{"id":314687,"date":"2019-05-26T10:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T17:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314687"},"modified":"2019-05-26T10:17:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T17:17:05","slug":"joe-rogan-compares-kevin-lee-to-george-st-pierre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-compares-kevin-lee-to-george-st-pierre\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan compares Kevin Lee to George St-Pierre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Lee is currently on a two-fight losing streak, having recently come up short to Rafael dos Anjos and Al Iaquinta in the welterweight and lightweight divisions respectively. UFC commentator Joe Rogan believes a change of scenery could be the solution for the struggling but undeniably talented &#8220;Motown Phenom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Rogan has a specific gym in mind for Lee.<\/p>\n<p>By the UFC commentator&#8217;s estimation, Kevin Lee has a similar skillset to former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre, and would therefore benefit from the tutelage of St-Pierre&#8217;s long-time handler Firas Zahabi at Tristar in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Rogan | Kevin Lee Needs to Make Changes Following RDA Loss\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-X2RSUtXrc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin Lee needs a camp,&#8221; Joe Rogan said on a recent episode of the JRE MMA Show (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/joe-rogan-explains-why-kevin-lee-train-firas-zahabi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LowkickMMA<\/a>). &#8220;I think Kevin Lee should go to Firas Zahabi. The reason why Firas Zahabi is, Kevin Lee\u2019s skill set is very similar to Georges St-Pierre\u2019s. Good striking, very athletic, great timing of takedowns, no one knows how to coach that better than Firas Zahabi. That\u2019s what I think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joe Rogan continued, elaborating on why a camp change might be a good idea for Kevin Lee. He also suggested that Lee has likely struggled greatly as a result of the death of his former coach, Robert Follis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no disrespect to any small camps,&#8221; he said. &#8216;An athlete has a small f**king window, man. Kevin is 26, right? So he\u2019s got 10 years. Not good. Before that, he was beating guys in pretty spectacular fashion. Robert Follis\u2019 death had a tremendous impact on him as a fighter, as a person, and then he fought some really great fighters on top of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAl Iaquinta, man,&#8221; Rogan continued. &#8220;From the jump of that fight, the get-go, when he hit him with that spinning back fist, he let him know, \u2018You\u2019re in a dog fight, man.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recent struggles notwithstanding, Joe Rogan is still confident that Kevin Lee has all the tools to become a UFC champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a defining moment in a fighter\u2019s career, where they realize they need to make changes, they\u2019re not doing things the way they should be doing them, and they need to make changes,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe 100 percent can be champion. He\u2019s just gotta make some changes \u2013 he needs a maestro, he needs a f*cking conductor. He needs a Greg Jackson or a Matt Hume, Firas Zahabi, Duke Roufus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Joe Rogan is on the money here? Would Kevin Lee benefit from training with a coach like Firas Zahabi?<\/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 5\/26\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Lee is currently on a two-fight losing streak, having recently come up short to Rafael dos Anjos and Al Iaquinta in the welterweight and lightweight divisions respectively. 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