Free Fight! Lewis Scores Come-From-Behind KO Over Volkov

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Derrick Lewis will look to get back in the win column and snap his two-fight losing streak when he faces Blagoy Ivanov this Saturday night (Nov. 2, 2019) inside Madison Square Garden at UFC 244 in New York City.

Before then, let’s take a look back at “Black Beast’s” last win inside the eight-sided cage. That happened a year ago, as Lewis took on towering Russian big man, Alexander Volkov at the massive UFC 239 pay-per-view (PPV) event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After two rounds, it was clear Volkov was headed toward a unanimous decision win. But with 20 seconds remaining in the fight, Lewis landed a big shot on his fellow heavyweight that dropped him like sack of potatoes. Upon smelling blood, Lewis pounced on Volkov and unleashed some vicious ground-and-pound to put an end to the fight with only 10 second remaining in the bout.

Afterward, Lewis delivered one of the more-memorable post-fight speeches, taking off his shorts and saying he did so because his “balls was hot.” Now, Lewis will look for a similar outcome in “The Big Apple”to avoid going on a three fight skid.

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