{"id":325550,"date":"2019-09-17T06:13:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325550"},"modified":"2019-09-17T06:13:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:13:10","slug":"islam-makhachev-fires-back-at-kevin-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/islam-makhachev-fires-back-at-kevin-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev fires back at Kevin Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week, Kevin Lee announced his intention to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kevin-lee-returning-to-lightweight\/\">return to the lightweight division<\/a> after a brief stint at welterweight. He stated that he hopes to work his way toward a title fight with lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, and that he&#8217;s interested in battling Nurmagomedov&#8217;s training partner Islam Makhachev in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Sy5lL7\">\u201cAfter looking at that last fight with Khabib, I did an interview before Khabib fought Dustin (Poirier) and said I wasn\u2019t too impressed,\u201d Lee told\u00a0ESPN (via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/9\/13\/20864220\/kevin-lee-dropping-back-down-lightweight-hopes-fight-khabib-nurmagomedov-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cBut after seeing the way Khabib handled Dustin, I might want a piece of that cake. I like the biggest target I can find. He\u2019s the real challenge out there. He\u2019s the guy who is going to challenge Jon Jones for the pound-for-pound title. That\u2019s the kind of fight that will get me up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6AoJea\">\u201cI hear they\u2019re going to Moscow and I hear Islam [Makhachev] might want a fight,\u201d Lee said. \u201cMe and Islam on a co-main in Moscow sounds good to me. People see him as the next Khabib. I\u2019ll be training with Georges [St-Pierre]. There\u2019s talks of trying to make Khabib and Georges happen. There are a lot of little storylines there. Lot of motivation in a fight like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It did not take long for Islam Makhachev to respond to this comment from Kevin Lee. Makhachev claims that, after calling Lee out for years to no avail, he plans on making his rival wait for this fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoTownPhenom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MoTownPhenom<\/a> you ain\u2019t in position to call date and location. I was calling you out 2years in a row. Now you wait till January and I\u2019ll give you a lesson boy<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Makhachev Islam (@MAKHACHEVMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAKHACHEVMMA\/status\/1172977640061448193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;[Kevin Lee] you ain\u2019t in position to call date and location,&#8221; Makhachev wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAKHACHEVMMA\/status\/1172977640061448193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter<\/a>. &#8220;I was calling you out 2 years in a row. Now you wait till January and I\u2019ll give you a lesson boy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Does a fight between Kevin Lee and Islam Makhachev interest you? Who do you think wins?<\/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 9\/17\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week, Kevin Lee announced his intention to return to the lightweight division after a brief stint at welterweight. 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