Category: UFC Rochester

  • Megan Anderson issues statement following submission loss to Felicia Spencer at UFC Rochester

    Megan Anderson issues statement following submission loss to Felicia Spencer at UFC Rochester

    Former Invicta featherweight champions Megan Anderson and Felicia Spencer squared off on the main card of Saturday’s UFC event in Rochester, New York. The fight served as Spencer’s promotional debut and marked Anderson’s third octagon appearance. Felicia Spencer was able to get her fight with Megan Anderson to the canvas in the opening seconds of […]

  • UFC Rochester bonuses revealed

    UFC Rochester bonuses revealed

    On Saturday night, UFC Rochester captured the attention of fight fans all over the world. The main event of this ESPN+ card saw “The Motown Phenom” Kevin Lee make his welterweight debut, taking on former lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos. But, the fight that stole the show was the main event of the prelims, which […]

  • What’s next for Rafael dos Anjos, Kevin Lee after UFC Rochester?

    What’s next for Rafael dos Anjos, Kevin Lee after UFC Rochester?

    Last night, the UFC returned to our screens with the UFC Rochester card. In the main event, Kevin Lee moved up to welterweight to take on Rafael dos Anjos. “The Motown Phenom” had some success early on but in the fourth round, RDA took over and submitted Lee to get back into the win column. […]

  • Pros react to Rafael dos Anjos stopping Kevin Lee at UFC Rochester

    Pros react to Rafael dos Anjos stopping Kevin Lee at UFC Rochester

    A welterweight bout between former lightweight fighters Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee headlined tonight’s UFC Rochester event. The former UFC lightweight champion, Dos Anjos, entered tonight’s contest looking to rebound, this after dropping back-to-back decision losses to Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman in his most recent octagon appearances. Prior to the setbacks, Rafael dos […]

  • UFC Rochester Results: Rafael dos Anjos submits Kevin Lee (Highlights)

    UFC Rochester Results: Rafael dos Anjos submits Kevin Lee (Highlights)

    A welterweight bout featuring former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos taking on Kevin Lee headlined tonight’s UFC Rochester event. Rafael dos Anjos will enter tonight’s contest looking to rebound, this after suffering back-to-back decision losses to Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington in his most recent octagon appearances. Prior to his recent skid, ‘RDA‘ had burst […]

  • UFC Rochester Results: Ian Heinisch defeats Antonio Carlos Junior

    UFC Rochester Results: Ian Heinisch defeats Antonio Carlos Junior

    A middleweight bout between Antonio Carlos Junior and Ian Heinisch served as the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC Rochester event. Antonio Carlos Junior (10-2 MMA) enters tonight’s contest on a five-fight winning streak, his latest being a submission victory over Tim Boetsch. The Brazilian black belt has scored four submission wins over his past five octagon […]

  • UFC Rochester Results: Felicia Spencer submits Megan Anderson in Round 1 (VIDEO)

    UFC Rochester Results: Felicia Spencer submits Megan Anderson in Round 1 (VIDEO)

    A key women’s featherweight bout between former Invicta FC champions Megan Anderson and Felicia Spencer took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC Rochester event. Megan Anderson (9-3 MMA) for the first time since December’s UFC 232 event in Los Angeles, where she scored a bizarre TKO victory over Cat Zingano. Anderson has gone […]

  • Pros react to Charles Oliveira stopping Nik Lentz at UFC Rochester

    Pros react to Charles Oliveira stopping Nik Lentz at UFC Rochester

    A lightweight scrap between Charles Oliveira and Nik Lentz took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC Rochester event. Tonight’s bout marked the third time that Lentz and Oliveira have collided inside the octagon. The pair first met at ‘UFC Live 4’ but the fight was ruled a no-contest due to an illegal knee. […]

  • UFC Rochester Results: Charles Oliveira finishes Nik Lentz (VIDEO)

    UFC Rochester Results: Charles Oliveira finishes Nik Lentz (VIDEO)

    A lightweight bout between rivals Charles Oliveira and Nik Lentz took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC Rochester event. This will mark the third time that Lentz and Oliveira have squared off inside the octagon. The pairs first meeting at ‘UFC Live 4′ ended in a no-contest, this after an illegal knee spelled […]

  • UFC Rochester Results: Aspen Ladd defeats Sijara Eubanks (Highlights)

    UFC Rochester Results: Aspen Ladd defeats Sijara Eubanks (Highlights)

    A key women’s bantamweight fight between Aspen Ladd and Sijara Eubanks served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC Rochester prelims. Tonight’s contest will serve as a rematch, as Ladd and Eubanks originally collided under the Invicta banner in January of 2017, with Aspen emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision. Aspen Ladd (7-0 MMA) […]

  • UFC Rochester: Lee vs. Dos Anjos Live Results

    UFC Rochester: Lee vs. Dos Anjos Live Results

    The octagon returns to New York this evening for UFC Rochester, a thirteen-bout fight card headlined by a welterweight scrap between Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee. Rafael dos Anjos will enter tonight’s contest looking to rebound, this after suffering back-to-back decision losses to Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington in his most recent octagon appearances. […]

  • Reasons to watch UFC on ESPN+ 10

    Reasons to watch UFC on ESPN+ 10

    The Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York will house the action for this weekend’s UFC on ESPN+ 10. Let’s take a look at some of the more compelling reasons to tune in. The 13 fight card will culminate with a pair of lightweight fighters that have since made the move to 170 pounds. Moreover, […]

  • UFC Rochester weigh in results: Kevin Lee, Rafael dos Anjos hit marks

    UFC Rochester weigh in results: Kevin Lee, Rafael dos Anjos hit marks

    On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with the exciting look UFC Rochester card, set to air on ESPN+. The card will be topped by a welterweight contender bout between two former lightweights, as former champion Rafael dos Anjos takes on former interim title challenger Kevin Lee. The card’s co-headliner was originally […]

  • UFC Rochester | Pro fighters make their picks for Kevin Lee vs. Rafael dos Anjos

    UFC Rochester | Pro fighters make their picks for Kevin Lee vs. Rafael dos Anjos

    In the main event of UFC Rochester, Kevin Lee is moving up in weight to make his welterweight debut against former lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos. Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters to get their predictions for the fight. They are split on this one. Here’s what they had to […]

  • UFC Rochester | Kevin Lee expecting ‘bloodbath’ against Rafael dos Anjos

    UFC Rochester | Kevin Lee expecting ‘bloodbath’ against Rafael dos Anjos

    Kevin Lee is set to make his welterweight debut this Saturday against former UFC lightweight champion and current third-ranked welterweight Rafael dos Anjos. For Lee, to get the chance to fight a top-three opponent in his welterweight debut is exciting. He also likes the fact that dos Anjos is a former lightweight too. “Yeah, I […]

  • UFC Rochester | Sijara Eubanks believes Aspen Ladd is ‘perfect’ opponent for return to bantamweight

    UFC Rochester | Sijara Eubanks believes Aspen Ladd is ‘perfect’ opponent for return to bantamweight

    Sijara Eubanks had a whirlwind 10 days back in the fall. Initially, it was announced that she would headline UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden and fight for the vacant flyweight title against Valentina Shevchenko. However, that plan did not come to fruition, and Eubanks was later booked for an undercard rematch with Roxanne Modafferi […]

  • UFC Rochester loses one half of co-main event with Neil Magny now out

    UFC Rochester loses one half of co-main event with Neil Magny now out

    It’s officially UFC Rochester fight week. Unfortunately, the card has taken a late hit. MMA Junkie has confirmed that one half of the evening’s planned welterweight co-main event, Neil Magny, has been forced out of the bout for undisclosed reasons. He was set to take on rising Brazilian contender, Vicente Luque. The UFC is now […]

  • UFC Rochester gets welterweight scrap between Neil Magny and Vicente Luque

    UFC Rochester gets welterweight scrap between Neil Magny and Vicente Luque

    UFC Rochester is set to go down on May 18 and the card continues to take shape. It was recently announced by the UFC that top 15 welterweights, Neil Magny (21-7) and Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos were to do battle in the night’s co-main event… However, that was quickly shut down by both fighters as […]

  • Kevin Lee explains why welterweight is the UFC’s ‘marquee division’

    Kevin Lee explains why welterweight is the UFC’s ‘marquee division’

    Former UFC interim lightweight title challenger Kevin Lee is moving up to welterweight. On May 18, he is set to take on Rafael dos Anjos in the main event of UFC Rochester. Lee explained his decision to jump up a weight class and take on “RDA” during a recent interview. “Welterweight has become the marquee […]

  • Welterweights top UFC Rochester as Neil Magny vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos added as co-main event

    Welterweights top UFC Rochester as Neil Magny vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos added as co-main event

    Update: Zaleski dos Santos has since come out to say that the fight was never offered to him. “Today I saw alot of posts matching me in a fight in Rochester-NY against Neil Magny. As much as this is a fight that I want there was no truth behind it. At no point have I or my team been contacted by the UFC about the match and as we stand I […]

  • Report | Megan Anderson vs Felicia Spencer set to go down at UFC Rochester

    Report | Megan Anderson vs Felicia Spencer set to go down at UFC Rochester

    Things are finally starting to happen within the UFC’s women’s featherweight division as evidenced by the recent signing of Invicta FC champion, Felicia Spencer (6-0). It was seemingly just a matter of time for the unbeaten homegrown Invicta talent to wind up on a big stage here sooner or later, it was just a matter of […]

  • Kevin Lee says politics at lightweight helped move to welterweight

    Kevin Lee says politics at lightweight helped move to welterweight

    Kevin Lee is moving up to welterweight to take on Rafael dos Anjos in the main event of UFC Rochester. Many believe Lee is moving up to welterweight because of his size. However, according to “The Motown Phenom” that is not the case. Rather, Lee decided to move up in weight given the state of […]

  • BREAKING | Kevin Lee moves up to welterweight, faces Rafael Dos Anjos in UFC Rochester main event

    BREAKING | Kevin Lee moves up to welterweight, faces Rafael Dos Anjos in UFC Rochester main event

    It’s been a roller coaster ride of events for “The Mo-Town Phenom” Kevin Lee since his interim title fight with Tony Ferguson in October 2017. The then 24-year old Lee would go onto lose via third-round submission (triangle choke) in a fun and competitive bout. After taking some time to re-evaluate and gather himself, Lee […]

  • Aspen Ladd and Sijara Eubanks set to run it back at UFC Rochester

    UFC 235 took place this past Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. As stacked of a card as it was it actually ended up staying completely intact as well… For the most part, anyway. When it comes to complete fight removals, during fight week the card lost out on a bantamweight clash between Marlon “Chito” Vera […]