Kevin Lee has had the opportunity to look back on his career and see what he would do differently looking back, after being released from the UFC. Sean O'Malley is doing things he wished he could have done.

Sean O'Malley has been very selective with the fights he takes and the opportunities he wants to exploit. The UFC has had a hard time forcing him to do anything.

“I’ve got to tip my hat to Sean O’Malley,” Lee said on The Schmozone Podcast. “He knows how to come up. He did it the right way. Honestly, I wish I would have took a couple of pages or two out of his book and had that ability to kind of pick and choose my fights and put on great performances like that. He’s doing it the right way.”

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Kevin Lee fought some very tough competition during his time in the UFC and it hasn't always paid off. He admits he's a little jealous of the way he managed his career.

“I’m not mad at him for it,” Lee said. “I’m a little jealous, I ain’t going to lie. I’m a little jealous. He doesn’t have to fight jiu-jitsu black belts and then in the next fight, fight a world-class striker, and then fight a world-champion kickboxer, and then fight a wrestler. He doesn’t have to do that so I’m a little jealous. But I tip my hat to him for doing that, though.”

Kevin Lee will now be moving on outside of the UFC and will be fighting for Eagle FC. He's rumored to be fighting Diego Sanchez in his debut in March.