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Derrick Lewis says UFC nearly booked Rico Verhoeven debut before fight fell apart

Derrick Lewis says fans nearly witnessed one of the most surprising heavyweight debuts in recent UFC history. Before being ...
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Derrick Lewis Claims Rico Verhoeven Turned Down UFC 324 Matchup

Derrick Lewis was offered a fight with GLORY heavyweight champ Rico Verhoeven at UFC 234, but Rico said no😳‼️ Via: The beast ...

UFC knockout king claims heavyweight kickboxing champion passed on UFC 324 fight

UFC star Derrick Lewis claims there was an unexpected option on the table for his next fight before his current booking at UFC 324.

Derrick Lewis claims GLORY champ Rico Verhoeven rejected UFC 324 fight

Lewis, who's coming off a 35-second TKO of Tallison Teixeira in July, said he was trying to rematch Sergei Pavlovich, before ...

Morning Report | Derrick Lewis says Glory champ Rico Verhoeven turned down UFC 324 fight

Lewis is currently on a two-fight winning streak, having knocked out Tallison Teixeira and Rodrigo Nascimento to add to his record 16 UFC knockouts. He’ll look to extend that to 17 against “Salsa Boy” ...