Derrick Lewis spoke loudly together with his fists within the UFC Nashville important occasion and with one other memorable post-fight celebration.
Following a 35-second knockout of Tallison Teixeira on Saturday at Bridgestone Enviornment, Lewis proceeded to take away his shorts, mime urinating in his opponent’s nook, throw his cup into the stands, moon the group, after which state his intentions to make like to his spouse in his post-fight speech.
Watch his interview under.
Chatting with cageside commenter and previous octagon foe Daniel Cormier, Lewis defined the urination a part of his antics.
“They been speaking shit all week, man,” Lewis advised Cormier. “Speaking shit all week. I can’t converse Portuguese, however I do know for positive they was speaking shit about me. F*ck ‘em.”
Lewis’ celebrations have turn into a serious a part of his recognition along with his fame as arguably essentially the most feared knockout artist in UFC historical past. Together with his punch-out of Teixeira, Lewis prolonged his promotional document of KOs/TKOs to 16 and he’s now tied with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone for essentially the most finishes in UFC historical past behind solely Jim Miller (17) and Charles Oliveira (20).
The stoppage got here with some controversy as referee Jason Herzog stepped in to wave off the bout with Teixeira working to get again to his toes. Nevertheless, Lewis was touchdown arduous punches and Teixiera was solely capable of rise up by illegally grabbing the fence with each palms.
Lewis didn’t respect Teixeira’s dishonest.
“That’s a ho-ass transfer proper there,” Lewis mentioned. “I do know I had his ass harm.”
The 42-fight veteran went on so as to add he was not impressed with Teixeira’s 8-0 document heading into Saturday’s headliner, given the extent of competitors the Brazilian had confronted up thus far.
“I simply knew he’d been combating tomato cans his entire profession, so shit, I respect UFC serving to your boy out and in addition I want some extra of them taxi cab drivers they obtained in Brazil for my subsequent combat,” Lewis siad. “I do know them boys making an attempt to journey a limo, however shit, they ain’t going to get it on me.”
On the night’s post-fight press convention, Lewis elaborated on his emotions in regards to the stoppage.
“Sure, I anticipated the ref [to step in],” Lewis mentioned. “The ref ought to have been stopping it as a result of [Teixeira] went out and in a few instances earlier than he even began grabbing the cage.”
“I do know if I throw something at anyone, it doesn’t matter what it’s, I do know that they’re going to go down,” he added.
