Rafael Dos Anjos Vs Kevin Lee UFC Fight Night 15
Rafael Dos Anjos Vs Kevin Lee
At the Main event of UFC Fight Night 15, after a calamitous and grueling fight, Rafael Dos Anjos defeated the tough man, Kevin Lee, by submission in the fourth round. Both the fighters traded big shots and attempted many takedowns. There was no knockdown in the fight of four rounds, from 126 Dos Anjos landed 75 strikes successfully, with the percentage of 59.5. Kevin Lee landed 39.2% shots and performed 6 takedowns. There was only one submission attempt; an arm-triangle choke, from Rafael Dos Anjos and it was successful. After the fight, Anjos said he wants to become the World Champion of 2 weight classes and Kevin Lee said he is not sure what went wrong and accepted his loss.
MMA community came with a mix reaction on this bout:
Makhachev Islam, UFC Lightweight contender and team member of UFC superstar Khabib, trolled Kevin on Twitter by saying him a fighter who could only fight for 1 and a half round and then gasses out.
Kevin Lee is tough fighter…for 1,5 round only 😀
— Makhachev Islam (@MAKHACHEVMMA) May 19, 2019
Former boxer and current UFC welterweight prospect, Mike Perry, mentioned Rafael Anjos on Twitter to congratulate him on the victory and to challenge him for a future fight.
Good fight @RdosAnjosMMA I look forward to earning a fight with you one day #Oss
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) May 19, 2019
Another star and Welterweight fighter, Max Griffin; who defeated Mike Perry last year by way of Unanimous Decision, congratulated Rafael and said the fight was exited and better than those fights going to decisions.
What a welterweight scrap. Those 5rd fights are not a game. Congrats to @RdosAnjosMMA on the performance #UFCRochester
— Max Griffin (@maxPAINmma) May 19, 2019
Bobby King Green, the former King of the Cage Champion at Junior Welterweight and Welterweight, posted a mobile recorded clip of live fight on his Instagram, he praised the fight and said Kevin Lee has no chance to win this game.
Nick Diaz past StrikeForce Champion at Welterweight, reacted to Sage Northcutt’s very first loss in MMA, the past champion advertise his academy through a video message. He felt sorry and wished for early recovery of Sage Northcutt. According to him, to avoid brutal losses like this, Sage should train with him at Nick Diaz Academy. Nick Diaz is the one who tested positive for Marijuana in his last fight, against Anderson Spider Silva. Silva who is sometimes dubbed as the ever best MMA fighter, he was also tested positive in the same bout, Silva took Drostanolone and Androsterone performance-enhancing drugs.
