If Kevin Lee can get a handle on his weight-cut issues, he just might make a run at the UFC lightweight title.
Lee missed weight by a pound for his UFC Atlantic City main event against Edson Barboza on Saturday night. That came after he needed a second weigh-in attempt following a brutal cut before his UFC 216 loss to Tony Ferguson.
But there’s no denying what Lee did in the Octagon at Boardwalk Hall. Lee dominated Barboza with his wrestling and top game, and showed poised in surviving a shaky moment in the third round, before the doctor waved the bout off due to a nasty Barboza cut in the fifth round.