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

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” ...

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

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

The heavyweight division gets a compelling matchup when Waldo Cortes-Acosta faces off against Derrick Lewis at UFC 324 on ...

Waldo Cortes-Acosta is kicking off his 2026 campaign with a top-10 matchup against Derrick Lewis at UFC 324. After a hyper-active 2025, Cortes-Acosta (16-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) rapidly shot up the UFC's ...

Cortes-Acosta (16-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) made five walks to the octagon in 2025, putting together a record of 4-1. After stopping Ryan Spann in March and winning a decision over Serghei Spivac, he dropped a ...

Heavyweights headline the UFC’s return to St. Louis, Missouri. The promotion’s “Knockout King” is back as Derrick Lewis draws a new contender in the baddest division of them all. In his 11th main ...

Putting a bow on the year that was, UFC has packaged its most memorable moments of 2025 in one video.

Derrick Lewis believes Waldo Cortes-Acosta isn’t proud of the color of his skin. Lewis and Cortes-Acosta are scheduled to trade leather in a heavyweight tilt at UFC 324 on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas. Lewis ...