{"id":183100,"date":"2021-02-19T19:17:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T16:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/derrick-lewis-is-ufcs-hilarious-hard-hitting-heavyweight\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T19:17:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T16:17:16","slug":"derrick-lewis-is-ufcs-hilarious-hard-hitting-heavyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/derrick-lewis-is-ufcs-hilarious-hard-hitting-heavyweight\/","title":{"rendered":"#Derrick Lewis is UFC’s hilarious, hard-hitting heavyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Derrick Lewis is UFC’s hilarious, hard-hitting heavyweight<\/strong>”
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In the UFC, Derrick Lewis is best known for two things: knocking fellow heavyweights unconscious, and making people laugh.<\/p>\n

And, as hard as he hits and as thrilling as his victories have been, he might be better at joking around.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t take everything so serious,\u201d Lewis told The Post over the phone on Thursday. \u201cLife is already serious as it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Case in point: In promoting Saturday\u2019s UFC Fight Night main event against Curtis Blaydes, scheduled for five rounds at UFC Apex in Las Vegas and airing on ESPN+<\/a>, the organization\u2019s official Twitter<\/a> handle shared a video of Lewis<\/a> analyzing his opponent\u2019s skills and discussing his own strategy in dealing with them, albeit with a tongue-in-cheek, opposite-day slant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe he\u2019s one of the best strikers in the UFC,\u201d a straight-faced Lewis (24-7, 20 finishes) says of Blaydes, known for an unapologetic preference to take the fight to the floor rather than stand and strike. \u201cI believe that I\u2019m an All-American wrestler now. I don\u2019t want to do any more striking. I don\u2019t want to stand up with anyone anymore. I just want to take him down, hold him there and win on points.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis, who has won three in a row entering the weekend, has landed seven takedowns in 20 trip<\/a>s to the octagon, while Blaydes (14-2, 10 finishes) in his latest win over Alexander Volkov in June secured 14, according to UFC Stats.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t fall for Lewis\u2019 misdirection, including the part in the video when he says of his UFC-record 11 (T)KO victories, \u201cif you go back and look at the tape, it\u2019s like, a lot of those guys just took the fall.\u201d No, when \u201cThe Black Beast\u201d connects with a bomb, odds are good that \u201cfall\u201d won\u2019t have a soft landing.<\/p>\n

Just ask Volkov, whom Lewis defeated in October 2018 to earn his only crack at the UFC championship \u2014 he lost to Daniel Cormier a month later at Madison Square Garden. After absorbing 133 total strikes compared to 40 dished out over nearly three full rounds and on his way to a sure defeat by decision, the 6-foot-3 brawler from Houston crumpled the 6-foot-7 kickboxer with a nuclear bomb of an overhand right. The action was called with 11 seconds left in the bout.<\/p>\n

That, somehow, may not have been the most memorable moment of Lewis\u2019 night for all the millions who purchased the record-breaking UFC 229 pay-per-view to watch the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor lightweight title fight.<\/p>\n

Lewis had removed his fight trunks and was standing in the octagon in a set of boxer briefs, shorts slung over his shoulder, as color commentator Joe Rogan approached for a post-fight interview<\/a> in the octagon. Rogan asks the obvious question: \u201cDerrick, why\u2019d you take your pants off?\u201d Without missing a beat, Lewis colorfully replies that something in his nether regions \u201cwas hot\u201d as he put the board shorts back on. He went on to crack wise about beating a Russian on behalf of the former president and shooting down the idea that he deserved the title shot he would ultimately earn because \u201cI need to sit my Black ass down and do some more cardio. \u2026 I ain\u2019t trying to fight for no title right now with no gas tank like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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