According to “The Black Beast,” he avoided buying the pay-per-view because he wanted to be certain that Ngannou didn’t get any of his money. On the latest episode of The MMA Hour, Lewis claimed that the only coverage of the event he saw was when his friend video-called him after Miocic had won the fight.
“I didn’t watch the fight,” Lewis told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour.
“I just saw the post-fight and some highlights because I didn’t want to give Francis none of my money. I didn’t want to pay for that UFC fight at all, just in case they decided to give Francis a portion of the fight, so no.