“Raging Al,” the mercurial lightweight, told Ariel Helwani on the 400th episode of The MMA Hour that he doesn’t feel Lee is deserving of the opportunity he’ll get next month. On Oct. 7, Lee faces Tony Ferguson with the UFC interim lightweight title on the line.
“There’s a lot of other people that should have gotten a title shot,” Iaquinta said. “He had a good interview. He was in the right place at the right time. He won the fight, Ferguson happened to be doing the FOX thing. They had a little back and forth.