Khalili Rountree Jr. vs Chris Daukaus Prediction: Chris' string of failures will continue

Prediction for the UFC Vegas 78 Khalili Rountree Jr. vs Chris Daukaus fight which will take place on August 13th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

Khalili Rountree Jr.

Khalili Rountree Jr. has been competing in the UFC since 2016 but was extremely unstable. Now he is at the top of his career, and he has a series of three wins. Last fight, he defeated the dangerous Dustin Jacoby in a challenging battle.

Khalili has a powerful punch. He got more than half of his professional career victories (seven out of eleven) by knockouts while never winning by submission.

Rountree is ranked 13th in the light heavyweight division but plans to achieve the top 10 soon. Another bright victory may allow him to get a competitor from the elite of the light heavyweight category.

Chris Daukaus

Daukaus has the exact opposite situation. Chris became a part of the organization in 2020 and immediately got four early victories, defeating very experienced fighters, including Alexey Oleynik and Shamil Abdurakhimov.

But on December 18, 2021, Daukaus met Derrick Lewis, who finished the hype around the ambitious fighter, knocking him out in the first round, and broke something.

After this defeat, Chris became a pale shadow and first lost by technical knockout to Curtis Blaydes, and then suffered a knockout in the 23rd second from Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

In a year and a half, Chris became a candidate for dismissal. He needed to change something and decided to go down to the light heavyweight division.

Expert Betting Tips

Fights between two fierce knockouts are always fascinating. In the confrontation between Rountree and Daukaus, we have no chance that the fight will go to the distance. Who will be faster? 

Rountree has more chances and will have an advantage in speed. Khalili is the favorite of this fight by the oddsmakers. He will continue Chris' string of failures.