‘The Black Beast’ made this boxer pay for his arrogance.
Not many hit harder in combat sports than Derrick Lewis, and the ex-UFC title challenger has put his insane power to good use contained in the Octagon.
The 40-year-old will return at UFC 324 this Saturday in pursuit of his seventeenth knockout within the promotion. His current tally of 16 stands because the KO record, and distinguished names like Gabriel Gonzaga, Curtis Blaydes, and Alexander Volkov are amongst Lewis’ victims.
But it surely’s not only Lewis’ fellow UFC stars who’ve fallen courtesy of his fists. In 2019, one overly confident boxer learned firsthand why ‘The Black Beast’ is the Octagon’s KO king…
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What’s Derrick Lewis’ best KO within the UFC? 👊
‘The Black Beast’ has knocked out Curtis Blaydes, Alexander Volkov, Gabriel Gonzaga, Travis Browne and lots of more contained in the Octagon.
Derrick Lewis took seconds to batter boxer who called him out
Lewis was called out by a boxer who was speaking negatively about MMA fighters at his local gym back in 2019.
In a post on social media, the UFC star claimed the person had vowed to knock him out with ease due to what sport he was in. Lewis subsequently offered him the possibility to place his money where his mouth is.
‘The Black Beast’ uploaded the footage of what happened when he laced up the boxing gloves and stepped contained in the ring with the disrespectful pugilist.
It took lower than a minute for him to fold under Lewis’ heavy hands. After frantically attempting to escape as powerful punches got here ferociously toward him, the boxer eventually stuck his body through the ropes to stop the onslaught.
Let that be a lesson to not mess with probably the most prolific KO artist in UFC history…
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Derrick Lewis is in the most effective shape of his life for UFC 324
‘The Black Beast’ has enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence since a difficult run where he recorded only one win in five fights. Lewis has emerged victorious from three of his 4 outings since then, and that may be partly all the way down to his improved physical condition.
Before Lewis’ flying knee against Marcos Rogerio de Lima arrange a fast rebound win, the veteran heavyweight sported a visibly leaner physique.
And that might be the case again at Friday’s weigh-ins after some recent comments that saw Lewis claim to be in great shape for UFC 324.
“I ain’t gonna mislead you, I’m in the most effective shape of my life, right away,” Lewis said on The Beast and the Cowboy podcast.
“Mentally and physically, all the pieces goes perfectly. The UFC provided me with some great peptides and I’ve been taking it every single day and I’ve been feeling the difference,” he added.
Lewis later claimed to have misspoken concerning the “peptides,” nearly all of that are considered banned substances under UFC’s anti-doping program.
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