{"id":748718,"date":"2026-06-20T04:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748718\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:10:10","slug":"ufc-abu-dhabi-magomed-ankalaev-vs-khalil-rountree-odds-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748718\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Abu Dhabi: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Khalil Rountree odds, what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 19, 2026, 9:20 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Magomed Ankalaev<\/a> will look to rebound against a dangerous striker.<\/p>\n

Magomed Ankalaev vs. Khalil Rountree preview<\/p>\n

Ankalaev (21-2-1 MMA, 12-2-1 UFC) went on a 13-fight unbeaten run to earn a title shot against then light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira<\/a> at UFC 313. He put an end to Pereira’s reign<\/a> when he defeated him by unanimous decision, but lost the rematch at UFC 320 by first-round TKO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rountree (14-7 MMA, 10-7 UFC) went on a five-fight winning streak to earn a shot at Pereira’s light heavyweight title at UFC 307. After falling short in a valiant effort against “Poatan,” Rountree split his next two appearances \u2013 defeating Jamahal Hill<\/a>, then getting stopped by Jiri Prochazka.<\/p>\n

Magomed Ankalaev vs. Khalil Rountree odds<\/p>\n

According to Betway, Ankalaev is a -333 favorite to beat former title challenger Rountree, who is a +250 underdog.<\/p>\n

How to watch Magomed Ankalaev vs. Khalil Rountree<\/p>\n

Where:\u00a0Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n

Broadcast\/streaming:\u00a0Paramount+<\/a><\/p>\n

When:\u00a0Saturday, July 25, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 19, 2026, 9:20 p.m. ET Magomed Ankalaev will look to rebound against a dangerous striker. Magomed Ankalaev…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[159202,49,48,641,638,241803,82,160714,160715,163748,267837,267835,159087,159095,159089,160783,267836,159085],"class_list":["post-748718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-accessfree","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sourcemma-junkie","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsufc","tag-sstsnufc","tag-tagalex-pereira","tag-tagjiri-prochazka","tag-tagmagomed-ankalaev","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagufc","tag-tagufc-320","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}