UFC veteran Kevin Lee is reducing quick his retirement.
Lee, 31, introduced his retirement in July following a 55-second guillotine choke submission loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov at a UFC Combat Night time occasion. It was his first battle again with the promotion after being launched in November 2021.
On Wednesday, the ‘Motown Phenom’ took to social media to announce his comeback.
“I’m popping out of retirement,” Lee wrote on X. “I’ll battle MMA once more. Idk when, the place, or who but however I’m dropping weight and entering into form now. … I’m gonna get in the perfect form of my life that’s my focus proper now. It’s been 6 months since I retired and I miss being across the sport.”
I’m popping out of retirement. I’ll battle MMA once more. Idk when, the place, or who but however I’m dropping weight and entering into form now.
— Kevin Lee MTP (@MoTownPhenom) January 31, 2024
I’m gonna get in the perfect form of my life that’s my focus proper now. It’s been 6 months since I retired and I miss being across the sport
— Kevin Lee MTP (@MoTownPhenom) January 31, 2024
Profitable 9 out of 10 fights contained in the Octagon, Kevin Lee secured his first shot at UFC gold in October 2017. He confronted Tony Ferguson at UFC 216 for the interim light-weight championship, however got here up quick, struggling a third-round submission loss to ‘El Cucuy.’
Lee struggled to search out the win column, dropping 4 of his subsequent six fights earlier than being launched by the group. He went on to attain a victory over Diego Sanchez beneath the Eagle FC banner earlier than making his very temporary return to the UFC final 12 months.
Lee went 11-8 contained in the Octagon and carries an total file of 19-8.
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