{"id":261202,"date":"2017-10-09T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=261202"},"modified":"2017-10-09T06:30:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:30:15","slug":"kevin-lee-issues-statement-ufc-216-loss-tony-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kevin-lee\/kevin-lee-issues-statement-ufc-216-loss-tony-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee issues statement on UFC 216 loss to Tony Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday night, in the main event of the stacked UFC 216, 25-year-old lightweight contender Kevin Lee stepped in to the Octagon with the streaking Tony Ferguson. He did so in an effort to capture the UFC interim lightweight title.<\/p>\n

While Lee put up a valiant fight, very nearly finishing Ferguson in the first-round, he was ultimately finished in the third round when he was wrapped up in an arm-triangle choke<\/a>. Unsurprisingly, this was not the result the young fighter was looking for. That said, he has taken the L with grace.<\/p>\n

Late on Sunday night, Lee took to Instagram to issue a statement on his loss to Ferguson. See that statement below:<\/p>\n

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I appreciate all the support from everyone. I put my body on the line for those I love and I tried my best to leave it all out there in the cage. I said it before the fight, Tony Ferguson was the toughest fight of this division. I tried to step up and last night didn’t go my way, but I will be back more experienced and stronger than ever #25toLife<\/a><\/p>\n

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