Rafael Dos Anjos vs Rafael Fitzyev
Johnny Walker vs Jamah Hill
Illyr Latifi vs Alexander Romanov
Kyrgyzstan kickboxing rising star Rafael Fiziev has just called out former UFC lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos, and now the match between the two sides has officially been confirmed, and the match will start on February 20, Beijing time, the UFC Fighting Night 202, which is expected to be the headline main game of the day.
Rafael Anjos (30-13, 5 K, 10 S) is 37 years old and has a height of 173cm with an arm span of 178cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2004 and joined the UFC in 2008 with a (11-2) score and nine consecutive wins, including the UFC Lightweight Championship Gold Belt in a point-and-shoot victory over Anthony Pettis in March 2015 and the title of Donald Cerrone in the first TKO "Cowboy" in December. However, in July 2016, he lost the title to Eddie Alvarez in the first TKO and then lost to Tony Ferguson. In 2017, he rose to the sub-middleweight to win three straight games, including the first set to defeat Neil Magny and a point win over Robbie Lawler. But in 2018 suffered two consecutive defeats, losing points to Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman. In May 2019, kevin Lee was demoted in the fourth set, suffering two consecutive defeats to Leon Edwards and Michael Chiesa. Having just returned to the lightweights in a divergent victory over Paul Felder in November 2020, Anjos is currently ranked 6th in the UFC lightweights.
Rafael Fitzyev (11-1, 7 K, 1 S) is 28 years old and has a height of 173 cm with an arm span of 180 cm. Coming from Muay Thai, he has a (39-8, 29 KO) kickboxing record, having won the Kyrgyz Muay Thai championship as well as the WMF and IFMA championships. Starting his professional MMA career in 2015, he joined the UFC tournament with a (6-0) result in 2019, and although he suffered his first career defeat in the UFC debut by Magomed Mustafaev's first-leg TKO, he recently played a five-game winning streak, including a point-and-roll victory over Bobby Green in August last year, and another boxing rising star, Brad, just after the third leg in December Riddell）。 Fitzyev is currently 11th in the UFC official rankings in the lightweight category.
The tournament also confirmed two high-profile showdowns, with Brazil's Johnny Walker (18-6, 15 K, 2 S) against American Gamaha Hill (9-1, 5 K, 0 S). Sweden's IrylLatife (15-8, 6 K, 4 S, 1 N) against Moldova's unbeaten champion Alexander Romanov (15-0, 6 K, 8 S).
Match Match Chart:
Lightweight Competition:
Rafael dos Anjos (#6) vs. Rafael Fiziev (#11)
Light Heavyweight Competition:
Johnny Walker (#10) vs. Jamahal Hill (#12)
Heavyweight Competition:
Ilir Latifi vs. Alexander Romanov
Women's Welterweight Competition:
Jessica Rose Clark vs. Stephanie Egger
Hatchweight Competition:
Jesse Strader vs. Chad Anheliger
Featherweight Competition:
Austin Lingo vs. Jonathan Pearce
Chas Skelly vs. Mark Striegl
Middleweight Competition:
Kyle Daukaus vs. Julian Marquez
Khalid Taha vs. Mario Bautista
Women's GrassWeight Competition:
Diana Belbita vs. Gloria de Paula
Cory McKenna vs. Elise Reed
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