Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis, who lost by TKO to Sergey Pavlovich in less than a minute last July, doesn’t consider the Russian one of the division’s most dangerous knockouts.
“I don’t consider him to be in the top 5 of the toughest punchers I’ve fought,” “The Black Beast” said in an interview with the channel “Ushataika”. “The referee stopped the fight too early. I was still able to come back because I wasn’t shaken up. He didn’t really hit me, and he’s definitely not a top-five guy. I didn’t feel anything when he hit me.”
“The Black Beast” is set to share the octagon with Brazilian Jailoton Almeida this weekend, and if he wins, the American could challenge Russian heavyweight Alexander Volkov, whom he knocked out in the third round five years ago and earned a title fight.
“Yes, I would like to fight Volkov after this fight. I never turned down a rematch with him. I don’t turn down fights and I’m ready to fight anyone”
Recall that the heavyweight fight between Derrick Lewis and Jailton Almeida will be the main event of UFC Fight Night 231, which will take place on November 4 in Sao Paulo.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/33040-chernyj-zver-vyskazalsya-v-adres-pavlovicha-i-volkova.html?rand=19907
