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Kevin Lee Changes Tune On Khabib Nurmagomedov Assessment After UFC 242

Kevin Lee has been gunning for a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov for quite some time. Lee has struggled inside the Octagon as of late, and after a failed bid at welterweight, will drop back down to 155 pounds for UFC 244 in November. Currently, Nurmagomedov runs the lightweight division, sitting atop the 155-pound mountain as […]

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Kevin Lee has been gunning for a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov for quite some time. Lee has struggled inside the Octagon as of late, and after a failed bid at welterweight, will drop back down to 155 pounds for UFC 244 in November.

Currently, Nurmagomedov runs the lightweight division, sitting atop the 155-pound mountain as champion. He comes off of a successful title defense over Dustin Poirier via third-round submission at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. Before that fight, Lee would’ve said he was 90 percent sure former interim champion Tony Ferguson would beat “The Eagle.”

But now, after seeing how the Russian handled Poirier, Lee tells MMA Junkie he has changed his tune.

“I got to be honest: If you asked me before the Poirier fight, I would have been like Tony (Ferguson) is still like a 90 percent chance of winning,” Lee said. “After seeing what Khabib did to Poirier, I think it’s going to be very hard for Tony to beat him.”

Currently, Ferguson has aligned himself as the undisputed next logical challenger for Nurmagomedov at this point. Lee agrees that the MMA community doesn’t want to see the Russian champion fight anybody else other than Ferguson. However, that’s the very reason he’s motivated to drop back down to lightweight and get people excited about a fight between himself and Nurmagomedov.

“After the Tony fight, there’s not many more competitors that people want to see fight him. That’s one of the big motivations for me to go down 155,” said Lee. “I think that a lot of people want to see me get in there with Khabib, and I want to see it too.”

Going back to Nurmagomedov’s victory over Poirier, Lee was extremely impressed with the Abu Dhabi performance. And people know he’s not easily impressed.

“I’m not going to lie: It was very, very impressive, and the people know I don’t get impressed very easily, especially with a guy like Khabib, but that one is very impressive,” Lee said. “One of those fights that got me up even, it made me step my game up. Literally, as soon as that fight was over, I got in my car and started driving to Montreal. I know what type of work I got to put in now.”

What do you think about Lee’s comments on Nurmagomedov after his win over Poirier?

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Dustin Poirier Says He Has ‘No Regrets’ Over Khabib Nurmagomedov Fight

Dustin Poirier suffered heartbreak in Abu Dhabi last weekend. In the main event of UFC 242, the American Top Team product lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov by submission in the third round. Now, he took to Instagram to release a quick statement thanking Nurm…

Dustin Poirier suffered heartbreak in Abu Dhabi last weekend. In the main event of UFC 242, the American Top Team product lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov by submission in the third round. Now, he took to Instagram to release a quick statement thanking Nurmagomedov for the fight and says he has no regrets. “Everything happens for […]

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UFC 242 Medical Suspensions: Joanne Calderwood Faces Lengthy Sit

The UFC 242 medical suspensions are in. This past Saturday (Sept. 7), UFC 242 took place in Abu Dhabi. In the main event, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier did battle in a lightweight title unification bout. In the third round, Nurmagomedov submit…

The UFC 242 medical suspensions are in. This past Saturday (Sept. 7), UFC 242 took place in Abu Dhabi. In the main event, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier did battle in a lightweight title unification bout. In the third round, Nurmagomedov submitted Poirier via rear-naked choke. Poirier will sit for 30 days due to left […]

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UFC 242 Medical Suspensions: Khabib Nurmagomedov Gets Week Sit

UFC 242 is in the books, and now we have the medical suspensions to pass along. In the main event of the night, Khabib Nurmagomedov successfully defended his 155-pound title against Dustin Poirier. Khabib submitted “The Diamond” in the third round of their contest from Abu Dhabi. As a result, Nurmagomedov has received a mandatory […]

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UFC 242 is in the books, and now we have the medical suspensions to pass along.

In the main event of the night, Khabib Nurmagomedov successfully defended his 155-pound title against Dustin Poirier. Khabib submitted “The Diamond” in the third round of their contest from Abu Dhabi. As a result, Nurmagomedov has received a mandatory seven days rest. As for Poirier, he has been given a 30-day sit for left brow lacerations and eye lacerations.

In the co-main event, Edson Barboza and Paul Felder put on a three-round war. Barboza will sit for 45 days due to a right eye laceration. As for Felder, he has received a 45-day sit as well for a left upper brow and scalp laceration. Check out the full UFC 242 medical suspensions below, courtesy of MMA Junkie.

UFC 242 Medical Suspensions

  • Khabib Nurmagomedov: 7 days mandatory rest
  • Dustin Poirier: 30 days for left brow lacerations and eye lacerations
  • Edson Barboza: 45 days for right eye laceration
  • Paul Felder: 45 for left upper brow and scalp lacerations
  • Islam Makhachev: 7 days for mandatory rest
  • Davi Ramos: 30 days mandatory rest (foot X-rays were negative)
  • Curtis Blaydes: 30 days for mandatory rest
  • Shamil Amdurakhimov: 180 days for nasal fracture
  • Maribek Taisumov: 45 days for nasal and left brow
  • Carlos Diego Ferreira: 30 days foot (X-Rays negative)
  • Joanne Calderwood: 180 days for nasal injury
  • Andrea Lee: 30 days for mandatory rest
  • Zubaira Tukhugov: 45 days for mandatory rest
  • Lerone Murphy: 7 days for mandatory rest
  • Liana Jojua: 60 days for TKO
  • Sarah Moras: 30 days for mandatory rest
  • Ottman Azaitar: 180 days left hand injury
  • Teemu Packalen: 60 days for KO
  • Belal Muhammad: 30 days for right temple
  • Takashi Sato: 45 days for right brow laceration
  • Nordine Taleb: 45 days for TKO (CT Scans negative)
  • Muslim Salikov: 7 days for mandatory rest
  • Omari Akhmedov: 30 for right infraorbital
  • Zak Cummings: 30 days for nasal laceration
  • Don Madge: 180 days right hand
  • Fares Ziam: 30 days left hand pain

What do you make of the UFC 242 medical suspensions?

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Covington Claims Poirier Couldn’t Stuff High School-Level Wrestlers Before UFC 242

Colby Covington has taken another shot at Dustin Poirier. The two have not been on the same page and have taken shots at each other as of late. Covington picked Khabib Nurmagomedov to beat his teammate saying Poirier could not stuff a takedown. He then…

Colby Covington has taken another shot at Dustin Poirier. The two have not been on the same page and have taken shots at each other as of late. Covington picked Khabib Nurmagomedov to beat his teammate saying Poirier could not stuff a takedown. He then called his teammate childish, where “The Diamond” accused “Chaos” of […]

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Edson Barboza Releases Statement Following UFC 242 Loss To Paul Felder

Lightweight contender Edson Barboza believes without a doubt that he defeated Paul Felder this past weekend. Barboza and Felder fought the full 15 minutes in a back-and-forth rematch at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. The Brazilian celebrated afterwards as he felt he had done enough to win the bout. However, Felder would end up winning […]

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Lightweight contender Edson Barboza believes without a doubt that he defeated Paul Felder this past weekend.

Barboza and Felder fought the full 15 minutes in a back-and-forth rematch at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. The Brazilian celebrated afterwards as he felt he had done enough to win the bout.

However, Felder would end up winning a split decision much to Barboza’s astonishment. What was more astonishing was the fact that one of the judges scored all three rounds to Barboza while another scored all three to Felder.

It was because of this judging that Barboza’s team decided to appeal the result. As for Barboza himself, he finally released a statement following the loss:

“Hey guys, first of all I want to thank you for all the messages, they absolutely comforted my heart,” Barboza wrote on Instagram. “After this Saturday, everyone knows that I won that fight! I have watched it again and I was the winner without no doubt, but unfortunately they gave the result to my opponent. Nothing against my opponent, he went there and did his job, but everyone knows that I won that fight.

“I will keep [working] for justice to be done. I hope they give this victory to me in some way, or maybe through the UFC, if they pronounce about the fight saying that this fight was mine, or maybe through the Athletic Commission. I’ve been working for the UFC for so long, and what they did with me this Saturday was not right. I will keep fighting for something to be done. Once again thank you very much for the support, for the messages, I will give my best to change it.“

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Hey guys, First of all I want to thank you for all the messages, they absolutely comforted my heart. After this Saturday, everyone knows that I won that fight! I have watched it again and I was the winner without no doubt, but unfortunately they gave the result to my opponent. Nothing against my opponent, he went there and did his job, but everyone knows that I won that fight. I will keep for justice to be done. I hope they give this victory to me in some way, or maybe through the UFC, if they pronounce about the fight saying that this fight was mine, or maybe through the Athletic Commission. I’ve been working for the UFC for so long, and what they did with me this Saturday was not right. I will keep fighting for something to be done. Once again thank you very much for the support, for the messages, I will give my best to change it.

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Do you think Barboza was robbed?

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