Interim or not, Kevin Lee is ready to be recognized as the No. 1 fighter at 155 pounds.
Lee is scheduled to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 216 on Oct. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., with the winner walking away as the interim lightweight champion. Undisputed titleholder Conor McGregor has been absent from the Octagon since last November as he took time off to tend to the birth of his first child and pursue a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.
During Monday’s appearance on The MMA Hour, “The Motown Phenom” told Ariel Helwani that he doesn’t need to beat anyone but Ferguson to prove that he’s the best in the division.