4. Derrick Lewis calls his shot
What more can we say about this one? During our pre-fight interview Thursday at media day, [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag] basically called what unfolded in his fight with Ilir Latifi to a tee. Was he joking at the time? Probably. But check this out (via Twitter):
Given how #UFC247 is going with the judges, Derrick Lewis’ prediction for his fight here now seems scary realistic. pic.twitter.com/EI6JVcbaPd
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohnMMA) February 9, 2020
Lewis ended up getting a unanimous decision over Latifi which garnered plenty of disagreement. I scored it 29-28 for him while on play-by-play duties for the card, so I can’t get on board with the idea it was a massively unjust decision. Latifi did essentially no damage and his only effective offense was takedowns and little else to go along with it.
Still, though, the whole scene of Lewis making his pre-fight comments then the fight happening as it did is quite the scenario.
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