Picture perfect.
Kevin Lee cracked Gregor Gillespie across the jaw with a right hook and then came across the left side of his face with a vicious left head kick. The kick knocked Gillespie out on his feet and sent him crashing down with his back against the Octagon.
Lee added a hammerfist on a fallen Gillespie for good measure, but he didn't need the extra shot at all. He more than won the fight with the assault that came before it.
OMG KEVIN LEE!!!#UFC244 pic.twitter.com/2gHsekDIg5
— UFC (@ufc) November 3, 2019
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Lee's scintillating first-round KO kicked off the pay-per-view portion of UFC 244 at New York's Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
The instant Knockout of the Year candidate understandably put Twitter into a frenzy.
Holy shittttt!!!! That was absolutely freaking brutal 😱😱😱
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) November 3, 2019
Oh. My. God!!!! #UFC244
Wow Kevin Lee!!!! Way to return! @ufc #244
— Mike Mitchell (@iammikemitchell) November 3, 2019
"The Motown Phenom" left an indelible mark on a stacked UFC 244.
Kevin Lee (@MoTownPhenom) ties Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush for most lightweight wins since 2014, his UFC debut year, with 11.
— UFC News (@UFCNews) November 3, 2019
His seven lightweight finishes are 2nd among lightweights since 2014 (Ferguson, 8). #UFC244 pic.twitter.com/dLT7vt1PyC
