“I don’t think he’s really been challenged by anybody,” Kevin Lee talks about the lack of competition at the welterweight
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Kevin Lee and Kamaru Usman
Kevin Lee is all set to make his welterweight return against Daniel Rodrigez at the main card of UFC Vegas 35. “The Motown Phenom,” is returning after a long time and he’s already eyeing for a possible title shot.
Lee has been in the title mix at the lightweight division, but taking on the athletes at the welterweight won’t be an easy task. Talking to Ariel Helwani from The MMA Hour, Lee said that he feels like no one in the welterweight division has been able to give Kamaru Usman a fair challenge, and he is there to do that.
“Usman is a great champ, I’ll give it to him. But I don’t think he’s really been challenged by anybody, and I’m here to give him that challenge,” Lee said. “Leon is not really up there. Colby going to put up a good fight. Leon will make a good fight, but he don’t bring the complete package. He might bring some decent fighting skills, but it takes more than that in this game, I feel like… There’s some big names, yeah some decent names. But they don’t do shit.”
“I feel like I’m already top five,” Kevin Lee is confident about his welterweight run
Lee has been taking on top-level competition all throughout his life, and even though he is not ranked at the lightweight division, he believes he is ready to set well in the top 5 at the welterweight.
“I feel like I’m already top five, so this is going to be one of those fights to show the difference in what I’ve got,” Lee said. “I’ve been watching the whole time and I see nobody around here.”
He continued, “I see nobody that can bring what I bring to the table. I see nobody that’s got the skills that I’ve got, and can do everything in a complete package. I don’t see none of them, so yeah, it’s me.”
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