At the recent “The Joe Rogan Experience” program, Derrick Lewis not only shared about the ability to confront Jon Jones but also about the remaining with the old hatred Francis Ngannou. Nunnou is preparing to compete for the championship with Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 by the end of this month,
“Surely Ngunnou and I will rematch in the future. And I also want him to be the next opponent,” Lewis said.
In the past, Derick Lewis defeated Ngunnou in 2018 after 3 rounds of overwhelming. Many people believe that the cause of this Cameroon -born boxer was defeated by lack of confidence after being defeated by Stipe Miocic.
Currently, Lewis has 4 consecutive victories and ranked third in the Heavyweight rankings. With quite good achievements in Heavyweight, this boxer deserves the right to fight the championship in the near future.
However, Lewis was forced to wait in line for his turn, because the winner in the battle between nunnou and Miocic at the upcoming UFC 260 event, will immediately confront the former Light Heavyweight Jon Jones. But it seems that Lewis does not want to wait like that forever.
“I want to maintain the intensity of the competition.” Lewis said. “I don't want to sit in one place and wait like that, because I am not young. That's why I can't wait for my turn to fight or wait for anyone. I am ready to fight anyone. I don't have much time to make money with this hitting job.”
Some recent promising names are Ciryl Gane, an unbeaten fighter with 8 wins. High possibility that UFC will cable GANE vs Lewis in the near future.
“I don't know how UFC planned with Gane. Do you want this guy to confront top punches?” Lewis added.