Matches to Make After UFC Fight Night 185

Derrick Lewis swung the sledgehammer with predictably violent consequences.

“The Black Beast” moved ever closer to another crack at the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight crown, as he knocked out Curtis Blaydes in the second round of their UFC Fight Night 185 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Lewis drew the curtain 1:26 into Round 2, improving to 16-5 inside the Octagon with his fourth straight victory.

Blaydes outlanded the former Legacy Fighting Championship titleholder by a wide margin in the first round, administering damage to the head, body and legs. Lewis was undeterred, waited for the Elevation Fight Team representative to err and let the dynamite in his…