Kevin Lee is back.
Motown Phenom wowed Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244 last Saturday and made a serious announcement with a highlight reel head kick knockout to kick off Madison Square Garden's main card.
Lee, who had been consecutively defeated by Rafael Dos Anjos and Al Iaquinta before UFC 244, needed to win.
Talking to journalists in the media scrum after the battle, his KO victory over his Gillespie, 27, was “ the most neat knockout & # 39; '' in his career and, consequently, admitted to moving to Tristar.
Lee said, “It feels good to be back,” according to Sherdog MMA's Tristen Critchfield. "Avoiding two losses took me a lot of time one day because I ate food." “Reaching that point has taken a lot of time so far. I'm feeling good. I think it's the neat knockout in my career. I think he didn't expect it and at 155 many people didn't expect it.
“These people have a completely different type of power that I have not thrown before. It hasn't shown half of the game yet. I've had a lot of fights at UFC, but I feel like I've just started. ”
"I think it was a better player to go up to Tristar even before this fight, regardless of the situation." “I focused more,” he said. “I always had talent and skills, but it was hard to get everything together. Now seems to have found the perfect place and the perfect guide for this.
"[Lightweight] Here is where you are with me. I have a title to get. I started my career here and it will shine. "
At the age of 27, President Lee had time at Tristar for his manager Firas Zahabi to make the NCAA Division II player a potential champion.
Currently, Lee is 10th in the official UFC lightweight ranking.