Making his return to action tonight following his recent main event debut, middleweight contender, Chris Curtis was left frustrated in his main card clash with Russian striker, Roman Kopylov — in which he was stopped with just a single second remaining in the third round at UFC Vegas 101.
Curtis, a perennial contender at the middleweight limit, made his return to action tonight against Kopylov following a rematch defeat to fellow contender, Brendan Allen last year, suffering a knee injury in the final round of their close, hard-fought back-and-forth at the Apex facility.
And returning tonight on the main card of UFC Vegas 101 in the first event of the annum for the promotion, Chris Curtis traded back-and-forth over the course of three rounds with Kopylov, with the latter warned twice following a pair of eye and groin strike blemishes.