Jamahal Hill Booked Against Khalil Rountree at UFC 303 in June

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is building up its card for International Fight Week one large brick at a time.

The organization announced on Friday the addition of a major light heavyweight collision on UFC 303. Former champ Jamahal Hill (12-2, 1 NC) will look to get back in the win column against the surging Khalil Rountree (13-5, 1 NC), with the latter riding a career-long win streak. The two will do battle on June 29 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and they will likely be seated on the main card.

Hill vied for his old belt—one he vacated due to injury, and not because he suffered a loss—against Alex Pereira in the UFC 300 headliner, and he came out on the wrong end of a first-round knockout. That defeat put an end to a four-fight win streak that culminated with him capturing the vacant 205-pound throne against Glover Teixeira in a one-sided five-round effort. On his way up, the Dana White's Contender Series graduate wrecked Jimmy Crute, Johnny Walker and Thiago Santos all with strikes.

“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 23 finalist Rountree has won five straight, which stands as his lengthiest since turning pro in 2014. Rountree struggled to gain traction early on his UFC tenure, recording impressive knockouts but getting his momentum blunted by an artificially enhanced Michal Oleksiecjzuk and a powerful Walker. Following a deflating 2021 decision defeat to Marcin Prachnio, Rountree has recorded four finishes in his last five outings, including beatdowns of Anthony Smith and Chris Daukaus to stamp himself a contender at 205 pounds.

UFC 303 goes down on June 29 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the headliner the long-awaited welterweight encounter between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler. Additional featured matchups on the billing include a strawweight pairing of Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson, and a likely featherweight brawl between Cub Swanson and Andre Fili.