LAS VEGAS — Derrick Lewis is still going to take it. Of course, he will. How could anyone pass it up?
But the wildly popular UFC heavyweight still is uncertain that he deserves to be the true next in line for the title. Lewis will challenge Daniel Cormier for the belt in the main event of UFC 230 on Nov. 3 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. He continues to acknowledge, though, that Stipe Miocic — the former champ — probably should be the one getting the nod.
“It’s just one that I can’t pass up, because I know there’s a lot of guys in this division that probably deserve a shot more than I’m getting,” Lewis said Thursday at a media day at the UFC Performance Institute.