{"id":331096,"date":"2019-11-06T09:26:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=331096"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:26:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:26:21","slug":"gregor-gillespie-speaks-out-after-ko-loss-to-kevin-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/gregor-gillespie-speaks-out-after-ko-loss-to-kevin-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregor Gillespie speaks out after KO loss to Kevin Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lightweight contender Gregor Gillespie experienced the first loss of his professional MMA career at UFC 244, succumbing to a first-round head-kick courtesy of Kevin Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/11\/6\/20950931\/gregor-gillespie-doesnt-expect-miss-much-time-after-ufc-244-ko-loss-not-interested-in-featherweight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>, Gillespie opened up on this first pro setback. Apparently, he&#8217;s in good spirits in spite of it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tvy398\">\u201cYou know how it goes. You get knocked out, I had a headache for a day or two, but I\u2019m good now,\u201d Gillespie said. \u201cI\u2019m in good spirits, you know my ego was hurt a little bit, obviously, someone who never loses and then they lose and you\u2019ve gotta imagine that there\u2019s gonna be some emotions about that, which there were. But my spirit is intact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gillespie has never been one for calling out opponents, but deviated from that pattern when he called for a fight with Lee. He says he does not regret calling out his rival, even considering how the fight ended.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PySrqD\">\u201cI asked for a step up in competition. Kevin Lee is a really good opponent,\u201d Gillespie said. \u201cA lot of people were saying, \u2018He\u2019s on a losing streak.\u2019 Kevin Lee is not on a downward spiral and I knew that going in. Not for one second did I think I\u2019m picking a guy going down, he\u2019s not. You look at his last four or five fights, they\u2019re all guys who have fought for a title or have a belt, he\u2019s super f*cking good.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZXbtBm\">\u201cI know that when you ask for better fights like that, your risk of losing goes up. That\u2019s kind of how that goes. So that\u2019s something I was definitely very, very aware of. That\u2019s the risk when you\u2019re fighting anyone, especially in the UFC, but when you take a fight against a guy who fought for a title at one point, your risk of getting beat\u2014not just beat, but knocked out\u2014goes up. That\u2019s a risk I was willing to take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gregor Gillespie <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-244-medical-suspensions-nate-diaz-gregor-gillespie-facing-lengthy-absences\/\">received a 90-day medical suspension<\/a> for his loss to Kevin Lee, but is already plotting a comeback. He doesn&#8217;t plan on rushing, but also doesn&#8217;t expect a prolonged absence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-entry-content \">\n<p id=\"v0yG6M\">\u201cI\u2019d like to get in there, I\u2019d like to get back in, but we\u2019re not gonna rush it,\u201d Gillespie said. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna wait as long as I did this time. I didn\u2019t purposely wait [10 months], it\u2019s just that the opportunity to fight a guy I wanted to fight wasn\u2019t there, then this came along and it was the right opponent, so that\u2019s why the time took so long. It\u2019s going to be sooner than it was this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Gregor Gillespie will respond to his first pro loss?<\/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> on 11\/6\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightweight contender Gregor Gillespie experienced the first loss of his professional MMA career at UFC 244, succumbing to a first-round head-kick courtesy of Kevin Lee. Speaking to MMA Fighting, Gillespie opened up on this first pro setback. Apparently, he&#8217;s in good spirits in spite of it. \u201cYou know how it goes. 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