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PHILADELPHIA – Casey Kenney believes he was the rightful winner of Saturday’s matchup with Ray Borg at UFC on ESPN 2, no matter how the crowd reacted after the result was announced.

After stepping into the fight on just six days’ notice, Kenney (12-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) topped Borg (11-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) by unanimous decision in their catchweight fight. He was showered with boos afterward, but said he has no doubts he deserved the nod.

“They can boo all I want, I know what I did,” Kenney told reporters, including MMA Junkie, post-fight at UFC on ESPN 2. “I truly felt I won the fight. I can think of like two shots he landed in the fight. He did take me down but I never felt threatened at all by his little back control. I knew he was going to slide off. I had him in some spots where I knew I could do some damage, he did a good job of getting out of them. It was a great fight.”

Casey came into the fight just over one week after winning the LFA interim bantamweight title by knockout in less than two minutes. He took that fight on short notice, as well, but said he couldn’t turn down the UFC opportunity he’s been waiting nearly three years for.

Although he was the one who took the fight on short notice, Borg was the one who missed weight for the fight. He came in 1.75 pounds over the bantamweight limit and had to forfeit 30 percent of his purse. Kenney said he wasn’t upset about Borg missing weight, but does wish he acted more professionally, especially because he was moving up a division.

“Nothing again Ray Borg, but I know where my mind is at,” Kenney said. “I’m always going to come to fight and I’m always going to make weight. Rip my arm off and I’ll come beat you with the other one. … Missing weight it was a pound, it happens. We’re all professionals here we need to make weight. Coming up 10 pounds he had 10 weeks notice for this fight. Make weight, man.”

Kenney made a huge splash in his octagon debut by taking out a former UFC title challenger with no training camp. That seemingly bodes well for his future in the promotion, and Casey said he thinks there’s potential to stack up many wins over the course of his tenure.

“I’ll take anybody but you step in against the No. 3 flyweight Ray Borg, that’s a tough fight,” Kenney said. “There’s a ton of bums in the UFC right now that I feel like I would run through, collect my bonuses and start getting that $50k when I put them away. There’s also a lot of really tough guys I have my eye on as well. I’d like to have a full camp then get back in there and see what I can do.”

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