A welterweight bout between former lightweight fighters Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee headlined tonight’s UFC Rochester event.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s UFC<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n In round four, \u2018RDA\u2019 was able to get Kevin Lee on the canvas and then put him away with an arm triangle submission.<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to tonight’s UFC Rochester main event between Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee.<\/p>\n #RDA<\/a> had time to get use to 170lb. I can see @MoTownPhenom<\/a> having a lot of success at welterweight once he gets use to competing bigger<\/p>\n — Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) May 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n