Khalil Rountree is bringing his house metropolis of Las Vegas into the octagon when he headlines UFC Baku.
Rountree competes in his second consecutive principal occasion when he faces former champ Jamahal Hill within the promotion’s first journey to Baku. On Tuesday, the UFC revealed Rountree’s new Venum customized combat shorts for his huge combat with Hill.
Try the shorts beneath.
Rountree additionally spoke to the UFC’s social media staff in regards to the designs, and the way the shorts got here collectively.
“I positively wished to place some sort of Vegas ingredient to it as a result of that’s simply my house and residential of the UFC, and the place I do all of my coaching, and the place all of my guys are,” Rountree mentioned. “So there’s some mountains that simply type of signify the panorama of of Vegas — not the on line casino a part of it, however the place we work, the place we work out, and the place we do a whole lot of our coaching.”
Rountree additionally mentioned that the shorts specific his character out of the octagon. He is likely to be a vicious knockout artist within the cage, however out of it, he’s a “regular” man. The thrilling 205-pounder confirmed he has coronary heart for days throughout his unimaginable battle with Alex Pereira for the sunshine heavyweight title at UFC 307 this previous October.
