The Black Beast is back, and guess who’s invited to the party!
It wasn’t long ago that heavyweight knockout artist Derrick Lewis was being talked about as the next big thing. With an unbeaten streak heading in to his fight with Mark Hunt, ‘Black Beast’ had a bright future ahead of him.
Added to his dangerous arsenal is a sharp tongue and even sharper wit. After wrecking Travis Browne in February, Lewis took to the mic and asked ‘where Ronda’s fine ass at?’ The comment was quickly removed from the UFC youtube channel, but Lewis wasn’t done there.
For weeks, months, he’d troll Rousey and Browne, up until he met ‘The Super Samoan’ in New Zealand.
Loss To Mark Hunt & Retirement
Against Hunt, Lewis faced the first legitimate challenge of his UFC career. ‘Black Beast’ was ran through, and succumbed to the striking onslaught of Hunt in round four. This was his first loss in two years and six fights, but Lewis took it hard.
During the post-fight interview, ‘Black Beast’ said he was done fighting, and the UFC heavyweight division had lost a bright prospect. The charismatic Lewis provided a somewhat welcome change in the division, and would be missed by many.
But now, out of the blue, Lewis has switched gears. Check out his hilarious video, confirming he’s not done with the UFC yet:
“Whenever the booty-scratcher (Ngannou) started talking sh*t, and Travis Browne waking up from the dead, talking sh*t,” Lewis said.
“That guy (Ngannou) is not impressed with nobody, so it’s normal for him to say anything stupid. … Travis Browne don’t know what’s he thinking. Travis, he’s out there, man. That guy has been knocked out so many times, he’s been rocked so many times, he don’t know what to say. He’s just trying to stay relevant.”
He’s Back!
“We’re just hoping that we don’t have to get surgery, because I thought about it a little bit, and it’s not going to be my last fight,” Lewis said on The MMA Hour. “I’m going to try to get back in there as soon as I can, and we’ll find out Wednesday, see what’s going on and if it’s not too serious. Hopefully I can get back in there before the end of the year.”
“Like two days before, my back was just real sore,” Lewis said. “It was real sore and I knew — I was just hoping that I could work through it. I got a massage the day before and it just made everything even worse. And as the fight went on, it was just getting sorer and sorer.
“That was the second time it ever happened in a fight. The first time, I still won in the third round. I knocked the guy out in the third round whenever that happened the first time. And it happened again in the Mark Hunt fight, and it was like, damn, I couldn’t move at all. The best thing I could do was just stand there and just take it, because it couldn’t move anymore.”
Haha this is brilliant 😀
He’s back before he left
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