Statement by Kevin Lee after the defeat of UFC Rochester facing Anjos back

It was another tough night on Saturday for Kevin Lee at UFC Rochester. The daring fighter has been in the spotlight since his first fight against Michael Chiesa in July 2017, but with this move upmarket, the competition has also increased. The defeats suffered by Tony Ferguson and Al Iaquinta convinced Lee that it was time to stop killing himself, going to 155, and that was probably for the better. Unfortunately, his first fight at 170 was against another former lightweight, Rafael dos Anjos.

Lee started the fight in force and won the first round with quick strikes and strong pressure. But even without a brutal weight reduction, his gas tank just could not keep up. From the second round, Dos Anjos gradually took over until an exhausted Lee, virtually exhausted, escaped from a failed withdrawal attempt in the fourth round and abandoned the battle . Moments later, GDR had a strength triangle in his arm and Lee had lost another difficult battle (watch the highlights here).

Although we definitely have to learn from this defeat, Lee's obvious talent has once again reminded us why the UFC is addressing him for the main events. But Lee is obviously not in the sport to absorb the praise of consolation. This latest loss has clearly affected, as shown in a video statement posted on Instagram.

"I do not know what happened there tonight," Lee said in the video. "I thought I did everything right before that fight. Tried to eliminate all the little distractions, all that was not good for me. I swear I felt everything was coming up. I spoke to myself before I even went there, it was always insufficient. "

"Sometimes it's like the highest and the lowest," he said. "That's really what makes you wonder what you believe. I have lived a lot of life in my life, it really is not good.

"Thanks for the support, I feel that I really have real people behind me now," he wrote in the message's caption. "I'm sorry I did not go through. I'm fine, I'll take a little time to evaluate everything. "

With this loss, Lee is now 1-3 on his last four. Not that these losses are a shame, but you try to tell the athlete who makes every effort to get this strap.