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Derrick Lewis has admitted he doesn't care about the current state of flux the UFC HW division has been left in, after Jon Jones pulled out of a fight with Stipe Miocic. Lewis dismissed suggestions
he could thrust himself among the contenders with a win over Jailton Almeida:
“I really don't care. Jones, I don't even know how long he's going to be out, he might be out a year they say. So it all depends on how Stipe wants to look at it, if Stipe wants to wait for Jones to come back,
or if Aspinall or the other guy wants to wait around for Jones. And I really don't care.”
“With this coming win, no I don't think I can get a title shot. I’ll have to fight a top-five opponent after this. Then we start talking about title shots. But as of right now, I don't think this fight right here gives
me a title shot.”
As for the fight itself, Lewis is confident he can end Almeida's winning run, adamant that he can use his experience to prevail no matter where the fight goes:
“I think our skills match up pretty well, especially on the ground. I think I could get a leg lock on him early in the first round. I've been doing this for a long time and so I’ve just been training everywhere.
So I'm prepared wherever the fight goes. I know he's a black belt in jiu-jitsu. I'm a purple belt, and I believe I'm the baddest purple belt in Texas, so it's gonna be a good competition for him.”
Source: https://www.eurosport.com/mixed-mar...da-fight-i-really-don-_sto9868383/story.shtml
he could thrust himself among the contenders with a win over Jailton Almeida:
“I really don't care. Jones, I don't even know how long he's going to be out, he might be out a year they say. So it all depends on how Stipe wants to look at it, if Stipe wants to wait for Jones to come back,
or if Aspinall or the other guy wants to wait around for Jones. And I really don't care.”
“With this coming win, no I don't think I can get a title shot. I’ll have to fight a top-five opponent after this. Then we start talking about title shots. But as of right now, I don't think this fight right here gives
me a title shot.”
As for the fight itself, Lewis is confident he can end Almeida's winning run, adamant that he can use his experience to prevail no matter where the fight goes:
“I think our skills match up pretty well, especially on the ground. I think I could get a leg lock on him early in the first round. I've been doing this for a long time and so I’ve just been training everywhere.
So I'm prepared wherever the fight goes. I know he's a black belt in jiu-jitsu. I'm a purple belt, and I believe I'm the baddest purple belt in Texas, so it's gonna be a good competition for him.”
Source: https://www.eurosport.com/mixed-mar...da-fight-i-really-don-_sto9868383/story.shtml