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Kevin Lee
“The Motown Phenom”
United StatesLightweightActiveage 33
18-8
69% win rate
L3 streak
Peak Vertex
2018-04-21 → 2018-04-2169held 3 bouts
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2018-04-21
Retired at career peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
11 wins8 losseslast 5: L L L W Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2023
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(19) | R2(13) | R3(11) | R4(3) | R5(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 20.0 | 19.0 | 24.7 | 22.3 | 24.2 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 17.5 | 19.0 | 19.2 | 17.2 | 33.9 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.90 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 0.33 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 1:48 | 2:17 | 1:59 | 1:59 | 1:27 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- L·Sub·R1 · 0:55
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze2021-08-28L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira2020-03-14L·Sub·R3 · 0:28
- UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz2019-11-02W·KO·R1 · 2:47
- UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Lee2019-05-18L·Sub·R4 · 3:47
- UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta2018-12-15L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee2018-04-21W·KO·R5 · 2:18
- UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee2017-10-07L·Sub·R3 · 4:02
- UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee2017-06-25W·Sub·R1 · 4:37
- UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum2017-03-11W·Sub·R2 · 3:12
- UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 22016-11-19W·Sub·R2 · 4:31
- W·KO·R1 · 4:06
- UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux2016-04-23W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor2015-12-12L·KO·R1 · 3:26
- UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee2015-07-15W·Sub·R1 · 2:56
- UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Thatch2015-02-14W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso2014-09-27vsJon TuckW·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 22014-02-01L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Kevin Lee has attributed a significant decline in his UFC career trajectory to a 2019 decision to campaign for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
