An intriguing fight between Eryk Anders and Khalil Rountree took place on tonight\u2019s UFC 236 main card pay-per-view from Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eryk Anders enters tonight\u2019s fight looking to rebound this after suffering back-to-back losses to Elias Theodorou and Thiago Santos in his most recent octagon<\/a> appearances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Khalil Rountree suffered a first round knockout loss to Johnny Walker in his most recent outing. Prior to that, Khalil was coming off a big knockout win over Gokhan Saki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Round one begins and Rountree fires off a hard low kick to start. Anders is looking to find a way inside. Rountree is using a class Muay Thai stance. He fires off a heavy low kick and then another. Anders needs to stop blocking these. Rountree with another hard low kick. He follows that up with a punch that sends Anders back against the cage. He circles off but is hit with another low kick shortly thereafter. Rountree is just nasty with these low kicks. Anders is not going to last like this. Khalil pumps his jab and then rattles off another low kick. Rountree goes to the body with a kick now. Another low kick. Anders leg is all sorts of red and Rountree just continues to punish it. Eryk catches a kick and throws a spinning back elbow that misses. Rountree continues to hammer the front leg of Anders with kicks. Ten seconds remain. Anders throws a high kick. The horn sounds to end round one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n