BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Kevin Lee made it three wins in a row with a submission victory over Magomed Mustafaev at UFC Belfast tonight. The opening round saw Lee take Mustafaev down repeatably and dominate on the ground. The Russian born fighter had his moments landing a hard kick to the body, but Lee shook it off.
It was more of the same in the second round, but when Lee took Mustafaev’s back and set up the rear naked choke there was no mistakes. He had this to say after the fight.
“I have to flip that switch. I’m doing this for my livelihood, I’m doing this for my family, for all the kids in my hometown and everybody. I have to keep that intensity. I’m not here to play around or sugar foot it, this is serious, serious business. You can either lose or make your life in there and I’m fighting like my life depended on it. When it’s war time, it’s war time. I only bring my coaches with my; you never see my girl or my family, this is war time.”
“I don’t care about the Irish, I called Conor McGregor out because I want that fight. He’s the champ now in this division and doesn’t have anything but some years on me. He’s 28, I’m 24, I have years to catch up to him and I wanted him to know that I’m on that ass, that’s all that was about. He’s got that target on his back and I’m one of the guys that’s chasing him.”
“That was my game, I wanted to remind everyone that I’m the best wrestler in this division. Everyone thinks Khabib is the best wrestler. These Dagestani guys think they’re the best wrestlers. This is good old fashioned American wrestling. We can have a straight up wrestling match and not throw any punches. I’ll keep taking him down and he won’t do anything about it.”
“It would mean the world to me to be able to fight in my hometown of Detroit. Now that the Pistons are moving downtown, Detroit is going to be a huge sports city again. You’ll have everyone coming down from Canada, everyone coming up from the Midwest. It’s a huge sports city. The last time UFC went there they went to the Palace, they weren’t even in Detroit. I’m trying to bring it there, trying to get a hometown fight. The UFC can throw me, they can throw Tony Ferguson on the card, Myles Jury is from Michigan. Even Amanda Cooper who just fought is from Michigan. That’s the card they need to throw, that’s the next one. Everyone else has had their shot, now give Detroit their shot.”
