{"id":344511,"date":"2020-03-16T05:58:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=344511"},"modified":"2020-03-16T05:58:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:58:20","slug":"kevin-lee-apologizes-for-unprofessional-weight-miss-at-ufc-brasilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kevin-lee-apologizes-for-unprofessional-weight-miss-at-ufc-brasilia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee apologizes for &#8216;unprofessional&#8217; weight miss at UFC Brasilia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Kevin Lee has issued an apology for his unprofessional weight cut in the lead-up to UFC Brasilia last week.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was beaten in the main event down in Brazil on Saturday night, suffering a third round submission loss at the hands of Charles Oliveira who took his win streak in the Ultimate Fighting Championship up to seven.<\/p>\n<p>Lee missed weight the day prior to the fight, coming in at 158.5 lbs which was 2.5 lbs over the 156 lbs limit for the 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> apologizes for how things transpired during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCBrasilia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCBrasilia<\/a> fight week.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was very unprofessional on my part, I could have approached it a whole lot better.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Watch full video: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IB4EMv1WCS\">https:\/\/t.co\/IB4EMv1WCS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8XJ1bnLCpY\">pic.twitter.com\/8XJ1bnLCpY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1239389676164743168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During his post-fight media obligations, Kevin Lee was open and honest about missing the mark (video via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1239389676164743168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSo many things were bouncing and moving \u2014 it was very unprofessional on my part, I will say that,&#8221; Lee said. &#8220;I could\u2019ve approached it a whole lot better. Coming down here all the way to Brazil, on not <i>necessarily <\/i>short notice, but I maybe should\u2019ve given myself more time to prepare for this fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHonestly, it was just the time, the time killed me. I was unprepared for it. I didn\u2019t bring a dietician down, I thought the UFC was gonna cover that a little bit more, they did in my last fight. It was more unprofessional on my part. I can\u2019t do nothing but apologize and blame myself, and I think the way the weight cut went kind of carried over into the fight. It definitely didn\u2019t help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This served as the second time in Lee&#8217;s UFC career that he had missed weight and the fourth time in his professional mixed martial arts career as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Many questions will now be raised as to whether or not Lee still belongs at lightweight, with some suggesting that welterweight is the natural next step for him. Alas, the man himself has already stated that when he does eventually return, lightweight is still going to be his home.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Kevin Lee after UFC Brasilia?<\/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 3\/16\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Kevin Lee has issued an apology for his unprofessional weight cut in the lead-up to UFC Brasilia last week. 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