{"id":244800,"date":"2017-07-20T06:44:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T13:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=244800"},"modified":"2017-07-20T06:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T13:44:18","slug":"kevin-lee-explains-forgive-conor-mcgregor-perceived-racist-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kevin-lee\/kevin-lee-explains-forgive-conor-mcgregor-perceived-racist-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee explains why he can forgive Conor McGregor&#8217;s perceived racist words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 26, UFC lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> will step into <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather\/\">the boxing ring<\/a> with undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather. To promote this fight, the two stars recently engaged in a four-city press tour, stopping in LA, Toronto, Brooklyn and London.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, this tour generated hundreds of headlines. Unfortunately, not all of them were positive, as Mayweather dropped a homophobic slur in London, and McGregor caught flack for comments that seemed to have a racist undertone.<\/p>\n<p>Since this press tour, many members of the MMA community have weighed in on the two fighters&#8217; ugly comments. The latest to do so is Kevin Lee, a surging UFC lightweight contender. In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/07\/kevin-lee-conor-mcgregor-culture-vulture-racism-remarks-floyd-mayweather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>, Lee explained that he&#8217;s willing to let McGregor&#8217;s comments slide because he probably doesn&#8217;t really understand what he&#8217;s saying.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHonestly, I think that Conor doesn\u2019t really understand, because he\u2019s from a different culture,\u201d Lee explained. \u201cHe\u2019s an Irishman. He\u2019s a culture vulture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou look at any other Irishman, no other Irishman got swag like that,\u201d Lee continued.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s a culture vulture. He is what he is. But I think he doesn\u2019t understand the culture. He\u2019s trying his best, and it\u2019s just something that he didn\u2019t grow up with. He ain\u2019t grew up over here in the States. He doesn\u2019t understand it to the core. He kind of understands it a little bit, but he don\u2019t really understand it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s trying his best, but I didn\u2019t hold it against him, because I honestly don\u2019t think he understands it.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lee then briefly discussed a possible matchup with McGregor, which could very well happen in the future. Apparently, he&#8217;s happy to see McGregor focused on boxing, because it means <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-claims-training-grappling-midst-mayweather-camp\/\">his MMA game will probably slip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s getting worse [at MMA]. I\u2019m getting better,\u201d Lee said. \u201cSo we\u2019ll see what happens when we cross paths.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Kevin Lee?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/20\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 26, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor will step into the boxing ring with undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather. To promote this fight, the two stars recently engaged in a four-city press tour, stopping in LA, Toronto, Brooklyn and London. As expected, this tour generated hundreds of headlines. 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