Inför sin senaste match mot Edson Barboza så lyckades inte Kevin Lee att nå ner till vikten för lättvikt, vilket matchen var tänkt att gå i. Trots att detta var den andra gången i rad som Lee missade vikten så verkar inte Lee ha några som helst planer på att gå upp en viktklass till weltervikt. Detta säger han i en intervju med BloodyElbow.
This is my division, this is the best division in the UFC, and it’s where the biggest fights are. And I can still make the weight. This was just a mistiming thing; I don’t put it on nobody else. I’m not the type of dude that makes excuses. But real fighters really understand what I’m saying when I say it was a timing issue.
Lee skulle dock gärna se att UFC inför en viktklass på 165 pounds vilket han tror skulle gynna många fighters av framförallt hälsoskäl.
There’s a reason why the athletic commissions approved it. Paul Felder, a couple minutes before I stepped on the scale, he stepped on the scale and he’s 190. Edson is just as big as me. Khabib has documented kidney failure and is still trying to make 155 from 190. They’re waiting on me to die. I’m pushing for it because that’s what needs to be done.
Samtidigt som en ny viktklass införs anser Lee att man ska passa på att flytta upp weltervikt från 170 pounds, där det ligger idag, till 175 pounds.
They can go ahead and after this interim title fight, scrap the division, and make a 175-pound division. The interim champ vs. Tyron Woodley at 175. And then they go ahead and make a 165 division. There’s already three, four titles floating around that area, anyway. Why not just add an extra weight class and crown someone else the champion? They’re making another title in the same weight division, so instead of just having three random titles, why not just have three weight classes with three rightful champions? I think it’s bound to happen. It’s already been approved; we’re just waiting on logistics. And in the meantime, I’m gonna still out there and do my job, make weight, and whoop ass.
Kevin Lee besegrade Edson Barboza via TKO i 5:e ronden i sin senaste match.
