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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Derrick Lewis suggests unique method to stop UFC heavyweights from calling him out
Derrick Lewis is tired of being called out by so many UFC heavyweights. Lewis (28-12 MMA, 19-10 UFC) faces Tallison Teixeira (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in the UFC on ESPN 70 headliner on July 12 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Several heavyweights, including Waldo Cortes-Acosta, were hoping to draw "The Black Beast" but didn't get their wish. Advertisement The former UFC title challenger has proven he'll face anyone but shared an explicit, but humorous, method to ensure people no longer desire to fight him. "I think what I need to start doing now, once I knock guys out, is start putting my finger in their ass," Lewis told MMA Junkie. "You know, so people don't want to call me out afterwards. If I start putting my finger in my opponent's ass while they knocked out on the ground, I don't think nobody want to call me out anymore – no Diddy. If that's what I have to do for people to stop calling me out, talking sh*t about me when I'm trying to chill. Let me chill." Lewis holds the record for most knockout wins in UFC history. His resume includes fights against Daniel Cormier, Francis Ngannou, and Ciryl Gane, but he has lately been matched up against rising contenders, most recently finishing Rodrigo Nascimento at UFC on ESPN 56. This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC's Derrick Lewis has unique way to stop callouts from heavyweights
USA Today
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Derrick Lewis suggests unique method to stop UFC heavyweights from calling him out
Derrick Lewis suggests unique method to stop UFC heavyweights from calling him out Derrick Lewis is tired of being called out by so many UFC heavyweights. Lewis (28-12 MMA, 19-10 UFC) faces Tallison Teixeira (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in the UFC on ESPN 70 headliner on July 12 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Several heavyweights, including Waldo Cortes-Acosta, were hoping to draw "The Black Beast" but didn't get their wish. The former UFC title challenger has proven he'll face anyone but shared an explicit, but humorous, method to ensure people no longer desire to fight him. "I think what I need to start doing now, once I knock guys out, is start putting my finger in their ass," Lewis told MMA Junkie. "You know, so people don't want to call me out afterwards. If I start putting my finger in my opponent's ass while they knocked out on the ground, I don't think nobody want to call me out anymore – no Diddy. If that's what I have to do for people to stop calling me out, talking sh*t about me when I'm trying to chill. Let me chill." Lewis holds the record for most knockout wins in UFC history. His resume includes fights against Daniel Cormier, Francis Ngannou, and Ciryl Gane, but he has lately been matched up against rising contenders, most recently finishing Rodrigo Nascimento at UFC on ESPN 56.
