{"id":330852,"date":"2019-11-04T09:43:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330852"},"modified":"2019-11-04T09:43:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:43:53","slug":"derrick-lewis-and-curtis-blaydes-go-back-and-forth-over-potential-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derrick-lewis-and-curtis-blaydes-go-back-and-forth-over-potential-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes go back and forth over potential fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes, two of the UFC&#8217;s top heavyweight contenders, are seemingly on a collision course.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Lewis defeated Blagoy Ivanov by decision on the UFC 244 main card, he was targeted by Blaydes on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m not impressed at all by Derrick or Ivanov but I need a top 5 opponent for the so the spring <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> gimme the winner of this one so i can collect another check<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Curtis Blaydes (@RazorBlaydes265) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RazorBlaydes265\/status\/1190824536025026562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ion usually do call outs but Derrick Lewis is easy money, y\u2019all thought DC rag dolled him Ima make him tap to takedowns <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gimmeacontract?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gimmeacontract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Curtis Blaydes (@RazorBlaydes265) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RazorBlaydes265\/status\/1190826825292898304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I\u2019m not impressed at all by Derrick or Ivanov but I need a top 5 opponent for the so the spring @danawhite <\/span>gimme the winner of this one so i can collect another check.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ion usually do call outs but Derrick Lewis is easy money, y\u2019all thought DC rag dolled him Ima make him tap to takedowns #Gimmeacontract&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Curtis Blaydes on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media after the fight, Lewis was asked about a potential fight with Blaydes. He acknowledged that he might spend a bit of time on his back against the wrestler, but said he&#8217;d happily accept the chance to knock him out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Sx0ABM\">\u201cThat would be a good fight, Curtis Blaydes,\u201d Lewis said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-244-results-stream-fight-card-start-time-date-predictions-odds-highlights-masvidal-diaz-mma\/2019\/11\/4\/20947869\/derrick-lewis-bummed-obama-never-came-ufc-event-will-gladly-ko-curtis-blaydes-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cIf he takes me down, I\u2019m gonna rest, get all the rest I can, then I\u2019m gonna get up and knock his ass out. Well, I\u2019m gonna try to knock him out, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s tough enough like that dude I just fought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blaydes eventually caught wind of this comment from Blaydes and encouraged him to put his money where his mouth is.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More than welcome to try <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/signthecontract?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#signthecontract<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xHR4fhb0r\">https:\/\/t.co\/5xHR4fhb0r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Curtis Blaydes (@RazorBlaydes265) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RazorBlaydes265\/status\/1191397088002822145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;More than welcome to try #signthecontract.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Curtis Blaydes on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>With his win over Ivanov, Lewis rebounded from a submission loss to Daniel Cormier, which marked a failed bid for the UFC heavyweight belt, and a TKO loss to Junior dos Santos.<\/p>\n<p>Blaydes, meanwhile, recently rebounded from a first-round stoppage loss to Francis Ngannou with a lopsided defeats of Shamil Abdurakhimov and Justin Willis.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the fight to make in the heavyweight division? 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