Mobile Arena on September 14, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by) 'He's tough, but tough ain't enough," Plant said of Resendiz. 'I'm gonna go in there and do what I do. He's gonna try his damnedest. But I'm gonna get the job done regardless. I'm gonna get my hand raised, and I plan on it being in fashion, but regardless of what happens, we're gonna hear the words and still,' LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 25: Jermall Charlo celebrates his win after his middleweight bout ... More against Jose Benavidez Jr. at Michelob ULTRA Arena on November 25, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by) A former two-division world champion (154 and 160 pounds), Jermall Charlo (33-0, 22 KOs) looks to make his mark at another weight class when he competes at 168 pounds in Vegas. The 35-year-old Charlo has not fought since late 2023 when he earned a decision over José Benavidez Jr. That win ended a break of more than two years for Charlo, who was stripped of his WBC title while he was inactive following a DWI arrest in May 2024. Thomas LaManna (39-5-1, 18 KOs) is riding a nine-fight winning streak heading into Saturday's event. The 33-year-old is looking for the biggest win of his career against Charlo. We will have more on the Caleb Plant Vs. Armando Resendiz fight card and the Jermall Charlo vs. Thomas LaManna matchup as fight night approaches.
