Lewis gives up retirement and calls for fight with Ngannou

Lewis (right) comes from defeat Photo: Reproduction/Twitter/UFC

The heavy weight Derrick Lewis will fight again. After retiring after losing to Mark Hunt, at UFC Auckland two weeks ago, the North American reflected on his decision and reversed himself, ensuring that he will continue fighting. “Black Beast” had said he didn’t want his family to see him “getting beat like that” and cited a recurring back injury to explain his early retirement.

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However, in an interview with the program “The MMA Hour”, Lewis explained his decision to go back and revealed that he intends to challenge another promising heavyweight: the Cameroonian Francis Ngannou, who teased him after his loss to “Super Samoan”.

“It was after Francis' comments that I decided not to leave MMA, he brought me back. If I can, I want to face him. If not, it will be fun. I'm back, I won't retire. My coach didn't want me to retire. I know why, it's because he quit his job a few months ago and is counting on me to help him. But I won’t retire”, commented Lewis, joking with his coach, and explaining the physical problems that have hampered him in recent months.

“I told my wife before the fight that this could be my last fight, because my body… I had a nerve problem in December, I could barely move my lips and not even close to my nose, apart from my foot, which is still broken. . My foot and rib are still broken from the Travis Browne fight. I said that in the heat of emotion, and I don’t regret it”, he guaranteed.