{"id":275115,"date":"2018-04-22T09:03:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=275115"},"modified":"2018-04-22T20:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T03:07:30","slug":"kevin-lee-follows-through-on-prediction-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kevin-lee\/kevin-lee-follows-through-on-prediction-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee follows through on prediction | What&#8217;s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kevin Lee follows through on prediction | What&#8217;s Next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lee overcame some third round adversity in the form of a well executed spinning wheel kick, compliments of Edson Barboza in last night&#8217;s UFC Fight Night 128 main event in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being kicked in the face and put on wobbly legs in the fights third-round, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/edson-barboza\/ufc-atlantic-city-results-edson-barboza-vs-kevin-lee\/\">Lee was still able to score a dominant fifth-round TKO victory over Edson Barboza in last night&#8217;s main event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin battered Edson for the better part of twenty minutes, arguably manhandling the Brazilian in a more devastating fashion than current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was able to at UFC 219.<\/p>\n<p>Lee&#8217;s statement was received loud and clear, not by his typical &#8220;Motown Phenom&#8221; swagger, but by the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/edson-barboza\/kevin-lee-makes-bold-prediction-against-edson-barboza\/\">outright skills and will that he enforced to dominate one of the UFC&#8217;s best strikers<\/a> ranking 2nd in KO&#8217;s and Knockdowns in the division.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Lee had to say in his post-fight press conference last night.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Lee Post Fight Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tXA6IlkOAxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-atlantic-city\/ufc-atlantic-city-results-edson-barboza-vs-kevin-lee\/\">Lee was not only composed but also showed maturity, which comes as little surprise with the 25-years-old fighter already having 13 UFC fights under his belt.<\/a>\u00a0 But, it was Lee&#8217;s night as he showed that his stand-up game was strong enough to hang with what most analysts feel is one of the best strikers in the division and possibly the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger question that needs to be answered is who deserves to get a shot at the current champ Khabib Nurmagomedov.\u00a0Dustin Poirier picked up a statement win against Justin Gaethje earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tony Ferguson was recently stripped of his Interim Lightweight Championship duties, this he failed to make the walk at UFC 223 due to a freak accident.\u00a0&#8220;El Cucuy&#8221; is now on the mend post-surgery and hopes to final settle the score with &#8220;The Eagle&#8221; when he is healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is always former division champion Conor McGregor, whose availability remains unknown due to pending legal issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, with a dominating performance by Kevin Lee, who should be next for Khabib Time?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kevin-lee\/kevin-lee-makes-bold-prediction-against-edson-barboza\/\">*\u00a0this post first appeared in bjpenn.com 4\/21\/2018\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Lee follows through on prediction | What&#8217;s Next? 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