UFC 265: Derrick Lewis predicts Ciryl Gane will fall, like so many have done before
- American heavyweight closes in on interim title – and all-time KO record
- ‘I go for the knockout and the knockout is the best feeling there is, no doubt,’ Lewis
There’s no great secret to what American heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis likes to do when the cage door shuts.
“I go for the knockout and the knockout is the best feeling there is, no doubt,” Lewis tells the Post.
That’s the game plan once again when the No 2-ranked 36-year-old (25-7, one no contest) steps into the Octagon to fight for the interim heavyweight title against the surging Frenchman Ciryl Gane (9-0) at UFC 265 in Houston, Texas, on Saturday night.
The 31-year-old Gane knows what’s coming at him, and “The Black Beast” is happy to spell it all out for him regardless – just to avoid any confusion.
“What I see ahead of me is a guy who is really good at striking but he’s more like a kick-boxer who doesn’t look to finish his opponent,” says Lewis. “He don’t really push the pace. Hopefully he will fight me different than his last guy. I don’t want to be in a boring fight. Hopefully he’ll look for a finish because I know I’m going to look for a finish right off the bat.”