Geoff Neal looked good early before Rafael dos Anjos went down with an injury at UFC 308.

Neal (16-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) hurt dos Anjos (32-17 MMA, 21-15 UFC) on the feet, before the former lightweight champion buckled his left knee, which prompted the referee to stop the fight at the 1:30 mark of Round 1. The welterweight bout was part of the UFC 304 prelims at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Neal stalked dos Anjos early, dropping him with a overhand left less than a minute into Round 1. Dos Anjos survived, but was taken down by Neal, who decided to let him back up. A few moments later, dos Anjos went down after he appeared to injure his left knee. The fight was ruled a TKO win for Neal.

Neal picked up his first win in over two years. He was on a two-fight losing skid after back-to-back losses to Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Garry.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 308 results include:

• Geoff Neal def. Rafael dos Anjos via TKO (knee injury) - Round 1, 1:40

• Mateusz Rebecki def. Myktybek Orolbai via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

• Abus Magomedov def. Brunno Ferreira via submission (arm triangle) - Round 3, 3:14

• Kennedy Nzechukwu def. Chris Barnett via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:27

• Farid Basharat def. Victor Hugo via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

• Ismail Naurdiev def. Bruno Silva via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

• Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Carlos Leal via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

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