HOUSTON -- Derrick Lewis, who will headline Saturday's UFC 265 main event against Ciryl Gane, got his first UFC title shot three years ago against Daniel Cormier. The self-deprecating slugger mocked himself -- and his heavyweight peers -- ahead of that bout.
"If I'm the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion," Lewis said at the time. "They should all just go relocate somewhere. ... Have you seen my fights? Have you seen my technique?"
Cormier beat Lewis at UFC 230 in November 2018 via second-round submission, but since then, the man who calls himself "The Black Beast" has improved immensely.