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After being stopped in the fourth round of his main event bout with Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 110 earlier this month, No. 7-ranked heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis admitted that he was considering retirement.

After taking some time to think about it, however, “The Black Beast” told Ariel Helwani on today’s (June 26, 2017) edition of The MMA Hour that he was looking to get back into the Octagon in the near future, although he first needs to have a back injury evaluated:

“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. “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.”

As far as the injury goes, it seemed to have seriously hindered Lewis’ performance against Hunt, as “The Black Beast” said that he ‘couldn’t move at all’ as the fight went on:

“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.”

After the loss to Hunt, Lewis received some backlash from former opponent Travis Browne as well as rising heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou, which he says helped him make the decision to return to the Octagon:

“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 better be worrying about [his fight at UFC 213] and not worried about me. It’s already done and over with between me and him.”

With that being said, a bout against Ngannou would be ideal for “The Black Beast”:

“If I can, I’d get him next,” Lewis said. “If not, that’s fine. I’ll give anyone hell, but right now that’d be a good one.”

Who would you like to see Lewis take on in his next bout?

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In the main event of UFC Fight Night 110 last night (June 10, 2017) in Auckland, New Zealand, 43-year-old Mark Hunt got back in the win column with a fourth round TKO victory over the previously surging Derrick Lewis. Hunt clearly has some gas left in the tank, and it doesn’t look like “The Super Samoan” is considering hanging his gloves up just yet:

“I don’t think so,” Hunt said at the post-fight press conference after being asked whether he was thinking about hanging up his gloves. “I like to get beat up. Shucks, there’s nothing else I’m good at. But I’ve got a couple of fights I want to finish. Why not see the contract out and then retire?”

Over the last year, Hunt has repeatedly made headlines in his fight against the use of performance-enhancing-drugs in mixed martial arts. He had his decision loss to Brock Lesnar at UFC 200 last July changed to a no-contest after it was made clear that Lesnar had failed a pair of drug tests and he suffered a loss to Alistair Overeem, who has his own history with PEDs, this past March.

In regards to that, Hunt hasn’t forgotten about Overeem, who he labeled a ‘cheating bum’:

“He’s always going to be a cheating bum to me, regardless of whether he beat me,” Hunt said Saturday at the post-fight presser. “All of his achievements, you don’t know whether they’re done by steroids or not. Sorry, Alistair, you’re a cheat.”

Hunt is currently taking part in a legal battle with the UFC over Lesnar’s failed tests, and he personally feels as if more can be done by the promotion to eliminate PEDs from the sport.

In 2015, the UFC brought in the help of third party testing organization USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency), but Hunt believes a stricter financial punishment must be put in place for fighters who test positive for banned substances:

“I think taking away the financial gains to start with,” Hunt said. “People say for me, it’s just a money grab. I think if you take away the financial incentive, then the cheaters will think twice. You take away the money, they wouldn’t do it. It’s just a clause in the contract saying the cheater doesn’t benefit at all. Because right now, it pays to cheat.”

Do you agree with “The Super Samoan” here?

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