Kevin
Lee’s
Professional Fighters League debut will come with a berth in
the lightweight tournament finals at stake.

The promotion announced on Wednesday that Lee will replace the
injured Jay-Jay
Wilson and face Gadzhi
Rabadanov at
PFL World Tournament 6 in Wichita, Kansas, on June 20. The
155-pound semifinal will serve as the card’s headliner. According
to a release, Lee enters the tournament as an official alternate
despite having not competed in the first round.

PFL World Tournament 6 takes place at INTRUST Bank Arena and
features semifinals at lightweight, bantamweight and women’s
flyweight. The main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m.
PT, while prelims stream on ESPN+ at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.

A 19-time
UFC veteran, Lee is coming off a first-round submission victory
against Thiago
Oliveira at Lights Out Championship 17 this past September.
“The Motown Phenom” was one of a number of prominent names slated
to compete for the Global Fight League before the ill-fated
promotion announced the cancellation of its inaugural events
earlier this year. Lee, 32, owns notable victories against the
likes of Diego
Sanchez, Gregor
Gillespie, Edson
Barboza and Michael
Chiesa.

Rabadanov, the 2024 PFL 155-pound champion, will take an 11-fight
professional winning streak into the matchup with Lee. The
32-year-old Dagestani cruised in his first-round outing, as he
defeated Marc
Diakiese with 32-second KO on April 18.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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