{"id":295382,"date":"2018-12-18T06:57:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T14:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=295382"},"modified":"2018-12-18T06:59:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T14:59:56","slug":"kevin-lee-promises-hes-still-going-to-be-champ-after-ufc-milwaukee-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kevin-lee-promises-hes-still-going-to-be-champ-after-ufc-milwaukee-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee promises he&#8217;s &#8216;still going to be champ&#8217; after UFC Milwaukee loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday night, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s final show on FOX, highly regarded lightweight contender Kevin Lee hit a speed bump in the form of Al Iaquinta. Though Lee was not without his moments in the pair&#8217;s five-round encounter, he ultimately gave up a unanimous decision to his foe, which derailed his lightweight title dreams for the moment.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Lee promises that he will still capture the belt in the future. While he is disappointed in this loss, his resolve has not been shaken.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lee spoke on this subject in a post on his official Instagram on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Brf7CEPHwIV<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fight on Saturday, I still feel like we won it,\u201d Lee said on Instagram, debating the scoring for his fight with Iaquinta (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/kevin-lee\/kevin-lee-im-still-going-to-be-a-champ-despite-setback-against-al-iaquinta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANytt<\/a>). \u201cI fought a lot off my back foot as a southpaw and against my natural fighting style. My explosiveness and coming forward and being aggressive. I tried to show something a little too different. Al showed up, he put on a great performance, landed a great shot in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I can say is, I\u2019m going to be back and I\u2019m still going to be a champ regardless of where it\u2019s at and what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Kevin Lee, this disappointing loss to Al Iaquinta was preceded by a dominant stoppage victory over Brazilian knockout artist Edson Barboza. In his next most recent bout, he was submitted by streaking contender Tony Ferguson in an interim lightweight title fight. He&#8217;s now 17-4 overall.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Kevin Lee after UFC Milwaukee? Do you think there&#8217;s a UFC title win in his future?<\/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 12\/17\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday night, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s final show on FOX, highly regarded lightweight contender Kevin Lee hit a speed bump in the form of Al Iaquinta. 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