{"id":300058,"date":"2019-01-30T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=300058"},"modified":"2019-01-30T11:03:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T19:03:51","slug":"kevin-lee-switching-up-coaching-staff-ahead-of-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kevin-lee-switching-up-coaching-staff-ahead-of-next-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee switching up coaching staff ahead of next fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The next time Kevin Lee steps into the octagon he will likely\nhave a new coaching staff around him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Motown Phenom\u201d suffered his second loss in his last three\nfights this past December when he was defeated by Al Iaquinta by unanimous\ndecision at UFC on FOX 31. As a result, Lee is planning on making changes to\nhis training camp and that includes his coaching staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s definitely going to be some coaching changes,\u201d\u00a0Lee told\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/01\/kevin-lee-done-playing-around-coaching-changes-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">MMA Junkie Radio<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cEven in the last one, I had a guy in my corner for the first time. Whenever you do that you\u2019re taking a big risk, you\u2019re taking a gamble. There\u2019s so much energy-based and I feed off the people\u2019s energy, too. I do think that there will be some changes. There\u2019s going to be some big changes coming up that I can\u2019t really talk about yet. \u2026 I\u2019ve got some big plans in my head that I\u2019m putting out there, and I\u2019m going to make sure I get them into fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee (17-4) has been training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas since early in his UFC career. In late 2017 his head coach <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-follis\/former-xtreme-couture-coach-robert-follis-passed-away-2\/\">Robert Follis passed away.<\/a> Since that tragedy, Lee hasn\u2019t had a structured coaching staff in his training camp and that\u2019s something he\u2019s looking to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m kind of done playing around. I\u2019m kind of done seeing what I need to do, and now somebody is going to get hurt. In my head, that\u2019s all that\u2019s happening now. I don\u2019t care who it is. They\u2019ve approached me with some fights now that I just wasn\u2019t interested in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee (17-4) went on a 8-2 run to start off his UFC career however has dropped to 1-2 in his last three fights. The 26-year-old has never lost back-to-back fights in his career and currently doesn\u2019t have a fight scheduled. Stay tuned to BJPenn.com for any updates on the next fight of Kevin Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 1\/30\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next time Kevin Lee steps into the octagon he will likely have a new coaching staff around him. \u201cThe Motown Phenom\u201d suffered his second loss in his last three fights this past December when he was defeated by Al Iaquinta by unanimous decision at UFC on FOX 31. 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