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UFC on ABC 8 Hill vs Rountree Jr.

Date
Sat 21st June 2025 (UTC)
Sat 21st June 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-06-21T16:00:00

Time

16:00:00 UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2025

Round
21

Status
Match Finished

Location
Baku Crystal Hall

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Description

A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jamahal Hill and former title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. is scheduled to headline the event. The pairing was originally expected to meet at UFC 303 in June 2024, but the bout was scrapped as Rountree withdrew from the event after unintentionally ingesting DHEA in a tainted supplement. They were then booked to headline UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates in April, but Hill pulled out due to a lingering leg injury.

The co-main event would feature a flyweight bout between Tagir Ulanbekov and former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Kyoji Horiguchi (who is also a former RIZIN Flyweight and two-time RIZIN Bantamweight Champion, as well as former Bellator Bantamweight World Champion). Horiguchi would make his promotional return for the first time since November 2016. In turn, Horiguchi pulled out for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Azat Maksum.

A heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Curtis Blaydes and promotional newcomer Rizvan Kuniev is scheduled for this event. The pairing was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song, then shifted to UFC 313 and eventually cancelled a few hours before the event after Blaydes had to pull out due to an undisclosed illness. The bout was later rescheduled for UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales but was subsequently moved to this event for unknown reasons.

Another couple of fights were also scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales and moved to this event due to undisclosed reasons: a middleweight bout between Park Jun-yong and Ismail Naurdiev and a heavyweight bout between Hamdy Abdelwahab and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Peña vs. Team Nunes heavyweight winner Mohammed Usman.

Originally slated as a lightweight bout, the fight between newcomer Tofiq Musayev and Myktybek Orolbai will proceed at a catchweight of 165 pounds. There was no indication of why and when the change was made, but both competitors exceeded the lightweight non-title fight limit during the weigh-ins, with Musayev weighing 163 pounds and Orolbai 165 pounds.

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Result List

01	Khalil Rountree Jr.	WIN
01	Jamahal Hill	LOSS

02	Rafael Fiziev	WIN
02	Ignacio Bahamondes	LOSS

03	Curtis Blaydes	WIN
03	Rizvan Kuniev	LOSS

04	Myktybek Orolbai	WIN

05	Nazim Sadykhov	WIN
05	Nikolas Motta	LOSS

06	Muhammad Naimov	WIN
06	Bogdan Grad	LOSS

07	Oban Elliott	LOSS

08	Ismail Naurdiev	LOSS

09	Daria Zhelezniakova	WIN
09	Melissa Mullins	LOSS

10	Klaudia Syguła	WIN
10	Irina Alekseeva	LOSS

11	Tagir Ulanbekov	WIN
11	Azat Maksum	LOSS

12	Mohammed Usman	WIN
12	Hamdy Abdelwahab	LOSS

Result Description
Khalil Rountree Jr. dominated the fight en route to a unanimous decision win (scores: 50‑45, 50‑45, 49‑46). He utilized powerful low kicks to cripple Hill’s lead leg and dropped him twice in the third round—highlighting Rountree’s striking precision and control.

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