Derrick Lewis could also be 40, however he feels higher as we speak than he did when he was 30 years outdated.
‘The Black Beast’ can be again in motion this Saturday evening when the UFC heads again to Nashville for a loaded Struggle Night time card headlined by a heavyweight conflict between Lewis and Brazilian knockout artist Tallison Teixeira.
It is going to be Lewis’ thirtieth stroll to the Octagon, however regardless of having greater than a decade of fights below his belt, the New Orleans native says he’s feeling higher than ever.
“Truly, I really feel higher now than I did 10 years in the past,” Lewis instructed MMA Junkie after turning the massive 4-0 in February. “Like, no BS. It’s only a bizarre feeling as a result of I really feel very wholesome. I can sit down and I can rise up actual fast. —just like the final couple of years, after I sit down, I obtained to make noise to face up. Yeah. So I’m not doing none of that. So I’m good.”
Can Derrick Lewis snap Tallison Teixeira’s undefeated streak?
Lewis has seen his fair proportion of struggles over time. Nonetheless, he heads to Music Metropolis having received two of his final three fights, together with a brutal 33-second KO of Marcos Rogério de Lima at UFC 291 and a third-round end towards Rodrigo Nascimento in Might.
Nonetheless, ‘The Black Beast’ will face a troublesome check when he meets Teixeira.
Except for being 15 years youthful than his opponent, ‘Xicao’ goes into his second promotional look driving back-to-back first-round knockouts, together with a vicious TKO over Justin Tafa in his UFC debut earlier this yr.
General, Teixeira is 8-0 in his combined martial arts profession, and boasts a powerful 100% end price.
