Kevin Lee is aiming to signal with one other promotion as Russian promotion Eagle FC hasn’t been internet hosting occasions because of the struggle in Ukraine.
Lee, a former UFC light-weight contender and welterweight prospect, lately did an interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto concerning his combating future:
“There’s a lot happening on the planet (that) they’re not capable of throw fights on. However earlier than we even made the contract, for this reason I mentioned they gave me such an awesome contract within the first place, technically I’m signed with them, however I can go to totally different promotions too.
“You understand, I may go (and) I can store round, I’m mainly a free agent proper now. However I’ve that backup of getting that contract. However they gave me such a very good contract as a result of I can transfer round, I can bounce round, and that’s what we’re trying to do proper now. A few of these issues are so unpredictable, proper? Who would predict that the world can be within the place that it’s in from final yr?
“So now that it’s on this house, they gave me sufficient freedom and suppleness that you just wouldn’t get with different contracts.”
Lee continued: “Particularly at my age now, I’ve obtained a number of extra years left of me actually pursuing this factor that I want to present it my full and undivided consideration.”
Okamoto then requested Lee if going again to the UFC is a risk:
“That’s (concept has) been floated on the market a number of occasions, and I’ve thought of it, however I’m not placing no power in direction of it to be trustworthy with you. I really feel like there’s so many alternatives on this sport and there’s an enormous alternative now with PFL. You understand they simply signed Jake Paul. They’re making lots of waves outdoors of the combating realm, you already know, outdoors of the bubble the UFC has created.
“There’s lots of alternative outdoors of it and I’m one of the crucial skilled guys. You possibly can’t take a look at anyone who’s unsigned from the UFC that has my document, has fought the those who I’ve fought, and has my age and my upside to me both. So I might nearly be hurting my leverage if I used to be simply to straight return with the UFC proper now.
“So it’s one thing that I’m form of (in), nevertheless it must be the appropriate supply, it’d need to be the appropriate struggle, it’d need to be one thing different than simply to say I’m a UFC fighter. I’ve been there and performed that. That doesn’t do this a lot for me. One million {dollars} sounds an entire lot higher.”
After stating that he’d prefer to struggle Jake Paul in PFL’s superfight division, Lee additionally mentioned he’d be enthusiastic about common season match ups at 170 lbs, which may very well be very attention-grabbing to see. One may suppose he’s a greater light-weight than welterweight, as he’s gone 0-2 up to now at 170 lbs. Nonetheless, he’s additionally missed weight 4 occasions at 155 lbs all through his 26-fight (19-7) profession.
His lone struggle in Eagle FC, which went down in March of final yr, was contested at 165 lbs. However, ought to he signal with PFL, common season match ups occur too usually for him to constantly make the 156 lb light-weight restrict.
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