Sadly for Sean Strickland, Kevin Lee won’t be making the journey to Las Vegas to confront the usually controversial and all the time outspoken middleweight contender.
The meat between Strickland and Kevin Lee began when ‘Tarzan’ accused his youthful brother, Keith Lee, of being a racist throughout an look on The Man Dance Podcast.
Keith Lee was content material to go away effectively sufficient alone, however after being flooded with messages relating to statements he insists that he by no means made, the previous Bellator fighter had no alternative, however to handle the scenario.
That in flip acquired the eye of Sean Strickland who issued a response to Keith Lee on social media, suggesting that his large brother and ex-UFC star Kevin Lee could also be coming to the desert for a streetfight in Sin Metropolis.
“There’s a small likelihood that Kevin lee may come to Vegas subsequent week to defend his brothers honor…. No guidelines.. no time restrict… No felony prosecution… I don’t usually really feel this degree of pleasure… Man I haven’t cried in years nevertheless it’s occurring……. thanks keith lee,” Strickland tweeted.
Kevin Lee Has No Plans to Meet Sean Strickland in Las Vegas
Now Kevin Lee has thrown his two-cents into the dialog, letting Sean Strickland know that he won’t be making his strategy to Vegas for a confrontation. ‘The Motown Phenom’ additionally made it clear that it was Strickland’s feedback about Lee’s coach Dewey Cooper that acquired him fired up.
“Not gonna make it. Hate to disappoint however I acquired one thing else to do. What you mentioned about Dewey is what acquired me. Keith informed me to not, so maintain the hate,” Lee tweeted in response.
At one time, Kevin Lee was one of many UFC’s most highly-touted prospects. Occurring a formidable 9-2 run contained in the Octagon, Lee was matched up with fan favourite Tony Ferguson for an interim light-weight title conflict at UFC 216. Lee got here up quick, falling within the third-round by way of a triangle choke. ‘The Motown Phenom’ by no means really recovered from the defeat, going 2-4 in his final six earlier than being unceremoniously minimize from the promotion.
Lee picked up a win towards Diego Sanchez beneath Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Eagle FC banner in 2022 earlier than making his return to the Octagon earlier this month. Determined to get his profession again on observe, Lee as an alternative suffered one other indignity, dropping to Rinat Fakhretdinov by way of submission simply 55-seconds into the opening spherical.
Lee introduced his retirement from the game shortly after.
