A recent knockout loss and opposite career trajectories aren’t enough to deter Derrick Lewis from a fight with Alistair Overeem.
“The Black Beast” is still targeting the multi-title MMA champ he calls a “so-called legend,” using post-win interviews at UFC Vegas 19 to promote a future fight.
“I want Overeem next,” Lewis said after violently stopping Curtis Blaydes in the main event of this past Saturday’s event at UFC APEX. “I’m already greased and oiled up for him, so we ready.”
Overeem is just two weeks removed from a bloody TKO loss to Alexander Volkov, who was the eighth fighter to knock out the 40-year-old former Strikeforce, K-1 and DREAM champion and snapped his two-fight winning streak.