UFC 244: Kevin Lee vs. Gregor Gillespie play-by-play, results, live blog
Get play-by-play updates and live results for Kevin Lee vs. Gregor Gillespie, the first fight on the UFC 244 main card.
UFC 244 is a pay-per-view event and the main card will stream exclusively on
UFC 244 play-by-play updates
Main Card
- Jorge Masvidal def. Nate Diaz via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – R3, 5:00 (play-by-play & video)
- Darren Till def. Kelvin Gastelum via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 27-30) (play-by-play & video)
- Stephen Thompson def. Vicente Luque via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27) (play-by-play & video)
- Derrick Lewis def. Blagoy Ivanov via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28) (play-by-play & video)
- Kevin Lee def. Gregor Gillespie via KO – R1, 2:47 (play-by-play & video)
Prelims
Kevin Lee vs. Gregor Gillespie play-by-play
Lee (17-5) will be attempting to snap a two-fight losing streak after he suffered consecutive defeats to Al Iaquinta and then Rafael dos Anjos. After fighting dos Anjos at welterweight, Lee now returns to lightweight for this fight at UFC 244.
Gillespie (13-0) has won all six of his fights in the UFC so far, with recent wins coming against Yancy Medeiros and Vinc Pichel.
Read on for our UFC 244 play-by-play updates and results for Kevin Lee vs. Gregor Gillespie.
Round one
Lee crouched forward and trying to stay low to stop the potential Gillespie takedowns. Gillespie shoots forward but Lee is ready and evades the attempt. Nice jabs from Gillespie hitting the chin of Lee. Lee also reaching out with straight punches. Great right hand connects for Lee. Gillespie dips forward to try a right uppercut but falls short. Gillespie clips Lee with a right hand. Both guys landing stiff punches to start this round.
It’s a battle of jabs so far through the first two and a half minutes. Lee reaching out with his jab and waiting to send the right hand through. Gillespie lands with power. Lee stings Gillespie with a punch and then sleeps Gillespie with a left high kick. Gillespie shuts down and falls against the cage and floor. The fight is over.
Official result: Kevin Lee def. Gregor Gillespie via KO – R1, 2:47
Watch the video of Kevin Lee’s knockout victory below:
OMG KEVIN LEE!!!#UFC244 pic.twitter.com/2gHsekDIg5
— UFC (@ufc) November 3, 2019
Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) ties Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush for most lightweight wins since 2014, his UFC debut year, with 11.
His seven lightweight finishes are 2nd among lightweights since 2014 (Ferguson, 8). #UFC244 pic.twitter.com/dLT7vt1PyC
— UFC News (@UFCNews) November 3, 2019
Holy shittttt!!!! That was absolutely freaking brutal 😱😱😱
Oh. My. God!!!! #UFC244
— Megan Anderson (@MeganAnderson) November 3, 2019
What a ko !!!!! #ufc244 that was kotn
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) November 3, 2019
👀👀👀Kevin Lee jus shot the light out in MSG. Congrats bro👏👏👏#UFC244
— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) November 3, 2019
