Derrick Lewis says he finally found a solution for his nagging back injury. UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis has been bothered by a nagging back injury for awhile now. …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis is set to return to the Octagon Oct. 6 in the co-main event of UFC 229 against Alexander Volkov. The pairing was first …read more
Source:: Sherdog
The recurring ailment for Derrick Lewis that has prevented him from performing at his peak consistently in the UFC has been his bad back. As recently as his last fight …read more
Source:: MMANews
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is giving Derrick Lewis a chance to erase the memory of his last performance — a three-round snoozer against the atrophied Francis Ngannou at UFC 226 …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Derrick Lewis has his next assignment — and it’s a big one.
“The Black Beast” confirmed Monday on The MMA Hour that he is officially slated to fight former Bellator heavyweight …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov have verbally agreed to fight in to co-main event of UFC 229 in a pivotal matchup for the division, ESPN reported …read more
Source:: Sherdog
UFC 229 will be the home of a pivotal heavyweight fight. The UFC is going to stack UFC 229 with as many big fights as possible, and at least …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is close to finalizing a co-main event between Top 5 heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov for its upcoming UFC 229 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for …read more
Source:: MMAMania
A co-main event for UFC 229 is nearly finalized as Derrick Lewis is expected to face Alexander Volkov in a heavyweight fight on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas.
UFC president Dana …read more
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A heavyweight bout between Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov is close to being official for October’s UFC 229 co-main event.
A person with knowledge of …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Dana White has informed ESPN that the co-main event for UFC 229 is on the verge of being finalized and will be between ranked heavyweight contenders Derrick Lewis and Alexander …read more
Source:: MMANews
A heavyweight fight between Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov has been targeted to serve as the co-main event of UFC 229, which will be headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov versus Conor …read more
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UFC President Dana White is not walking back any of his criticism of Francis Ngannou following an ugly loss to Derrick Lewis at UFC …read more
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This week, former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was swallowed up by a social media firestorm after some controversial Tweets from his past were unearthed. The controversy was based on …read more
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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 …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
After Daniel Cormier’s massive and historic heavyweight title victory at UFC 226, the division’s top contenders are now being put on hold.
One of those is/was the top Russian striker and …read more
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Francis Ngannou is taken back by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White’s claims that he has an ego. Ngannou went one-on-one with Derrick Lewis in the co-main event of …read more
Source:: MMANews
After Francis Ngannou came up short against Derrick Lewis at UFC 226 in what proved to be a rather lackluster affair (recap here), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White …read more
Source:: MMAMania
The dust has all but settled on an eventful UFC 226. But not quite. So before we get back onto the conveyer belt of MMA events, let’s take a look …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Derrick Lewis claims he saw a different Francis Ngannou from the weigh-ins to the fight itself. The build-up between heavyweight contenders Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou ahead of their UFC …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Derrick Lewis is headed to Germany to undergo stem cell treatment for his chronic back problems. If that doesn’t work, the UFC heavyweight isn’t sure what he’ll do – other …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Francis Ngannou’s UFC 226 battle with Derrick Lewis was an undeniable disappointment, as he failed to mount any meaningful offense over the course of the three-round fight, and ultimately lost …read more
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Derrick Lewis is under no illusions about his ‘terrible performance’ at UFC 226. Derrick Lewis was candidly open about his dreadful fight with feared heavyweight knockout artist Francis Ngannou at …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
The former heavyweight title contender gave his first statement following a horrendous bout against Derrick Lewis in the co-main event of UFC 226 Dana White wasted no time putting former …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Give Francis Ngannou some credit: Not only is he capable of admitting his fight with Derrick Lewis at UFC 226 was awful, he’s also capable of looking within himself to …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) color commentator, Joe Rogan, called the Francis Ngannou vs. Derrick Lewis dumpster fire co-main event at UFC 226 the worst heavyweight fight in the history of …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Heavyweight Francis Ngannou apologized for his performance in a loss to Derrick Lewis. …read more
Source:: ESPN
MMAjunkie Radio kicks off today at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) with guests Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis.
Cormier made history in the UFC 226 main event this past Saturday …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Francis Ngannou is as disappointed in himself as everyone else is.
To say that Ngannou’s heavyweight co-main event vs. Derrick Lewis at UFC 226 this past Saturday was a letdown would …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Derrick Lewis’ UFC 226 fight with Francis Ngannou was supposed to be a wild, heavyweight slobber-knocker. Instead, the fight was frankly terrible, as Ngannou looked like he’d been shot with …read more
Source:: BJPenn.com
This was how historically bad Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou were at UFC 226. Joe Rogan did not hold back on the quality of the UFC 226 co-main event between …read more
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Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou’s UFC 226 …read more
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight sluggers Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis battled last night (July 7, 2018) at UFC 226 from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Bad blood and …read more
Source:: MMAMania
After watching Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou lull the combat sports world to sleep with a three-round snoozer in the UFC 226 co-main event, surging UFC heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes …read more
Source:: BJPenn.com
On paper, Derrick Lewis emerged from his latest fight as a winner.
But he, and everyone watching the UFC 226 co-main event, are probably going to want to forget that his …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
LAS VEGAS – Derrick Lewis is happy he got the win over Francis Ngannou despite being the underdog for their UFC 226 co-maimn event.
And that’s pretty much the only positive …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
UFC President Dana White made his feelings known about the Derrick Lewis – Francis Ngannou fight. As seen in the co-main event of Saturday’s (July 7, 2018) UFC 226 pay-per-view …read more
Source:: MMANews
From the early vantage point, Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis’s UFC 226 co-main event battle was anticipated in the way that we might anticipate two asteroids colliding. The matchup seemed …read more
Source:: BJPenn.com
Dana White says Francis Ngannou’s ‘out of control’ ego played a role in his ‘horrible’ performance at UFC 226. UFC 226’s heavyweight bout between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis was …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
At the conclusion of the UFC 226 co-main event between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis on Saturday night, longtime color commentator Joe Rogan proclaimed the bout the worst heavyweight fight …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
No one is being harder on Derrick Lewis over his boring win against Francis Ngannou than Derrick himself. Francis Ngannou vs. Derrick Lewis at UFC 226 was a terrible fight. …read more
Source:: MMAMania
LAS VEGAS – UFC President Dana White is among those unimpressed with Francis Ngannou’s performance against Derrick Lewis in the UFC 226 co-main event.
Ngannou (11-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) suffered a …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
LAS VEGAS – UFC President Dana White figured the excitement leading up to and following UFC 226’s co-main event would erase the memory of what happened between Derrick Lewis and …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
LEWIS vs NGANNOUIt was more staring contest than slugfest in a disappointing UFC 226 co-main event between heavyweight contenders Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou, but someone had to win at …read more
Source:: UFC
The co-main event fight of UFC 226 turned out to be an unsatisfactory one, as it showed very little action between heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou. UFC 226 was …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
This is UFC 226: Miocic vs Cormier in a few short tweets. UFC 226 is in the books. It saw a stinker in Francis Ngannou vs. Derrick Lewis, a historic …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
In arguably one of the strangest fights in UFC history, heavyweight Derrick Lewis claimed a unanimous decision win over Francis Ngannou in the co-main event of UFC 226 on Saturday, …read more
Source:: ESPN
Well, the hype failed to deliver for Heavyweights Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis on Saturday night. In what was moved up to the co-main event when the UFC Featherweight Championship …read more
Source:: MMANews
Pro fighters were none too happy with Derrick Lewis’ unanimous decision win against Francis Ngannou at UFC 226. Known as KO artists, both Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis were unrecognizable …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
It seemed like a fight that couldn’t possibly fail to deliver some excitement. Two heavyweight knockout artists, both with a reputation for violent finishes.
Then somehow Derrick Lewis and Francis Ngannou …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
A key heavyweight fight featuring former title challenger Francis Ngannou taking on perennial contender Derrick Lewis served as the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 226 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.
The Lewis …read more
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On paper, the UFC 226 co-main event between heavyweight knockout artists Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis had all the ingredients to be a fight for the ages. Instead, the two …read more
Source:: MMAWeekly
Check out these photos highlighting Derrick Lewis’ unanimous decision win over Francis Ngannou at UFC 226 in Las Vegas. (Photos by Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA TODAY Sports) …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
A key heavyweight fight between former title challenger Francis Ngannou and perennial contender Derrick Lewis served as the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 226 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas.
Francis Ngannou entered …read more
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Well. That was terrible. Derrick Lewis won a decision over Francis Ngannou at UFC 226, but everyone who watched it lost. In the UFC 226 co-main event, few expected heavyweight …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Sometimes can’t miss fights do.
The UFC 226 heavyweight co-main event between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis seemed to promise an orgy of violence, as two of the heaviest hitters in …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Derrick Lewis achieved the most significant victory of his career so far Saturday when he defeated former UFC heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou at UFC 226. However, it was far …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
This is the UFC 226 live blog for Francis Ngannou vs. Derrick Lewis, a heavyweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Ngannou, who has …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
The co-main event of UFC 226 features a heavyweight fight between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis. This Saturday night, the octagon returns to the fight capital of the world, as …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Things got extremely heated between heavyweight knockout artists Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis earlier tonight (Fri., July 6, 2018) during UFC 226’s ceremonial weigh ins (replay here).
The two have traded …read more
Source:: MMAMania
The UFC is on its home turf in “Sin City” this week for the annual International Fight Week and a pay-per-view event with a major title fight. It’s all detailed …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
In the fifth episode of UFC 226 Embedded, the fighters tackle media day, Francis Ngannou meets the mayor of Las Vegas, Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis trade some verbal shots, …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
LAS VEGAS – Things got plenty heated between a pair of heavyweights at the ceremonial weigh-ins for UFC 226 today.
And they weren’t the heavyweights in the title-bout superfight main event.
Derrick …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
In the fourth episode of UFC 226 Embedded, Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier participate at open workouts, Derrick Lewis and other train, Michael Chiesa and Francs Ngannou have some fun, …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
MMAjunkie Radio co-host and MMAjunkie contributor Dan Tom breaks down UFC 226’s top bouts, and today, we look at the first four main-card bouts.
UFC 226 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Get the scoop on the main card action of UFC 226, including the hard-hitting co-main event between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis, plus former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. UFC 226 …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
As if this year’s International Fight Week weren’t dramatic enough, a new blood feud emerged between Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis during …read more
Source:: Sherdog
LAS VEGAS – They were sitting next to each other and very cordial, but apparently Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis had a bit of a run-in earlier Thursday.
Cormier (20-1 MMA, …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
LAS VEGAS – The UFC 226 pre-event press conference went down today from Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort, and MMAjunkie was on the scene.
In Saturday’s pay-per-view main event, UFC …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
The heavyweight showdown between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis will now serve as the co-main event for UFC 226 in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
The shift comes after featherweight champion …read more
Source:: MMAWeekly
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight bruisers Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis will brawl this Saturday (July 7, 2018) at UFC 226 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ngannou rose to …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis has revealed how he has transitioned from his early days as a fighter in the UFC. …read more
Source:: Sherdog
It’s safe to say Derrick Lewis is a Ronda Rousey fan. The heavyweight knockout artist has name dropped Rousey on more than a few occasions including just after finishing her …read more
Source:: MMANews
Francis Ngannou is tired of trading barbs. This Saturday night (July 7), Ngannou will go one-on-one with Derrick Lewis. The bout will take place inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, …read more
Source:: MMANews
This week, during International Fight Week, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Days later, on the main card of UFC …read more
Source:: BJPenn.com
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight contender, Derrick Lewis, is getting a lot of mileage out of his Ronda Rousey jokes, which started with his UFC Fight Night 105 bout against …read more
Source:: MMAMania
UFC heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou talks about his fight with Derrick Lewis at UFC 226, as well as his development as a fighter. One of the feature attractions at UFC …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
When he stopped by the UFC Tonight set recently, UFC 226 star Derrick Lewis put his punching power to the test against the likes of Daniel Cormier, Michael Bisping, Max …read more
Source:: UFC
Francis Ngannou is looking to get back to his winning ways this weekend. The UFC has confirmed that Derrick Lewis would fight the former title contender at the upcoming UFC …read more
Source:: MMANews
At UFC 226, hulking Cameroonian-French heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou will step into the cage with titan of a similar stature: American behemoth Derrick Lewis.
This bout will mark Ngannou’s opportunity to …read more
Source:: BJPenn.com
Back in January, in the main event of UFC 220, hulking French-Cameroonian heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou stepped into the cage with divisional champ Stipe Miocic, and promptly attempted to take …read more
Source:: BJPenn.com
Francis Ngannou only has one thing in mind, beat Derrick Lewis at UFC 226, then get his hands on the UFC heavyweight title. Francis Ngannou may have a fight against …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis are preparing to put on one of the most anticipated fights of the UFC 226 pay-per-view (PPV) card. It all goes down next week (Sat. …read more
Source:: MMANews
LAS VEGAS – Francis Ngannou sat in front of reporters Thursday and was asked about UFC 226 opponent Derrick Lewis. Specifically, what does Ngannou think of Lewis’ fighting style?
Confusion seemed …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie