Derrick Lewis (27-12, 1 NC) has made a living as one of the more recognizable names in the UFC. He’s also made himself an extremely likable personality, with fans warming up to the Houston native.
The city of St. Louis is buzzing this time of year. In the world of gridiron football, the UFL‘s BattleHawks enter week seven of the 10-week regular season
Derrick Lewis isn’t going to add more tricks to his bag at age 39. Lewis, a former heavyweight title challenger, still produces exciting fights. But anyone with a grappling threat is in a good position to put Lewis on his back and keep him there.
In front of his home country, No.9-ranked heavyweight Jailton Almeida dominated No. 10-ranked Derrick Lewis in a land-slide unanimous decision (50-44x2, 50-45). Despite a dominant wrestling base, Almeida, who entered the bout on a six-fight winning streak with two wins coming via KO/TKO, followed more of a conservative approach.
The UFC is set to head back to Brazil for the first time since the UFC 283 pay-per-view that kicked off the calendar year. Saturday’s UFC Fight Night will emanate from the Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and feature a ranked heavyweight main event between talented riser Jailton Almeida and veteran knockout artist Derrick Lewis.
The UFC‘s knockout king isn’t going anywhere. We are just about two weeks removed from Derrick Lewis‘ (27-11) latest highlight reel moment when he opened his fight against Marcos Rogerio de Lima with a flying knee that dropped de Lima.
This past Saturday on the main card of UFC 291, we saw a battle between two heavyweight finishers.
Lewis is one of the bigger characters in MMA. He certainly showed off his humor and personality on Saturday night. He also reminded everyone just how much of a knockout artist he still is. Saturday marked his 14th knockout win in the UFC, which is the most in the promotion’s history.
On the main card of UFC 291 we saw the return of The Black Beast.
UFC 291 is almost upon us with a scintillating card that is sure to deliver some high-quality, edge-of-your-seat action. Let’s take a look at five of the most promising bouts on this stacked card.
Anticipation ran high at UFC Fight Night 218 as the heavyweight contender bout between Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivak took center stage. The tension was palpable as the two warriors stepped into the cage, ready to unleash hell on each other.
Sergey Spivak was completely dominant in his first UFC main event. The Moldovan ragdolled former heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis all over the Octagon at UFC Fight Night 218 before locking in an arm-triangle choke for a submission victory at the 3:05 mark of the opening stanza.
Derrick Lewis Born: February 7, 1985 (Age: 37) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Division: Heavyweight Height: 6’3” Reach: 79” Record: 26-10 (1 NC) Association: Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai Stage of Career: Post-Prime Summary: Lewis is a truly unique fighter, one only possible in the heavyweight division.
The UFC 277 results offered up some wild finishes and major victories for a couple of the promotion’s biggest names.
A heavyweight clash pitting Derrick Lewis against Sergei Pavlovich is in the works for an Ultimate Fighting Championship card on July 30.
The 35-year-old fighter is now 24-7 with one no contest in his pro career. He believes that Curtis Blaydes, Francis Ngannou and Alistair Overeem make sense as potential next opponents.
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