After an up-and-down tenure in the UFC Kevin Lee split from the promotion in 2021. ‘The Motown Phenom’ quickly found a new home; Eagle FC, the promotion owned by former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Lee is scheduled to debut at Eagle FC 46 on March 11 against fellow Octagon veteran Diego Sanchez.
Lee recently spoke with MMA Junkie about his new employer, which—according to him—is far more generous than his old one.
“We know that the best fighters aren’t always in the UFC,” Lee said. “There are some guys out in Russia that will beat the fuck out of you, so my competitiveness in me just drives me to be even better than them – and that’s just a never-ending process.