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Derrick Lewis Planning Khabib-Style Attack On Brock Lesnar

Derrick Lewis will participate in the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career next week (Sat. November 3, 2018). “The Black Beast” will headline UFC 230 on pay-per-view (PPV) from Madison Square Garden. He is challenging UFC “Champ Champ” Daniel Cormier for the heavyweight title. It’s rumored that Brock Lesnar, Cormier’s expected opponent […]

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Derrick Lewis Opens Up On Cardio Training For Daniel Cormier Fight

Derrick Lewis opens up on how he is training for the biggest fight of his pro-MMA career on such short notice. Daniel Cormier is slated to defend his heavyweight title against the hard-hitting heavyweight star in the headliner of UFC 230. Going into this fight, people have questioned the shape of Lewis’ cardio for this […]

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Derrick Lewis opens up on how he is training for the biggest fight of his pro-MMA career on such short notice.

Daniel Cormier is slated to defend his heavyweight title against the hard-hitting heavyweight star in the headliner of UFC 230. Going into this fight, people have questioned the shape of Lewis’ cardio for this fight. He usually gets tired during a three-round fight but now, he could be going five rounds.

What shouldn’t be surprising is the way that Lewis is preparing for this fight. In fact, it’s the most Derrick Lewis-way possible based on his recent comments:

“Right now I’m a 2X. Usually I’m a 3X but I’m slimming down a little bit so I’m a 2X.” Lewis told The Rich Eisen Show recently (H/T to MMAFighting).

Key To Training

He stated that he’s been doing some serious cardio as well as an interesting tactic to work on his wrestling. He’s been taking part in a lot of sex in order to get ready for Cormier’s wrestling:

“I’ve been doing nothing but cardio. Even the sex. The sex really been helping my hips. I know Cormier is a wrestler. So you really got to get them hips down on him. So I’ve been working them hips really good.”

Lewis understands what kind of fight that he accepted. He knows what the UFC heavyweight champion is going to do, which is come out and try to wrestle him. This is a good game plan considering it only takes one shot for Lewis to win a fight:

“I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me. Try to get me tired and try to push the pace,” Lewis said. “I know he might not say that I’m on his level. But I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.”

The hard-hitting heavyweight star has heard the rumblings that Cormier thinks this is an easy fight for him but vows to be well prepared:

“He’s thinking that it’s gonna be an easy fight for him, thinking that I don’t train hard like he does. Just because he’s an Olympic wrestler he’s thinking that it’s gonna be an easy fight for him.”

His Fighting Style

Lewis earned this title fight after posting an overall record of 12-3. He also won 9 of his last 10 fights including back-to-back wins over Alexander Volkov and Francis Ngannou. Still, some say he doesn’t deserve the fight, and Lewis said that was because of his fighting style:

“Of course they would say that [I don’t deserve it]. I guess just because my fighting style,” Lewis said. “Everyone else is a mixed martial artist.”

The title contender admitted he’s not an MMA artist but rather just a brawler when he steps inside of the Octagon:

“I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler. Basically, I guess they just thinking I’ve been winning my fights just by luck. I just think I’ve been winning my fights on heart.”

The UFC 230 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, November 3, 2018, at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City.

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Derrick Lewis On Daniel Cormier: ‘We Put The Chicken Behind Us’

Derrick Lewis says he and Daniel Cormier have agreed to disagree on respect towards chicken. Lewis and Cormier have had a fun “rivalry” dating back to a UFC 226 pre-fight press conference. Cormier jokingly said “The Black Beast”…

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Ronaldo Souza Sounds Off On Seeing Chris Weidman Fight At UFC 230 As Rematch

Ronaldo Souza explains his mindset preparing for this co-main event fight.

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Ronaldo Souza sounds off on the reason that he sees his upcoming fight against Chris Weidman in a middleweight bout as a rematch. This will serve as the co-headliner of the UFC 230 pay-per-view event.

Souza went on record in a recent interview by saying that Weidman has beaten several Brazilians over the past seven years. This adds a personal factor come fight night. This includes the likes of Anderson Silva (twice), Vitor Belfort, Lyoto Machida, and Demian Maia. As a result, not only does he think a win here gets some revenge on Weidman. But it also gets him closes to a title shot.

“I have huge respect for Chris Weidman. I like him as a person and as an athlete, but I see it as a rematch. I feel like he had already defeated me before,” Souza told MMA Fighting. “He has defeated many (Brazilians). I’m going there like if he had defeated me as well. I never lose twice to the same person, so I’m very confident.”

The UFC 230 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City with the main card airing on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET.

“It’s something natural for me,” Souza said. “Whoever wins will be up there. That’s a fact and I don’t even need to talk too much about it. I want to go up (in the ranking). I want to get in there, win — and win convincingly. Then say ‘brother, I’ll sit down and only call me if you’re going to talk about the belt.’

Souza is coming off a split decision loss to Kelvin Gastelum in May. He is looking to get back to his winning ways after going 2-2 in his last four fights.

“Everyone else is injured, there’s no one else to fight. My focus is on this fight (with Weidman), of course, but everybody knows that this fight will take me up there.”

Souza had been on the cusp of a UFC title shot. But suffered a TKO loss to current middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in last April, which caused the rollercoaster ride that he’s been on since.

“My fight with Kelvin Gastelum was close, I could have gotten the win,” Souza said. “My body language was weird in the third round and could have mattered for the judges. I understand that, but I landed more strikes. I beat (Yoel) Romero. Every time my fight is close, I lose. I have to go there and win, and win for real. I can’t just kind of win.”

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Dana White: Brock Lesnar Might Be In New York For UFC 230

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White says Brock Lesnar might make the trip to New York City to watch UFC 230. The main event of UFC 230 will see Daniel Cormier defend his heavyweight title against Derrick Lewis. Cormier is set for …

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Dana White: Brock Lesnar Might Be In New York For UFC 230

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