{"id":272712,"date":"2018-03-18T10:04:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T17:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272712"},"modified":"2018-03-18T20:32:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:32:59","slug":"breaking-francis-ngannou-finally-answers-derrick-lewiss-callouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/francis-ngannou\/breaking-francis-ngannou-finally-answers-derrick-lewiss-callouts\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Francis Ngannou finally answers Derrick Lewis&#8217;s callouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few months, hulking UFC heavyweight Derrick &#8220;The Black Beast&#8221; Lewis has made <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/derrick-lewis\/derrick-lewis-body-shames-much-muscle-francis-ngannou\/\">repeated callouts<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/francis-ngannou\/francis-ngannou-hunt-mmas-first-homegrown-heavyweight-superstar-1\/\">recent UFC heavyweight title challenger<\/a> Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My coach just believes that I would really destroy Francis. My coach don\u2019t like Francis at all either. I believe that I\u2019m better than Francis all the way around,\u201d Lewis <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/derrick-lewis\/derrick-lewis-body-shames-much-muscle-francis-ngannou\/\">said<\/a> in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flocombat.com\/articles\/6100946-derrick-lewis-says-francis-ngannou-got-to-have-a-body-like-me-to-survive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FloCombat<\/a>. \u201cStriking, grappling, ground game, submission, whatever. I believe I\u2019ve got better conditioning than him. I\u2019m better disciplined. I listen to my coaches. I really believe I could beat this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully we can get something before [Francis Ngannou] turns 50 on us,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-derrick-lewis-up-for-fights-with-francis-ngannou-and-brock-lesnar-without-usada\/\">Lewis added<\/a> on a subsequent episode of the Slip N&#8217; Dip Podcast, shortly after he knocked out Marcin Tybura. &#8220;Usually after every fight, I tell them I would like to fight this guy. I always try to pick out the toughest guys that\u2019s out there. [\u2026] I told them Francis, I told them [Alistair] Overeem, even a rematch with Mark [Hunt]. Who\u2019s the other guy, [Curtis] Blaydes and Fabricio [Werdum].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/francis-ngannou\/francis-ngannou-hints-at-upcoming-return-to-action\/\">several weeks of silence<\/a>, during which he was enjoying time off with his family, Francis Ngannou has finally responded to Lewis&#8217;s repeated barbs.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BgeMfEmFI75\/<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Derrick has been talking some of his shit while I was off,&#8221; Ngannou said in a Sunday Instagram post. &#8220;Can someone please let him know that I&#8217;m here now, so if he really wants me, he should send his manager to deal with [UFC].&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who do you think comes out on top in a heavyweight showdown between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/18\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few months, hulking UFC heavyweight Derrick &#8220;The Black Beast&#8221; Lewis has made repeated callouts of recent UFC heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou. &#8220;My coach just believes that I would really destroy Francis. 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