Ex-UFC fighter Kevin Lee set for MMA return at Sept. 28 Lights Out Championship event

Photo by Todd Lussier/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Kevin Lee now has two fight dates marked on the calendar to close out 2024.

Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that Lee will make his return to MMA at Lights Out Championship 17 against Thiago Oliveira, which takes place Sept. 28 in Wayne, Mich. MMA Junkie first reported the booking.

The card streams on Spectation Sports.

Lee, who is also slated to compete on the Nov. 15 Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 8 event against an opponent yet to be announced, makes his first appearance in over a year after getting stopped in a second chance bout with the UFC against Rinat Fakhretdinov in July 2023. “Motown Phenom” will compete in his original home state of Michigan, and does so with a 2-3 record in his past five contests, and looks for his first MMA victory since a decision win over Diego Sanchez for Eagle FC in March 2022.

Oliveira, a 30-fight veteran, recently snapped an eight-fight pro MMA losing streak with a submission win in February, followed up by fighting to a draw in Canada’s BTC promotion in June.