Derrick Lewis - trash talks and Quotes
Derrick Lewis's Statements About Other Fighters
“The [UFC said] 'We got something big for you'... It was supposed to be some dude from Glory, Rico. Then he turned the fight down”
– via The Beast & The Cowboy podcast, revealing that the UFC offered him a matchup against former GLORY Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven for UFC 324, only for the kickboxing legend to decline
“If I'm failing i'll poke him in the eye, kick him in the n*ts, anything to get that win, so he gotta train for all that sh*t.”
– via the 2026 Seasonal Press Conference, jokingly claiming he will resort to illegal tactics like eye pokes and groin kicks if necessary to defeat Waldo Cortes Acosta, suggesting his opponent needs to train for everything.