Derrick Lewis has no interest in going to Russia to fight Alexander Volkov, but he’ll do it in the USA.
Alexander Volkov is a top-five contender at heavyweight, and he’s looking to move himself closer to a title shot. So, like many UFC fighters, he decided that calling out a fellow highly-ranked fighter on social media was the best way to go about it.
But I don’t think he expected the response that he got from Derrick Lewis.
Volkov is interested in a UFC Moscow fight with Lewis on on September 15. So he respectfully asked for it:
It seems like the only way for me to get a fight in #UFCMoscow is to call here to fight @Thebeast_ufc. Derrick, what do you say?
— Alexander Volkov (@AlexDragoVolkov) July 25, 2018
Lewis was having nothing to do with going to Moscow though:
Black man in Moscow?!?! Fuck that. come to the USA
— Derrick Lewis (@Thebeast_ufc) July 25, 2018
Volkov (30-6, 4-0 UFC) is coming a big KO victory over former champion Fabricio Werdum. With new champion Daniel Cormier apparently tied to a heavyweight title fight with the returning Brock Lesnar next, he later took a look at the rest of the guys above him – and Lewis seemed like the only real option:
Curtis injured, Stipe is spending his time with the family, Ngannu already had two non-rival defeats in a row. I and @Thebeast_ufc can hold a good contender fight in Moscow.
— Alexander Volkov (@AlexDragoVolkov) July 25, 2018
Lewis (20-5, 1 NC, 11-3 UFC) is coming off an extremely dull win over Francis Ngannou. He is currently ranked as the number two contender at heavyweight, and might not be interested in fighting down at the moment. But if the fight is going to take place, it looks like it definitely won’t be in Russia.