{"id":316602,"date":"2019-06-17T08:26:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T15:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316602"},"modified":"2019-06-17T08:26:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T15:26:40","slug":"kevin-lee-plans-to-stay-at-welterweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kevin-lee-plans-to-stay-at-welterweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee plans to stay at welterweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, in the main event of UFC Rochester, long-time UFC lightweight contender Kevin Lee made his debut in the welterweight division opposite a fellow former lightweight in Rafael dos Anjos. Unfortunately for Lee, this first welterweight bout didn&#8217;t go as planned, as he was submitted by his foe in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>While Lee didn&#8217;t get the result he wanted in this fight, however, he says his preparations went very well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result wasn\u2019t exactly what I wanted, and I was upset at myself for a few days,\u201d Lee told <a href=\"https:\/\/thebodylockmma.com\/ufc\/kevin-lee-reflects-on-loss-to-rafael-dos-anjos-will-stay-committed-to-welterweight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Body Lock<\/a>. \u201cIn terms of what went wrong, everything in the lead-up was clicking in an almost eerie way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the fight in the locker room, I was seeing certain things. You know when you\u2019re on your way to work, and you hit every green light. It was kind of like that type of feeling I was having. I felt like everything was coming together right, and my confidence was boosting up so much. The warm-up was perfect; everything was perfect. So when it didn\u2019t go my way, it was discouraging. I didn\u2019t know necessarily what I was doing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lee continued, sprinkling in some praise for his wily foe Rafael dos Anjos, who he admits outsmarted him in the cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat surprised me was how smart he was. He beat me tactically more than anything,\u201d Lee stated. &#8220;When I was going, he wasn\u2019t doing. He\u2019s letting me burn out my energy then he took his moment when I made the last mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite this setback, Kevin Lee seem to feel that he is better suited for the welterweight division than he is for the lightweight division, and intends to stay put for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah I think so,\u201d he said when asked if he was sticking to welterweight. \u201cI think it\u2019s right.\u201d<\/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 6\/17\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, in the main event of UFC Rochester, long-time UFC lightweight contender Kevin Lee made his debut in the welterweight division opposite a fellow former lightweight in Rafael dos Anjos. 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