UFC Kansas City gets Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree main event

February 26, 2025 7:48 pm ET

The UFC is headed to Kansas City and its bringing a light heavyweight contender main event with it.

At the UFC Fight Night event April 26 at T-Mobile Center, top 205-pound contenders Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree will meet in a five-round headliner, the promotion announced Wednesday.

Both fighters look to bounce back from TKO losses.

A former UFC light heavyweight champion, Hill (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) never lost his title. He was forced to vacate after an Achilles injury in a celebrity basketball game, then returned and was knocked out by Alex Pereira in the UFC 300 headliner in April. He returned in January and was finished by Jiri Prochazka via TKO.

Rountree (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) fought Pereira at UFC 307 in August as a sizable underdog. Despite the odds, Rountree fought valiantly and had his moments against the champion. The fight was a grueling and violent affair. Rountree was finished in Round 4, but respect was heaped on him from every edge of the combat sports world for his performance.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for April 26 includes:

Abus Magomedov vs. Michel Pereira
Giga Chikadze vs. David Onama
Ikram Aliskerov vs. Andre Muniz
Anthony Smith vs. Mingyang Zhang
Ahmad Hassanzada vs. Mitch Ramirez
Jaqueline Amorim vs. Polyana Viana
Cameron Saaiman vs. Malcolm Wellmaker
Chelsea Chandler vs. Joselyne Edwards
Jimmy Flick vs. Matt Schnell

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night.

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