{"id":387052,"date":"2021-06-04T06:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=387052"},"modified":"2021-06-04T06:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:15:10","slug":"kevin-lee-says-fight-with-kamaru-usman-needs-to-be-made-eventually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kevin-lee-says-fight-with-kamaru-usman-needs-to-be-made-eventually\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Lee says fight with Kamaru Usman &#8220;needs to be made eventually&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Lee says that a fight with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman &#8220;needs to be made eventually&#8221; now that he&#8217;s fighting at 170lbs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-kevin-lee-books-ufc-return-opposite-undefeated-welterweight-contender-sean-brady\/\">Lee will return to the UFC&#8217;s welterweight division in July when he takes on undefeated phenom Sean Brady at UFC 264<\/a>. For Lee, he is coming back to the Octagon after a long layoff following a submission loss to Charles Oliveira in March 2020. He is also returning to the welterweight division for the first time since 2019 when he lost by submission to Rafael dos Anjos in a failed bid to make a run at 170lbs. He is hoping that, now that it&#8217;s two years later in 2021, he will now be able to make a better run up the UFC welterweight ladder.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JP_S2XW_XuQ&amp;t=2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Schmo\u201d<\/a> ahead of his return to the Octagon, Lee suggested that the reason he moved up to welterweight in the first place was seeing Usman knock out Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261. He now wants to succeed at 170lbs and take on the champ himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter (Usman) beat Masvidal the way that he beat him, I was like, \u2018Yeah, that\u2019s me. I\u2019m big too.\u2019 This is the first time that I\u2019ve ever lifted, really ever since college, so it\u2019s been over 10 years since I\u2019ve really lifted weights. But to come back off the knee surgeries, I\u2019ve been doing a lot of weight lifting, and I\u2019m moving around middleweights and stuff, so I\u2019m ready,&#8221; Lee said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2021\/06\/kevin-lee-says-fight-against-usman-needs-to-be-made-someday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANews.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m already at the top of the division. Me and Kamaru have locked eyes before, and I feel like that\u2019s a match that needs to be made eventually. But for this one, I\u2019m taking Sean Brady\u2019s spot. He\u2019s top 15, but he hasn\u2019t fought anybody yet. He\u2019s still young in his career. I mean, we\u2019re the same age, but I\u2019ve kind of done everything that he\u2019s done twice almost. His biggest win is over Jake Matthews; I beat him five years ago. It took me a round to do it, it took him three rounds, so I\u2019m here to take his spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Kevin Lee will make a run for the UFC welterweight title?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Lee says that a fight with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman &#8220;needs to be made eventually&#8221; now that he&#8217;s fighting at 170lbs. Lee will return to the UFC&#8217;s welterweight division in July when he takes on undefeated phenom Sean Brady at UFC 264. 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