Khalil Rountree Jr\u2019s coach John Wood expects a violent fight for his student against Jiri Prochazka at UFC 320.<\/p>\n
Tonight, Khalil Rountree Jr will go head to head with Jiri Prochazka. If he\u2019s able to pick up the win, and do so in a decisive manner, there\u2019s an excellent chance that he will earn a shot at either Magomed Ankalaev or Alex Pereira for the UFC light heavyweight championship.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Khalil Rountree hoping to avoid a \u2018violent, bloody fight\u2019 against Jiri Prochazka at UFC 320<\/a><\/p>\n Across the last few years, Rountree Jr has really proven himself to be an elite light heavyweight \u2013 and he hopes to keep that trend going. Prochazka is an incredibly difficult opponent<\/a> to face as we know, having proven that across his 5-2 UFC record with his only defeats coming against Alex Pereira.<\/p>\n In a recent interview, the aforementioned John Wood gave his thoughts on Rountree Jr vs Prochazka.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Wood\u2019s view on Rountree Jr\u2019s battle with Prochazka<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a double-edged sword when you fight like that,\u201d Wood told MMA Fighting. \u201cYou\u2019re going to win a lot of fights because of that style, but you\u2019re also going to lose fights because of that style. I think this is a phenomenal matchup for us. I think it\u2019s going to be a great fight.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a fan, it\u2019s great, but as a coach, I love it. You\u2019ve got a crazy weird guy with that crazy weird stuff and it does open you up, and I think it really does play into our benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be violent, bloody,\u201d Wood said. \u201cNothing in my bones tells me it\u2019s going three rounds. There\u2019s no thought process, no world where I go \u2018I think it\u2019s going to go to a decision.\u2019 If it does, they\u2019re going to be very damaged. There\u2019s going to be eyeballs falling out, ears falling off, type of fight.\u201d<\/p>\n