Tag: Al Iaquinta vs. Kevin Lee

Kevin Lee Vows To Send Al Iaquinta Back To Prelims

Kevin Lee vows to send his next opponent, Al Iaquinta, back to the preliminary portion of the card. This would be after UFC on FOX 31. Iaquinta vs. Lee II is set to headline the final UFC on FOX event this coming weekend. If you recall, their first fight went down in 2014 and saw […]

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Kevin Lee vows to send his next opponent, Al Iaquinta, back to the preliminary portion of the card.

This would be after UFC on FOX 31. Iaquinta vs. Lee II is set to headline the final UFC on FOX event this coming weekend. If you recall, their first fight went down in 2014 and saw Iaquinta emerge victorious via unanimous decision.

Although they have fought before, Lee understands that things have changed. More for Iaquinta. Thus, he knows what he’ll need to pay attention to come fight night.

“I think it’s more he has just changed with time,” Lee said on the MMA Hour. “He’s gotten a little bit older. But I’ve had 12 fights since our fight, and he’s only had [seven]. Lee’s taken years off in there and he’s a real estate agent now. He’s going around, he’s worried about other things. He’s the one that’s doing something else.

When we fought the first time, he had so much more experience over me. He had been through The Ultimate Fighter, he had already had three or four fights in the UFC. Now the tables have flipped a little bit. This is what I do full-time. I think that’s what’s really going to show through, is the evolution.”

Lee’s Promise

UFC on FOX 31 is set to take place on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The title contender has made one promise. That is to send his opponent back to the prelims after being in main event spots.

“He’s got some good qualities probably, but we just are two different types of people,” Lee said. “We’ve crossed paths a couple times in these last years. We’re just two different [people]. He’s that Jersey boy that’s going to get drunk and f*ck up a hotel room. I just don’t think there’s his voice shouldn’t be no bigger than it already is. So I feel like it’s my personal duty to get him up out of there. Put him back on the prelims.”

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Al Iaquinta Says Kevin Lee Fight Might Be As Tough As Khabib

Iaquinta and Lee will meet for a second time next month at the final UFC on FOX event.

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Al Iaquinta says that his next opponent, Kevin Lee, might be just as tough as current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. This is an interesting take by the former title contender.

Iaquinta is coming off the biggest fight thus far in his pro-MMA career as he agreed to step in on 24 hours notice. He fought Khabib in the main event of the UFC 223 pay-per-view event. Khabib ended up winning the fight by decision along with the undisputed UFC lightweight title.

Iaquinta vs. Lee II is set to headline the final UFC on FOX event next month. If you recall, their first fight went down in 2014 that saw Iaquinta emerge victorious via unanimous decision.

Al Iaquinta Makes Bold Statement

In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Iaquinta stated that he believes Lee will be a tough fight for him and might be as tough as his latest fight.

“Everything was correct about this and nothing was correct about the last one. It was like injuries, coming off that Khabib fight I was still banged up. It was quick. I wasn’t happy with a few other things. It just wasn’t right. This is definitely a better fight. I think it’s an intriguing matchup. Just everything.”

UFC on FOX 31 is set to take place on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Iaquinta Impressed

Al Iaquinta continued by stating that he was sitting in the front row to watch Lee’s latest fight. He thought that he was a tough and brutal fight.

“Everything about it, I like. He’s just as tough, if not tougher [than Gaethje]. He might even be just as tough, if not tougher than Khabib. I was sitting front row at his last fight with (Edson) Barboza. And I was like, ‘F*ck, I don’t want to be Barboza right now.’ It was brutal, it was not fun to watch. So, I’m training my ass off. I want to be the one doing that to him, for sure.”

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