“It would be cool just to fight him because he’s a so-called legend,” Derrick Lewis on a potential fight against Alistair Overeem

“It would be cool just to fight him because he’s a so-called legend,” Derrick Lewis on a potential fight against Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem and Derrick Lewis

UFC Heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis just knocked out Curtis Blaydes with a brutal uppercut at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Lewis.

A lot of fights are now possible for him but he seems to be hell-bent on fighting Alistair Overeem, he called him out in his pre-fight press conference.

Even after Alistair’s recent loss to Volkov, he explained the reason he wants to fight him, he said, “I don’t care that he had a couple of losses. It would be cool just to fight him because he’s a so-called legend so it would be cool to fight somebody like that.”

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“And also he’s been talking trash. He’s saying his team and Curtis can handle this lightweight and stuff for that. We’ve been trying to fight him for years and he turned down the fight four times already. He might take the fight (now). He’s been hit in the head a couple of times, so he might forget all about what happened tonight, so he might take it.”

Lewis provides the biggest upset in UFC history after the Bisping-Rockhold fight

Derrick Lewis

Derrick Lewis went in as a massive underdog in this fight against the number 2 ranked heavyweight fighter Curtis Blaydes, he was +350 in the betting odds, and he provided the biggest upset after the Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold fight.

Even after defeating Blaydes, Lewis said that he doesn’t want to fight for the title just yet, he is looking to spend some more time clearing the division and he wants to face Overeem first, this approach from his is quite interesting and we’ll see how he proceeds.

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