{"id":333842,"date":"2019-12-02T08:03:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=333842"},"modified":"2019-12-02T08:08:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T16:08:25","slug":"joe-rogan-kevin-lee-is-not-even-in-his-prime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-kevin-lee-is-not-even-in-his-prime\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan: Kevin Lee is &#8216;not even in his prime&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC color commentator Joe Rogan believes the best is still to come for lightweight contender Kevin Lee. Rogan heaped praise on Lee during a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vxj1ej2S-IU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conversation<\/a> with Lee&#8217;s new coach Firas Zahabi.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Rogan Talks Kevin Lee KO&#039;ing Gregor Gillespie with Trainer Firas Zahabi\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vxj1ej2S-IU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He just turned 27,&#8221; Rogan pointed out. &#8220;He&#8217;s f**king not even in his prime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s also experienced failure, and experienced fights where he didn&#8217;t live up to his potential. I think that ultimately will be a motivating force, because we see what he can do when he&#8217;s really focused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lee last fought at UFC 244, when he removed Gregor Gillespie&#8217;s batteries with a blistering head kick in the first round. It was the first loss on Gillespie&#8217;s pro record.<\/p>\n<p>Rogan, like many members of the MMA community, was extremely impressed by this performance from Lee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gregor Gillespie&#8217;s a dangerous fight, man,&#8221; Rogan told Zahabi. &#8220;People see that spectacular, head-kick knockout, and they don&#8217;t understand how good Gregor Gillespie is. That kid is a savage. When I found out that Kevin was going to fight Gregor first fight back at 155 [pounds] \u2014 dangerous comeback fight. Very high risk.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Firas Zahabi is the head coach at Tristar in Montreal, the gym that produced former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion. Rogan believes that, under Zahabi&#8217;s tutelage, Lee could perhaps realize the same kind of success as St-Pierre \u2014 especially considering his youth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying he&#8217;s the same level as Georges, but Georges fights like that, with wrestling and great striking and submissions,&#8221; Rogan said. &#8220;He mixes it all up. He&#8217;s unpredictable in his attacks. They&#8217;re very similar. Neither guy is particularly long, both guys are very physically strong. Come on, man, this is the guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lee does not currently have a fight booked, but he&#8217;s healthy and expected to compete again soon.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Joe Rogan? Is the best version of Kevin Lee still to come?<\/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 12\/2\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC color commentator Joe Rogan believes the best is still to come for lightweight contender Kevin Lee. Rogan heaped praise on Lee during a conversation with Lee&#8217;s new coach Firas Zahabi. &#8220;He just turned 27,&#8221; Rogan pointed out. &#8220;He&#8217;s f**king not even in his prime. &#8220;He&#8217;s also experienced failure, and experienced fights where he didn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":295180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10151,19995,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joe Rogan: Kevin Lee is &#039;not even in his prime&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC color commentator Joe Rogan believes the best is still to come for surging UFC lightweight contender Kevin Lee.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-kevin-lee-is-not-even-in-his-prime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joe Rogan: Kevin Lee is &#039;not even in his prime&#039; 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