Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis doesn’t see the belt changing hands any time soon.
With the series tied at one a piece, current champion Stipe Miocic is expected to face Daniel Cormier for the third time sometime in summer.
Cormier captured the strap in July 2018, when, as light heavyweight champ, he knocked out Miocic in Round 1 to become a dual titleholder.
His first heavyweight title defense came against Lewis at UFC 230 in November 2018, where Cormier was able to use a heavy-grapple approach to take him out via submission in Round 2.
Cormier relinquished his 205-pound title, setting up the rematch with Miocic. They rematched at UFC 241, but this time, Miocic was able to rally back after an early “DC” onslaught and take Cormier out in Round 4 with a series of brutal body shots, before going up top for the finish.
Based on the outcome of the second fight, Lewis sees Miocic getting the job done again.
“I say Stipe will probably take it,” Lewis told MMA Junkie. “It was a real close final round, whatever round that was that they had in the last fight, I believe it the third round, it was a real close fight. It was back-and-forth, it was entertaining and I thought DC was going to pull it off, but he got caught so I believe Stipe is probably still going to come in there and get the job done.”
