David Larsen 
@adminFormer UFC interim lightweight title challenger Kevin Lee has pulled out of his scheduled fight against Sean Brady at UFC 264 which was going to take place on July 10. The reason for the injury was unknown initially, but Kevin Lee later confirmed to MMA reporter Ariel Helwani that he injured his rib and wants the fight to be rebooked for the August 7 card. Kevin’s opponent, Sean Brady, revealed recently that the fight is expected to be rescheduled after Lee was forced to pull out due to injury.
He posted an Instagram post regarding the same and revealed about the fight getting scrapped from UFC 264.
“Unfortunately I will not be fighting Kevin Lee July 10th, ” Brady wrote on Instagram. “From my understanding, he has suffered an injury and had to pull out of the fight. My team is hoping to Rebook the fight for August.
“Thank you to all my family, friends and fans who support me. This is just a speed bump on my journey to being champ.”
Kevin Lee’s Return Gets Delayed
Kevin Lee was considered the next big thing in the UFC when he started his UFC career. He looked like a complete MMA fighter and had some tremendous performances inside the octagon. Recently Lee decided that he wanted to move up to the welterweight division due to the problems he faced with his constant struggle with the weight cutting issue. The last time he moved up to welterweight he faced Rafael dos Anjos in the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 10. He lost the fight via submission in the fourth round of the fight and promptly decided to continue his lightweight journey.
In his last octagon appearance, he fought Charles Oliveira in the main event at UFC Fight Night 170. Lee weighed in at 158.5 lbs, which is 2.5 lbs over the lightweight limit of 156 pounds. Lee was fined 20% of his purse and his bout with Oliveira was expected to proceed as scheduled at a catchweight. Lee lost the fight via submission with a guillotine choke in the third round. He was completely controlled by Oliveira in that fight. The highest point of Lee’s career was when he fought Tony Ferguson for the interim lightweight title. He had early success in that fight against Tony but eventually got submitted again and lost the title opportunity.
Sean Brady is a new up-and-comer fighter in the UFC’s welterweight division. He is an undefeated prospect in the division. Since making his UFC debut in October 2019, he has secured four victories over Court McGee, Ismail Naurdiev, Christian Aguilera, and in his most recent outings, he got victory over Jake Matthews at UFC 259. Brady is currently ranked No. 14 in the UFC welterweight rankings. According to the reports, this fight is going to get postponed for a further date but no official update regarding the same has been released by the UFC yet.
UFC 264 will be headlined by a trilogy fight between lightweights Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor in the main event which takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 10.
