Derrick Lewis remains one of the hardest-hitting ... His return to action comes just two weeks after his former rival Francis Ngannou landed a devastating first-round knockout at PFL: Battle ...

Derrick Lewis recently credited Francis Ngannou for indirectly and unknowingly helping him during his UFC contract renewal negotiations. Lewis used Ngannou's pay and privileges at the PFL to ...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou believes he's the best MMA heavyweight in the world and not Jon Jones.

Lewis and Ngannou fought each other back in 2018, which the Texas native won via unanimous decision. Derrick Lewis reveals Francis Ngannou played a big role in landing him a better UFC contract ...

Derrick Lewis shared the octagon with Francis Ngannou in a fight both have admitted they’d like to forget at UFC 226 in July 2018, but Lewis said Ngannou — without even knowing — helped him ...

Q. Has Derrick Lewis defeated Francis Ngannou? - + A. Yes, Derrick Lewis overcame the monumental challenge of Francis Ngannou at UFC 226 on July 7, 2018. Lewis won the fight via unanimous decision.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou did not lose his title to ... an interim title fight between Ciryl Gane and Derrick Lewis to headline UFC 265. Gane stopped Lewis late in ...

For a guy who insists that he doesn’t think about Francis Ngannou very often ... a unanimous decision loss in a boring fight with Derrick Lewis in 2018, White said, “I wanted to cut him.” ...

Derrick Lewis expects the UFC 309 main event to ... Miocic hasn’t fought since being brutally knocked out by Francis Ngannou in March 2021, and ‘The Black Beast’ expects him to have another ...

White said that, after Ngannou suffered consecutive losses to Stipe Miocic and Derrick Lewis in 2018, he wanted to cut the future UFC heavyweight champion. "I was going to cut Francis when he lost ...