{"id":348289,"date":"2020-04-28T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T00:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=348289"},"modified":"2020-04-28T17:28:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T00:28:31","slug":"kevin-lee-to-undergo-acl-surgery-out-a-minimum-of-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kevin-lee-to-undergo-acl-surgery-out-a-minimum-of-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee to undergo ACL surgery, out a minimum of six months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Lee did indeed tear his ACL and will be out a minimum of six months.<\/p>\n

Nearly two weeks ago, Lee came out and revealed he hurt his knee<\/a>. Yet, he said he wasn’t sure how long he would be out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t gotten it checked out yet. I\u2019ve been through enough injuries where I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s my ACL. It\u2019s just a matter of how torn it is and what the severity is,\u201d Kevin Lee said to\u00a0Sirius XM <\/a>at the time. \u201cI got an appointment at 6:30 [today] all the hospitals are super backed up so I didn\u2019t even bother going to the hospital. They are just sending me straight to the imaging center, get an MRI done on it. I haven\u2019t been able to do much PT, it\u2019s been about five days since it happened. It\u2019s f****d, it\u2019s my first time really going through a knee injury like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Kevin Lee released a statement to ESPN<\/a> where he revealed he did in fact tear his ACL. He also says he will only be out six months as he will try to ‘push’ his recovery.<\/p>\n

“It used to mean being out a year,” Lee said Tuesday. “They’ve gotten better with the technology and the [physical therapy], so it might even be sooner. I don’t know.”<\/p>\n

Lee last fought back at UFC Brasilia where he suffered a submission loss to Charles Oliveira<\/a>. Following the defeat, he claimed he may not fight for a year. So, if that was the case, this injury will not take any time away from Lee inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n

Before the loss to Oliveira, Lee had scored a highlight-reel knockout win over Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244 in his return to lightweight.<\/p>\n

What do you make of Kevin Lee having to undergo ACL surgery? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/28\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kevin Lee did indeed tear his ACL and will be out a minimum of six months. Nearly two weeks ago, Lee came out and revealed he hurt his knee. Yet, he said he wasn’t sure how long he would be out. \u201cI haven\u2019t gotten it checked out yet. 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