It wouldn’t be unfair to label Kevin Lee as one of the UFC’s loudmouth fighters, would it? That’s not to speak negatively of “The Motown Phenom,” only an observation that the young, brash lightweight contender likes the spotlight. He likes to talk.

But have you noticed something different lately? Lee has been awfully quiet on social media.

His last tweet? Oct. 7 to talk a little trash about Tony Ferguson.

His last <a href=" So what gives? The 26-year-old Lee addressed his social media silence during a recent appearance on Submission Radio:

“Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, the whole shebang, I kind of shied away from most of it. Even a lot of media I haven’t been doing, just because at the end of the day, what I do is more important to me. You know, like my craft, my skills, being able to work on that. I felt like some things, especially on social media, were starting to be too big of a distraction. I’m keeping my eyes on the prize. I’m the youngest guy in the top 10 for a reason, and I’m going to be around for a long, long time. I’m not one of these guys that’s going to get to the top and only stay there for a year, a year-and-a-half or whatever. I’m staying there for a long time. And in order to do that, I have to have my craft underneath me. I’ve been focusing on what I do. And when I show up on December 15th, you’re going to see all the work, and it’s going be worth missing a couple of tweets.”

Iaquinta, who defeated Lee in their first at UFC 169 in 2014, recently gave Lee credit for evolving and maturing as a fighter. As a person, though? Not so much.

But perhaps Lee’s conscious decision to block out the distraction of social media speaks to the contrary.

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