Former title challenger Kevin Lee is nearly able to make his UFC return.
‘The Motown Phenom’ has had a tough previous few years. Kevin Lee final competed in July 2021, in opposition to Rinat Fakhretdinov. The bout was his first in nicely over a yr, and his first again within the octagon since being launched from the UFC in August 2021. Finally, Lee was choked out within a spherical by the welterweight contender.
Following the battle, Kevin Lee introduced his retirement from combating. Given the previous light-weight title challenger’s damage points over time, the announcement didn’t come as an enormous shock. Following his loss to Fakhretdinov, Lee revealed that he tore his ACL by even simply leaping into the cage.
Simply six months faraway from his retirement announcement, Kevin Lee modified his thoughts and unretired. Whereas ‘The Motown Phenom’ nonetheless wanted time on the sidelines to heal, he was deadset on returning to the cage as quickly as potential. Simply primarily based on a current publish on Instagram, plainly Lee’s return can be coming sooner somewhat than later.
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Light-weight contender Kevin Lee releases coaching footage forward of UFC comeback
Taking to Instagram earlier this week, Kevin Lee launched a short video of himself coaching. Within the video, the previous UFC light-weight title challenger was seen kicking the heavy bag. Within the caption, Lee admitted that he hasn’t been capable of kick like that in years. Whereas he’s not at 100%, the light-weight needs to be again combating shortly.
“It’s been virtually 3 years since I been capable of kick a bag like this and it feels good.” Kevin Lee wrote on Instagram. “Nonetheless not full pace or energy but, however in a month I’ll be prepared to begin combating the very best 155 lightweights on the planet once more.”
Whereas the light-weight contender doesn’t have any return battle set, Kevin Lee has focused a number of fighters since unretiring. Earlier this yr, the previous title challenger known as for a rematch with Tony Ferguson and eventual bouts with the likes of Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler. ‘El Cucuy’ beforehand submitted Lee to win interim gold in 2017.
What do you make of this coaching footage from the UFC light-weight contender? Who do you wish to see Kevin Lee battle in his return?