{"id":303774,"date":"2019-02-27T13:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T21:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=303774"},"modified":"2019-02-27T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T21:52:21","slug":"report-ufc-looking-to-make-kevin-lee-vs-gregor-gillespie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-ufc-looking-to-make-kevin-lee-vs-gregor-gillespie\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | UFC looking to make Kevin Lee vs Gregor Gillespie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The last time we saw &#8216;The Mo-Town Phenom&#8217; Kevin Lee (17-4) in action he was headlining the very last UFC card on the Fox network, UFC on Fox 31 in Milwaukie, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately for Lee, he wouldn&#8217;t end up walking away as the last person to win on the Fox network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee would <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/al-iaquinta\/ufc-on-fox-31-results-al-iaquinta-defeats-kevin-lee-highlights\/\">drop a unanimous decision<\/a> in a rematch with Al Iaquinta. Thus making him 1-2 in his last three outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it&#8217;s onto the next for the 26-year old and he&#8217;s been quite vocal about his willingness to face anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a while, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/islam-makhachev\/kevin-lee-and-islam-makhachev-agree\/\">looking like he may be matched with the rising Islam Makhachev<\/a> for his next bout, perhaps even in the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alistair-overeem\/report-ufc-returns-to-russia-in-april-alistair-overeem-projected-to-face-alexander-volkov\/\">UFC&#8217;s return to Russia in St. Petersburg on April 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the UFC has other plans as according to ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani they&#8217;re looking to set him up against the undefeated Gregor Gillespie (13-0).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UFC hoping to book Kevin Lee x Gregor Gillespie, sources say. According to sources, Lee was pushing to fight Islam Makhachev on the Russia card, but UFC was more interested in the Gillespie fight. Hasn&#39;t been finalized yet, but current plan is to book it in May, if all goes well.<\/p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1100861373880373249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;UFC hoping to book Kevin Lee x Gregor Gillespie, sources say. According to sources, Lee was pushing to fight Islam Makhachev on the Russia card, but UFC was more interested in the Gillespie fight. Hasn&#8217;t been finalized yet, but <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">current<\/g> plan is to book it in <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">May,<\/g> if all goes well.&#8221; Helwani tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As his record shows, Gillespie has been flawless to this point in his career. A very dominant and humble wrestler with striking skills to boot, no one has been able to solve the puzzle that Gillespie has become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now 5-0 inside the Octagon following his complete shutout against Yancy Medeiros at UFC Brooklyn, a fight with Lee would undeniably be Gillespie&#8217;s biggest to date and his first crack at someone in the top 15 let alone the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though he and Makhachev had verbally agreed to fight, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kevin-lee\/kevin-lee-open-to-fighting-gregor-gillespie-this-after-turning-down-darren-till\/\">Lee also specifically mentioned<\/a> that he would be open to the idea of the Gillespie fight. Therefore it&#8217;s just coming down to which match-up the UFC likes better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\"><em>BJPenn.com<\/em><\/a><em> on 2\/27\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time we saw &#8216;The Mo-Town Phenom&#8217; Kevin Lee (17-4) in action he was headlining the very last UFC card on the Fox network, UFC on Fox 31 in Milwaukie, Wisconsin. Unfortunately for Lee, he wouldn&#8217;t end up walking away as the last person to win on the Fox network. 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