{"id":383578,"date":"2021-04-28T17:12:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=383578"},"modified":"2021-04-28T17:12:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:12:42","slug":"derrick-lewis-says-he-will-ko-francis-ngannou-in-the-first-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derrick-lewis-says-he-will-ko-francis-ngannou-in-the-first-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick Lewis says he will KO Francis Ngannou in the &#8220;first exchange&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Lewis believes he will beat Francis Ngannou again, but this time will do it in a more dramatic fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis and Ngannou first met in the co-main event of UFC 226. It was a highly anticipated heavyweight scrap as they are to KO artists. However, the fight was a lackluster one as Lewis was dealing with a bad back and Ngannou was coming off being dominated by Stipe Miocic so his confidence wasn&#8217;t there. It resulted in the two barely throwing any punches and Lewis edging out a boring decision.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, both men have gone back to their usual fighting style of knocking people out. They <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/derrick-lewis\/derrick-lewis-says-he-has-accepted-francis-ngannou-fight-jon-jones-is-out-of-the-picture\/\">are also expected to rematch<\/a> in Ngannou&#8217;s first title defense and Lewis believes when they fight, he will finish him in the first exchange.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_377141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-377141\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-377141 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Derrick-Lewis-Curtis-Blaydes.jpg\" alt=\"Derrick Lewis, Curtis Blaydes\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Derrick-Lewis-Curtis-Blaydes.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Derrick-Lewis-Curtis-Blaydes-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-377141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: @ufc on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a fun fight. We both learned a lot from that. We both improved since that fight, so it\u2019s gonna have to be a fun fight,&#8221; Lewis said to\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gz-X7hWrtOI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>. &#8220;Too many rounds are gonna be involved in this fight. It\u2019s gonna be five rounds, so it\u2019s not gonna be five rounds of snooze fest. It\u2019s gonna be five rounds of swinging and banging, so it\u2019s gonna be interesting to see. I\u2019m excited for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will say the first exchange, I\u2019ll knock him out in the first exchange. I almost knocked out Curtis in the first exchange, too, but he got on that bike and he took off running,&#8221; Lewis continued. &#8220;I feel that in my heart, especially if he comes out the way he\u2019s been coming out to all his other guys, especially the way he came out against Rozenstruik. If he tries to come out and fight me the same way, then I\u2019ll knock him out for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Derrick Lewis certainly has the power to KO Ngannou with one punch. However, the champ has shown off a good chin so it will be interesting to see if Lewis can put him away.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Derrick Lewis will KO Francis Ngannou in the first exchange?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Lewis believes he will beat Francis Ngannou again, but this time will do it in a more dramatic fashion. Lewis and Ngannou first met in the co-main event of UFC 226. It was a highly anticipated heavyweight scrap as they are to KO artists. 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