Derrick Lewis doesn’t get the impression that Fabricio Werdum thinks he’s in for much of a challenge on Oct. 6.
Lewis and Werdum are set to clash inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The heavyweight tilt will be part of the UFC 216 card. “The Black Beast” is coming off a TKO loss to Mark Hunt, while Werdum wants to rebound from a majority decision loss to Alistair Overeem.
During a recent appearance on “The MMA Hour,” Lewis said he feels Werdum ducked a rematch with Hunt to fight him (via MMAMania.com):
“I was surprised because I heard Mark Hunt asked for Fabricio and Fabricio said, basically, that he didn’t want to fight him. I guess that same week, they called me and said Fabricio wanted to fight me. He hand-picked me. I guess he thinks I’m the easier fighter because of the way I performed against Mark.”
