Derrick Lewis: We Knew Brock Lesnar Was Juicing, Alistair Overeem Wants To

UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis is coming off his fourth straight victory after defeating Roy Nelson at UFC Fight Night 90. It was Lewis’ second consecutive co-main event slot, and although he wasn’t able to finish the granite-chinned ‘Big Country’ inside the limit, it was no doubt his most high-profile victory to date. The fight with

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UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis is coming off his fourth straight victory after defeating Roy Nelson at UFC Fight Night 90. It was Lewis’ second consecutive co-main event slot, and although he wasn’t able to finish the granite-chinned ‘Big Country’ inside the limit, it was no doubt his most high-profile victory to date. The fight with Nelson went down during an incredibly busy fight week, opening up a seven-day period with four UFC cards crammed in.

The fabled UFC 200 came and went, but the massive pay-per-view card was already reeling from the loss of Jon Jones by the time Lewis stepped in the octagon. Having failed an out-of-competition drug test, ‘Bones’ was removed from the July 9 main event rematch with Daniel Cormier on Wednesday July 6. Then in the week following it was Lesnar’s turn, as USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) claimed their second victim in as many calendar weeks. Lewis was not surprised.

Jul 7, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Derrick Lewis lands a hit against Roy Nelson during UFC Fight Night at MGM Grand Graden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joshua Dahl-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 7, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Derrick Lewis lands a hit against Roy Nelson during UFC Fight Night at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joshua Dahl-USA TODAY Sports

In an interview with MMAFighting.com, ‘Black Beast’ says everyone knew Lesnar was juicing from the jump:

“It was no surprise. It was like Nate Diaz says, there was no surprise about it. Come on man. Look at the guy. Everyone knows he’s juicing. But, that don’t affect me at all. I’ll fight anyone. I’m ready.”

“For sure I’ll fight him,” he said. “When I was fighting in the lower league, I was fighting a lot of guys that was on juice. It doesn’t matter. That don’t help you fight any better, to me. I’ll still be eating fried chicken and McDonalds before my fight, and I feel fine.”

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“I guess you got to have security problems if you got do all that,” he said. “But it literally don’t affect me. I don’t care. The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen. So if you want to juice, go ahead and juice up. It’s just going to make you more depressed afterwards.”

Brock Lesnar wasn’t Lewis’ only target with his highly humorous trash talk and somewhat outrageous honesty, as he discussed a potential title fight with Alistair Overeem ‘some time next year,’ providing the ‘Demolition Man’ can stay off the juice:

“Maybe against [Alistair] Overeem,” he said. “I think he’s going to beat Stipe [Miocic]. If Overeem can stay clean…I know he’s tempted right now to take them steroids, I know he’s tempted…but if I can stay clean I’d say we can get at it by next year.”

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On a more serious note, ‘Black Beast’ reveals how many heavyweights he thins are currently abusing steroids:

“Probably 70 percent,”

“It doesn’t piss me off at all. It’s just stupid for them to do that because they know that they’re getting random drug tests. They’re willing to risk thousands of dollars for something so stupid like that, that’s not even going to help them.”

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Heavyweight Derrick Lewis’ Next Opponent Announced

Top UFC heavyweight prospect Derrick Lews’ next opponent has finally been announced and it’s a big one…. literally. Lewis (15-4) is now set to take on No. 10 heavyweight Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson on the July 7th UFC Fight Pass card two days before UFC 200. In a recent interview last week with Ariel Helwani

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Top UFC heavyweight prospect Derrick Lews’ next opponent has finally been announced and it’s a big one…. literally.

Lewis (15-4) is now set to take on No. 10 heavyweight Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson on the July 7th UFC Fight Pass card two days before UFC 200.

In a recent interview last week with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, the No. 13-ranked Lewis expressed his interest in the possibility of taking on Nelson. Lewis called out “Big Country” following his victory over Gabriel Gonzaga in Croatia:

“It’s a fight that I want and I believe they’re gonna give it to me”, Lewis explained. “I believe it’s going to be an exciting fight. It’s gonna be a fan favorite fight, and the fans are really gonna be the winner. Its not gonna be a boring fight.”, Lewis said. “Someone’s going to sleep for sure if that fight happens”

Lewis also claimed that a fight with Nelson has been on his mind for quite some time and also expressed his admiration for the heavyweight veteran:

“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about the Roy match-up way before I even got into the UFC. Its just the way he fights”, said Lewis. “I’m a fan of him really you know, I love Roy.”

“I love to watch him fight, no matter what. Pay-per view, Fight Pass or what. I always tune in just to watch Roy Nelson. I’m a fan of him, no disrespect or nothing like that. It’d just be a dream come true just to fight a guy that I really basically grew up watching.”

Lewis is coming hot off a first round knockout win over heavyweight legend Gonzaga at UFC Fight Night 86 in Croatia earlier this month.

Nelson (21-12) is coming off of a victory of his own, defeating Jared Rosholt via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 82 in early February. That victory snapped a three fight losing streak, giving Nelson his first victory in nearly two years.

“The Black Beast” also believes he’s not too far away from a title shot in the thin heavyweight division.

“I believe I’m, probably like two more fights away. The way the heavyweight division is, guys always pulling fake injuries and stuff like that,” Lewis explained.

“So you never know if I get past whoever I get past next, my next fight.  I might be fighting for the title maybe in December or something like that. Or for sure next year”

The Fight Pass exclusive card is headlined by a lightweight championship bout between Rafael dos Anjos and top contender Eddie Alvarez.

A win over “Big Country” could thrust Lewis into the Top 10 conversation, potentially setting up the greatness this young fighter’s career is capable of having.

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