NEW YORK — Derrick Lewis doesn’t take life or fighting too seriously. And maybe he doesn’t want us to take him too seriously, either.
Lewis, with his Instagram filled with hilarious memes and absurd viral videos, is unlike any fighter in the UFC. His interviews are unorthodox and hilarious. He admits to not answering seriously much of the time, because he hates getting the same old questions.
After his last-seconds knockout of Alexander Volkov at UFC 229, Lewis took off his shorts. When interviewer Joe Rogan asked him why he did that, Lewis quipped, “My balls was hot.