The “Mo-Town Phenom” Kevin Lee is returning to the UFC Octagon this Saturday at UFC Vegas 76. After his previous stint in the UFC, Lee has announced his comeback to Dana White’s fight promotion after a 1-year hiatus. During his last stint, Lee faced off losses till the end of 2021 and later, he made his comeback in the Eagle FC defeating UFC Hall of Famer Diego Sanchez. Ahead of his fight with Rinat Fakhretdinov, the former UFC title challenger detailed his plan for the big fight.
Kevin Lee details his preparation for Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC Vegas 76
Recently, Kevin Lee gave an exclusive interview to InsideSport where he talked on multiple topics. During the conversation, Lee detailed his fight plan against the Russian fighter Rinat Fakhretdinov.
He said, “I’m fighting a very tough challenger, a guy who is undefeated in the UFC. His name is Rinat. He’s a very strong wrestler, but I’m prepared wherever the fight goes, and I’ll be strong everywhere.”
Further, Lee compared Rinat with Khamzat Chimaev and discussed how he dominated his last fights. However, Mo-Town Phenom is confident in his skills to take down his opponent.
He said, “The guy that I’m fighting right now in knots, he’s a very strong pressure fighter. He’s almost like Khamzat Chimaev. If you really look at his past fights, he’s only been hit maybe two or three times is just he doesn’t he doesn’t speak enough. He doesn’t really speak English. He doesn’t really have the media behind them to boost his name the way that comes out did but when you look at his skill set, it’s very, very similar to Khamzat. So I think in this fight, I’ll show that I’m able to handle that pressure and stand up to it and provide my own and that of matchup something with somebody like Leon Edwards and champion.”
UFC Vegas 76: Full Card
Main card:
- Sean Strickland vs Abus Magomedov
- Damir Ismagulov vs Grant Dawson
- Max Griffin vs Michael Morales
- Ariane Lipski vs Melissa Gatto
- Ismael Bonfim vs Benoit Saint Denis
- Brunno Ferreira vs Nursulton Ruziboev
Prelims:
- Kevin Lee vs Rinat Fakhretdinov
- Joanderson Brito vs Westin Wilson
- Yana Santos vs Karol Rosa
- Guram Kutateladze vs Elves Brener
- Ivana Petrovic vs Luana Carolina
- Alexandr Romanov vs Blagoy Ivanov
Watch the LIVE coverage of UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs Magomedov on Sony Sports Ten 2 (English), Sony Sports Ten 3 (Hindi) & Sony Sports Ten 4 (Tamil & Telugu) channels at 4:30 am IST on 2nd July 2023.
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