EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – It’s hard to say whether or not Derrick Lewis it was serious, but he is apparently unhappy about Daniel Cormier.

Lewis (28-12 MMA, 19-10 UFC) faces Jhonata Diniz (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 246 (ESPN+) at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta , Canada.

Lewis, who failed in his bid for undisputed UFC heavyweight gold while he was submitted by Cormier in 2018he was asked who he would like to fight before finishing his career. The response from “La Bête Noire” was rather surprising, choosing Cormier, currently retired.

“Probably DC because that one still doesn’t sit right with me,” Lewis told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 246 media day. “I don’t know, man. Do people really like DC like that? Come on, man, this guy, I told him to his face in DC, this guy is shit. He’s a fucking bastard, F*ck DC. He knows why, and everyone knows it too: he disrespected Popeyes chicken. But other than that, it’s crap.

Derrick Lewis wants a rematch with Daniel Cormier.

“I told him in DC to his face, man. This guy is shit. pic.twitter.com/O1NNQTNWlH

– MMA Addict (@MMAJunkie) October 30, 2024

Lewis is known for his sense of humor, and adding Popeyes might have given him away, but something told Cormier that there might be an element of truth behind Lewis’ words. Cormier has been rather critical of Lewis in the past, pretending his time at the top is over.

“I haven’t seen him in a while, but I was pretty hard on him about retiring because he had lost a few fights,” Cormier said. Ariel Helwani. “And I was telling the truth, and he seemed angry with me, but I didn’t see it. I’m going to see him this weekend, and I’m going to kind of ask him, “Yo, are you mad at me?” There’s maybe a little bit of undercurrent – ​​it feels like there might be a little bit of undercurrent.

“He might be a little angry with me, maybe because of the way I talked about him. I don’t know what fight he didn’t look great in, but then he took out the last guy and I was like, “Well, I’m glad he’s back.” So, I don’t know. My opinions go with their performances, and I think maybe that’s it, but for everything else, Derrick and I don’t have a lot of things that we do together outside of Popeyes and then fighting. We can’t be mad at each other. We have fought before. It’s settled.

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