They said what?! Pros react to Eddie Alvarez's brutal TKO win over Rafael dos Anjos

Rafael dos Anjos had some good moments before Eddie Alvarez rocked him in the first round and then never allowed him to recover, scoring a standing TKO win to snatch the UFC lightweight belt at UFC Fight Night 90. Pro fighters were impressed on Twitter.

Eddie! Eddie! Eddie! #UFCFightNight90 #AndNew

— Zachary Makovsky (@ZachFunSize) July 8, 2016

Time to get that gold @Ealvarezfight lets get it! @blackzilians time to add another gold strap

— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) July 8, 2016

Alverez v RDA is gonna be a war. Much closer, match-up wise, than his other title fights and biggest wins. Lookin fwd to this one! #UFCVegas

— Joe Ellenberger (@JoeEllenberger) July 8, 2016

Let's go @Ealvarezfight

— Ryan LaFlare (@RLaFlare) July 8, 2016

It's time. We gonna hear at the end . And stilll. Go Dos Anjos

— THALES LEITES (@thalesleites) July 8, 2016

I'm calling it right now @ealvarezfight takes the belt I said it first!!!! #USA https://t.co/HFZpxFvYcn

— Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) July 8, 2016

I fucking hate how sick to my stomach I get when my boys fight!!

— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) July 8, 2016

HOLY CRAP! Eddie going for the kill and flying knee!!!! #ufcvegas

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) July 8, 2016

That was insane!!!!!!!!!!

— KailinCurran (@KailinCurran) July 8, 2016

Wow

— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) July 8, 2016

#AndNew I fucking called it @ufc congrats buddy #EA #BadBoy

— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) July 8, 2016

Wow congrats @Ealvarezfight!! #UFCFightNight

— Chad Laprise (@ChadLaprise) July 8, 2016

Holllyyyy shhhiiitttt #UFCFightWeek

— Jerome-Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) July 8, 2016

Dam @Ealvarezfight that was inspiring!

— Nick Newell (@NotoriousNewell) July 8, 2016

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! @Ealvarezfight #UFCFightNight90

— Zachary Makovsky (@ZachFunSize) July 8, 2016

RDA was looking great too. Only takes one good one to change everything. Congrats to Alvarez, true pioneer

— Chris Clements (@menaceclements) July 8, 2016

Wow! This is gonna be a great week of fights! #UFCVegas

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) July 8, 2016

Always been a fan of Alvarez! That was great! #AndNew

— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) July 8, 2016

O...M...G!!!! And New! Eddie Alvarez #andnew #UFCVegas #ufc #tko #ufcfightpass #ufcfightnight90

— Zak Cummings (@ZakCummings) July 8, 2016

HOLY SH*T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So proud of my boy @Ealvarezfight #andnew #ufclightweightchamp #UFCVegas #UFCFightWeek

— Ryan LaFlare (@RLaFlare) July 8, 2016

Wow didn't see that one coming!

— Erik Jon Koch (@NEWBREED04) July 8, 2016

WOW @Ealvarezfight so proud and happy for you !!! Remembering those days we were starting our careers on the same cards..

— Big Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) July 8, 2016

Holy.....shit! Great performance by Alvarez! Wow #andnew #ufcfightnight90 @UFCFightPass

— BRYAN BARBERENA (@bryan_barberena) July 8, 2016

Un-freaking-believable!!! Eddie Alvarez is your @ufc lightweight champ with an amazing performance. 1st round TKO. #UFCVegas

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) July 8, 2016

@RdosAnjosMMA never give up.

— Antonio Pezao Silva (@BigfootSilva) July 8, 2016

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Philly!!!!!!!!!!!!! @Ealvarezfight U DID IT BRO!!!!!!!!!

— Paul Felder (@felderpaul) July 8, 2016

Congrats to the new king of LW division!!!!! @Ealvarezfight is the deserving champion! What a performance!!!!!

— Siyar Bahadurzada (@Siyarized) July 8, 2016

Fuckinggggggg finish him @Ealvarezfight

— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) July 8, 2016

Congrats! To the new champ @Ealvarezfight solid!!

— Michael Johnson (@FollowTheMenace) July 8, 2016

The #undergroundking does it! The heart of a champion. #muchrespect the dog came out!

— Frankie Saenz (@FrankieSaenz) July 8, 2016

NOBODY has my kinda power.
Uppercut- it only takes me one. #UFCVegas

— Jeremy Stephens (@LiLHeathenMMA) July 8, 2016

Beautiful @Ealvarezfight happy for you brother! #UFCVegas

— Yves Edwards (@thugjitsumaster) July 8, 2016

Wow!!! Eddie Alvarez left nothing to the judges! Congrats to him Mark Henry and the team!! @NickCatone @ChrisWeidmanUFC #newchamp

— Chris Camozzi (@ChrisCamozzi) July 8, 2016

This is crazy Bisping and Eddy Alvarez are now World champion. That's what hard work and persistence gets you. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!

— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) July 8, 2016

Thanks for the cash Eddie. #ibetunderdogs

— Will Brooks (@illwillbrooks86) July 8, 2016