Sonnen added that one cannot count Derrick Lewis out of the title picture and think that he won’t return as a main event-level fighter. The former UFC fighter reminded everyone how ‘The Black Beast’ already has a win over reigning UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
Sonnen mentioned that UFC 265 did not prove that Derrick Lewis cannot fight top-level fighters but rather that he had a hard time against Ciryl Gane, specifically.
Derrick Lewis was unable to win the interim UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 265
At UFC 265, Derrick Lewis was unable to capture the interim UFC heavyweight championship in his main event fight against Ciryl Gane. The two men squared off in a huge title bout in front of a red-hot Houston audience but Lewis was unable to get past the French fighter.
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