Former UFC lightweight title contender Kevin Lee has expressed his desire to compete on Dana White's Contender Series in order to secure a new contract with the UFC.
Lee said on the Anik & Florian podcast:
My real love is MMA. I want to compete again and just to show how serious I am. I even told Sean Shelby that I’m willing to go on Dana White’s Contender Series to show how serious I am about competing on a high level. This next fight will be not about money or anything else, but to show that I can compete and my body can hold up against the tension I’m putting it under.
The 32-year-old Lee last fought in July 2023 at UFC on ESPN 48, where he lost to Rinat Fakhretdinov via submission just 55 seconds into the first round. Following that defeat, Kevin was released from the promotion and now holds a record of 19 wins and eight losses.
