In what could be the most controversial UFC fight this year, Lewis vs. Gane goes down this Saturday night as UFC 265 kicks off from the Toyota Center in Houston, Lewis’s stomping grounds.
The UFC announced the Derrick Lewis vs. Ciryl Gane fight three months after Francis Ngannou won the heavyweight title, sparking a brief social media spat between his manager, Marquel Martin, and UFC president Dana White. MMA fans took the news hard as well, unsatisfied with a meaningless fight so soon after crowning Ngannou heavyweight king.