UFC president Dana White has insisted that Derrick Lewis is next in line to fight Francis Ngannou for the heavyweight title, but ‘The Black Beast’ thinks ‘The Predator’ still has his sights set on a superfight with Jon Jones.
Lewis claims that Ngannou has been ignoring him, which is why the fight hasn’t yet been made official, but understands the champ’s frustration regarding Jones.
“It’s not really official yet,” Lewis told MMA Junkie during a recent media scrum. “But I don’t know. He seem like he still wanna keep going back and forth with Jones.