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Late last month, in the main event of the UFC’s exciting stop in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<\/a>, Kevin Lee scored an impressive \u2013 though somewhat controversial \u2013 first-round submission win over top-10 lightweight Michael Chiesa.<\/p>\n

This win set the 24-year-old Lee up for more big tests in the stacked UFC lightweight division, and post-fight, he made some suggestions to that end, dropping names like the “already down the hill” Edson Barboza.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with MMAFighting.com<\/a>, Barboza responded to Lee’s callout \u2013 which he admitted he didn’t actually hear.<\/p>\n

“Honestly, I didn\u2019t [hear that callout],\u201d Barboza said of Lee\u2019s comment, “but he\u2019s just another kid coming up, new blood, who thinks he has style, but he will learn things the hard way, getting beat up in the cage. He will calm down soon.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c[Lee] only fought one guy in the top 15,\u201d Barboza said. “Like [Tony] Ferguson said [on Fox Sports 1], he wasn\u2019t tested that much yet. I\u2019m the No. 4 in the ranking, so I think he should\u2026 I don\u2019t think anything, actually. I want to fight someone ahead of me. But if that doesn\u2019t happen I\u2019d fight him, no problem.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Barboza then explained that, while he’d accept this fight, he wasn’t particularly impressed by Lee’s defeat of Chiesa.<\/p>\n

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“Honestly? I was not [impressed],\u201d he said of Lee\u2019s win over Chiesa. “He\u2019s ranked, I think No. 11 or something like that. He\u2019s one of the 15 best fighters in the UFC, and everyone is good everywhere at this level, so I wasn\u2019t surprised.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Edson Barboza is currently on a three-fight win streak, having recently bested former UFC champ Anthony Pettis, former Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez, and most recently, Beneil Dariush.<\/p>\n

Would you be interested in seeing Kevin Lee and Edson Barboza fight? Who do you think would win this clash of ranked lightweights?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/2\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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