Strickland is in Salt Lake City to help Pereira prep for Rountree, whom he’s never been fond of. His issue with him started in 2022 when he went off on Rountree for crying during one of his post-fight scrums. Rountree downplayed his comments, claiming he didn’t know who Strickland was.

Sean Strickland has squashed his beef with Khalil Rountree. On Saturday, Rountree will return to the Octagon for his first world title opportunity when he challenges reigning light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City.

Khalil Rountree Jr. is all set to go one-on-one against Alex Pereira for the light heavyweight throne at UFC 307. However, this won’t be an easy task. Since, in order to win the fight, Pereira has found an unlikely ally in Sean Strickland.