‘I’m heading right now to find out’ – Ex-UFC star hunting for culprit after footage leaked of brutal knockdown
‘I’m heading right now to find out’ – Ex-UFC star hunting for culprit after footage leaked of brutal knockdown
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FORMER UFC star Kevin Lee has vowed to hunt down the person responsible for leaking viral footage of him being knocked down in sparring. A clip of the former interim 155lbs title challenger being sent crashing to the canvas during a sparring session at Kill Cliff spread like wildfire on X earlier this week. Lee, 32, was sent hurtling head-first to the canvas by a vicious right hand from sparring partner Mirali Huseynov after throwing a flying knee.
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He fell face-first to the mat and was visibly wobbled as he quickly returned to his feet with a little help from former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. Footage of the incident, somehow, made its way online, much to the frustration of 'The Motown Phenom'. He wrote on X: "IDK who posted that video or why but I’m heading right now to find out. I. "I can only blame myself for showing mercy and pulling my knee back.
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"But it’s training so I thought let me not blast him. "I see I shouldn’t have been playing around with a guy like that. "Since MFs wanna start showing sparring imma start showing sparrings from now on.". JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS. MMA fans and fighters alike took to X to express their disgust at the leaking of the sparring footage. One wrote: "It was lame to post that video.". Another said: "You’re right about whoever posted that. Check your circle.".
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And another said: "Yeah this was BS.". One remarked: "Super unprofessional. Posting training videos is the ultimate p***y move.". Another chimed in: "Never should have been posted.". Huseynov addressed the incident on social media, saying: “It was not my point to hit him hard. "[He threw a] flying knee coming, what should I do?”. He added: “He [Kevin Lee] is my favourite partner, we always work hard.".
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