Kevin Lee is at an absolute loss as to why he didn’t wind up fighting Mike Perry. Lee called Mike Perry out when Sean Brady pulled out of their upcoming fight on August 28, but Perry turned it down.
The denial cost Perry Kevin Lee’s respect. Speaking to Submission Radio, Lee described how it all went down. “Mike Perry would have been a good one.
The Day Kevin Lee “Lost Respect” for Platinum Mike Perry
That would have been a good name. Honestly, it would have been a softball, and I was kind of looking for a softball. I ain’t had one yet in my career, and Perry would have been that.
But he didn’t want to give it to me. So me and him, I lost a lot of respect for the man after that. I asked for that fight in May.
He said give him a little bit more time. So I moved on and wanted to fight Sean Brady in July.” Lee continued, discussing how the repeated delays affected him. Eventually, impatience and the desire to fight won out.
“He said he needed a few more weeks up there in July, but then Aug. 28 rolls around and he still ain’t say nothing. So I lost a lot of respect for the man.
And I say one thing, and it’s going to be the end of it between me and him. He can never say he’s from Michigan again.
If I hear it, anything come out of his mouth, that he’s from Flint, that he’s from Michigan, we’re going to have some serious problems. There ain’t going to be none of that picture-taking and hand-shaking when he sees me. That’s not how we get down where I’m from.”
Lee, currently ranked #11 in the UFC lightweight rankings, is set to fight Daniel Rodriguez on August 28 following Sean Brady pulling out of two consecutive fights. Clearly Lee’s preferred opponent in Mike Perry has also failed to turn up to fight.
Kevin Lee will be looking to return to winning ways after suffering three losses in his last four fights, including an ill-advised move up to welterweight where Rafael dos Anjos choked him out in the fourth round. His last fight ended in a loss via guillotine choke at the hands (and forearms) of current lightweight champ Charles Oliveira, but Lee failed to come in under the lightweight limit of 155 pounds.
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