A model of Derrick Lewis’ celebration from UFC 229 in 2018 has surfaced once more.
After his main-event knockout win towards Rodrigo Nascimento on Saturday at UFC St. Louis, Lewis ripped his shorts off, waved them round whereas jogging across the octagon, mooned followers within the viewers and — sooner or later throughout this wild sequence — eliminated his cup and tossed it towards the group.
The reporter who recovered the cup then requested Dana White to signal it throughout a press convention, too.
“I recognize St. Louis for letting me present my bare ass tonight,” Lewis stated in his interview, in accordance with Yahoo! Sports activities.
It began when the heavyweight defeated Nascimento 49 seconds into the third spherical, touchdown a collection of punches — together with a handful of jabs together with his proper hand after Nascimento crumbled to the ground — to safe his fifteenth knockout.
Then, Lewis, 39, eliminated his shorts, flapped them within the course of Nascimento and jogged across the octagon whereas waving them.
He additionally turned his again to followers and pulled down the again a part of his shorts for a second or two, whereas finally eradicating his cup whereas mendacity on the bottom, taking it over to the sting of the octagon and tossing it into the group.
Saturday night time. Screengrab through X/@ufc
night time. Screengrab through X/@ufc
“I couldn’t let no taxicab driver from Brazil beat me,” Lewis stated throughout his post-fight interview within the Enterprise Middle’s octagon, whereas later including that he feels he’s nonetheless within the prime of his profession. “It was my first time ever listening to of that man.”
Later, at his press convention, the reporter who caught the cup stated the cup “doesn’t odor unhealthy in any respect” earlier than asking a query concerning the occasion occurring in St. Louis.
The reporter additionally requested White to signal it — with the UFC president laughing and saying that “I would like to not,” earlier than begrudgingly including a “certain” seconds later of their change.
Earlier in his profession, Lewis had unveiled an identical celebration, taking off his shorts off earlier than his post-fight interview in October 2018 following a knockout at UFC 229.
“You’ll be able to’t take all the things so severe,” Lewis informed The Publish’s Scott Fontana in 2021. “Life is already severe as it’s.”
