Kevin Lee goes to present it to you straight, for higher or worse.
“The Motown Phenom” abruptly retired from fight sports activities after a shocking submission loss to Rinat Fakhretdinov on the UFC Vegas 76 occasion earlier this month contained in the promotion’s “stupid” APEX facility in Las Vegas.
Lee, 30, was an outspoken critic of the fan-unfriendly venue.
“Me and Dana (White) have a really cold and warm kind of relationship, there’s loads of push and pull there,” Lee informed Submission Radio. “I don’t wanna remark an excessive amount of on that, that would get me in some bother. They get pissed at me for saying sure issues. With me, I’m gonna try to provide the clearest, trustworthy reply that I can. Particularly if any individual asks me a query or if I’m doing media or no matter. And actually, they don’t like that an excessive amount of. I believe they don’t essentially need you to say sure issues. I’ve been kinda informed on the ‘hush hush’ about sure issues.”
Lee (19-8) parted methods with UFC in late 2021 and made a pit cease in Eagle FC the next 12 months. After choosing up a victory over fellow UFC export Diego Sanchez, “The Motown Phenom” would get referred to as again to the promotion for UFC Vegas 76, the place he wasted little time airing his APEX grievances.
“I attempt to communicate for myself, they try to communicate for themselves,” Lee continued. “They’re the promoter, we’re the fighter. They’ve received sure issues they wanna do, they received sure targets they wanna accomplish and hey received sure methods of going about it that don’t at all times profit the fighter. I simply kinda at all times communicate up for myself. I don’t even say most of it, actually. I say like one out of 10. I allow you to slap me for like 9 instances earlier than I truly say one thing. I don’t assume they essentially like all of that. Simply saying that proper there, I’ll most likely get a telephone name.”
Lee expects to stay “one hundred pc” retired transferring ahead.
