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 Anjos had reeled off three straight victories at 170-pounds, which included a beatdown of former champion Robbie Lawler.
As for ‘The Motown Phenom’, Kevin Lee was making his welterweight debut at tonight’s event. The former interim lightweight title challenger was last seen in action at December’s UFC event in Milwaukee, where he suffered a decision loss to Al Iaquinta. Lee entered tonight’s scrap with ‘RDA’ sporting a professional record of 17-4.
Tonight’s fight was a grueling back and forth affair. For three rounds Lee and Dos Anjos battled in the grappling department with both fighters earning dominant position.
In round four, ‘RDA’ was able to get Kevin Lee on the canvas and then put him away with an arm triangle submission.
Check out how the pros reacted to tonight’s UFC Rochester main event between Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee.
#RDA had time to get use to 170lb. I can see @MoTownPhenom having a lot of success at welterweight once he gets use to competing bigger
advertisement – continue reading below— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) May 19, 2019
Lee still fairly young. Did some good things but fought at a exhausting pace for anyone and it cost him. RDA back in the win column with a big finish and showed he’s still among the elite circle. That circle is full of killers at 155 or 170 lbs#UFCRochester
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) May 19, 2019
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What a welterweight scrap. Those 5rd fights are not a game. Congrats to @RdosAnjosMMA on the performance #UFCRochester
— Max Griffin (@MaxPainGriffin) May 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/groovylando/status/1129944345103126533?s=21
Good fight @RdosAnjosMMA I look forward to earning a fight with you one day #Oss
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) May 19, 2019
Beautiful display of MMA and heart from both these guys. Amazing fight. @ufc @RdosAnjosMMA @MoTownPhenom
— Kyle Bochniak (@KyleBochniak) May 19, 2019
So happy RDA won that fight! Helluva performance…@ufc #UFCRochester #ESPNplus
— Austin Arnett (@AustinArnettMMA) May 19, 2019
I guess we’ll never know, cos he bottled it, with a broken toe. https://t.co/gEGfEv9AHL
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 19, 2019
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