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Kevin Lee’s UFC 216 opponent is the streaking Tony Ferguson. While Ferguson is surely at the forefront of his focus, he’s also still finding opportunities to share his opinions on the lightweight division’s other top players. One the latest lightweights to find himself in Lee’s crosshairs was Dagestan’s Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

Lee went off on Nurmagomedov at a UFC 216 media luncheon earlier this week, accusing him of avoiding tough fights to protect is undefeated 24-0 record.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s weird,\u201d Lee said of Nurmagomedov. \u201cThe man don\u2019t fight! So, what can I do? What can I do? How longs that dude been out? How long, it\u2019s been over a year now? He doesn\u2019t want to fight nobody, really. He doesn\u2019t want to fight nobody that proves to be a challenge to him. He wants to hold on to that imaginary \u20180\u2019 that he thinks he\u2019s got.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s got a whole country behind him,\u201d Lee continued. \u201cHe\u2019s got all of Russia. The man don\u2019t even have to fight and somehow he\u2019s still keeping himself in the media.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Khabib<\/p>\n

While Lee isn’t exactly a Khabib Nurmagomedov fan, he’s still like to fight him. In fact, he’d be willing to fight the Russian a little less than two months after his fight with Ferguson. Then, he’d set his sights on<\/a> Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lee broke down his plan:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI said I\u2019d take [Nurmagomedov] on in December, Dec. 2, but I don\u2019t know,\u201d Lee said. “Now Conor\u2019s saying that saying he might come back earlier, so, we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see how this one shakes up after. I\u2019m interested in that, I\u2019m interested in taking on Tony, and then fighting Khabib in December, and then defending the title against Conor, but we\u2019ll see how things shake out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How do you think a fight between Kevin Lee and Khabib Nurmagomedov would go?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/3\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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