{"id":5269,"date":"2025-02-07T14:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2025-02-07T19:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:24:16","slug":"kevin-lee-knocked-out-in-training-sparks-controversy-at-kill-cliff-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/kevin-lee-knocked-out-in-training-sparks-controversy-at-kill-cliff-fc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Kevin Lee Knocked Out in Training \u2013 Sparks Controversy at Kill Cliff FC&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Knockouts don\u2019t just happen in official fights; they can occur during training as well. Former UFC fighter Kevin Lee experienced this firsthand when he was unexpectedly dropped during a sparring session at <strong>Kill Cliff FC<\/strong>, the famous Florida-based gym where elite fighters such as <strong>Kamaru Usman, Gilbert Burns, Michael Chandler, and Ian Garry<\/strong> train.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Shocking Video Goes Viral<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A viral video circulating on social media shows Lee attempting a <strong>flying knee<\/strong>, seemingly without real intent to strike, only to be caught off guard by his opponent, who countered with a <strong>powerful right hook<\/strong>, sending Lee to the ground.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KEVIN WATCH OUT  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jeBJxFsknL\">pic.twitter.com\/jeBJxFsknL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpinninBackfist\/status\/1887037248027463702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quick but impactful moment sparked a wave of reactions from MMA fans, given Lee\u2019s reputation in both the lightweight and welterweight divisions.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kevin Lee Responds to the Incident<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the video&#8217;s release, Kevin Lee spoke out, admitting his own mistake in handling the situation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;I can only blame myself. I showed mercy and pulled back on my knee strike, but it was just training, so I decided not to hit him. But I see now that I shouldn&#8217;t play around with guys like that. If they want to go hard in sparring, then I\u2019ll start going hard too from now on!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kevin Lee\u2019s Career Between UFC and Other Promotions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kevin Lee\u2019s last UFC bout took place in <strong>July 2023<\/strong>, where he suffered a first-round loss to <strong>Rinat Fakhretdinov<\/strong>, marking his third consecutive defeat in the promotion and leading to his departure. However, he bounced back on <strong>September 28<\/strong> at <strong>Lights Out 17<\/strong>, securing a first-round submission victory against <strong>Thiago Oliveira<\/strong>, proving that he still has what it takes to compete.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Will this incident be just a minor mishap in Kevin Lee\u2019s training, or is it a sign of decline in his career?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knockouts don\u2019t just happen in official fights; they can occur during training as well. Former UFC fighter Kevin Lee experienced this firsthand when he was unexpectedly dropped during a sparring session at Kill Cliff FC, the famous Florida-based gym where elite fighters such as Kamaru Usman, Gilbert Burns, Michael Chandler, and Ian Garry train. Shocking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,86],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-mma-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5271,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions\/5271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}