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UFC Fight Night 152: Dos Anjos vs. Lee - The best and worst

Modified Sep 17, 2019 10:52 GMT

Rafael Dos Anjos came from behind to submit Kevin Lee in the main event

#2 Best: Dos Anjos shows there’s life in him yet

RDA's win over Kevin Lee puts him back into title contention at 170lbs

After a poor 2018 that saw him outworked by a pair of larger wrestlers in Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman, it looked like Rafael Dos Anjos was probably beginning to come towards the end of his storied career. At 34 years old and with a decade of UFC action under his belt, a slowdown was probably understandable.

Faced with Kevin Lee last night – a fighter who shares many attributes with Usman and Covington – I felt like RDA would come up short again. That wasn’t the case at all though; Dos Anjos weathered an early storm from his opponent before simply wearing him out down the stretch, dragging ‘The Motown Phenom’ into deep water and drowning him there, eventually submitting him with an arm triangle choke in the 4th round.

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Sure, you could put the victory down to the fact that Lee was a smaller fighter given he was coming up from 155lbs, and RDA may well struggle again when he’s faced with a bigger 170lber, but for now it’s clear that the idea of his demise was a bit of a premature one.

He’s still a very relevant contender at Welterweight, and as an exciting fighter, it’s good to see him there.

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