{"id":454295,"date":"2022-07-28T16:17:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T23:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=454295"},"modified":"2022-07-28T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T23:17:33","slug":"derrick-lewis-admits-he-didnt-know-who-sergei-pavlovich-was-ahead-of-ufc-277-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derrick-lewis-admits-he-didnt-know-who-sergei-pavlovich-was-ahead-of-ufc-277-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick Lewis admits he didn&#8217;t &#8220;know who&#8221; Sergei Pavlovich was ahead of UFC 277 fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Lewis didn&#8217;t know who Sergei Pavlovich was ahead of UFC 277 but that didn&#8217;t matter to him.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis is coming off the KO loss to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/tai-tuivasa\/\">Tai Tuivasa<\/a> back in February and after the fight, it was uncertain who he would face next. When he got the call to face Pavlovich, &#8216;The Black Beast&#8217; admits he didn&#8217;t know who he was but accepted the bout because he\u2019s willing to fight anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ain\u2019t know who he was (when I got offered the fight). I still don\u2019t know who he is. It really don\u2019t matter. I\u2019ve fought everyone,&#8221; Lewis said at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ojd8X_e2lm8&amp;ab_channel=TheMacLife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC 277 media day<\/a>. &#8220;I fought guys that should be champions, and I fought guys that should be a reporter for MMA Junkie. I fought everyone. So it don\u2019t matter. So I\u2019m not the best fighter. I don\u2019t go out there thinking I\u2019m the best fighter, either. So it don\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-287352 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Derrick-Lewis-Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Derrick-Lewis\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Derrick-Lewis-Cropped.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Derrick-Lewis-Cropped-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pavlovich is 15-1 and has been in the UFC since 2018. He is 3-1 inside the Octagon after dropping his debut to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/alistair-overeem\/\">Alistair Overeem<\/a>. Despite the fact he hasn&#8217;t fought anyone as highly-ranked as Lewis since the Overeem fight, he still is a top-10 heavyweight and a legit contender in the division, which will be a tough test for Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, Derrick Lewis is brimming with confidence after announcing he made a big change before this fight. \u2018The Black Beast\u2019 changed training camps and says he is now having fun fighting which will show on Saturday at UFC 277.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m at a new camp now. We\u2019re just having fun. I\u2019m enjoying the process of training. I used to not like even (get excited to train). Now I try to get there early, at least one minute earlier than I usually do,&#8221; Lewis said.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Derrick Lewis will beat Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 277?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Lewis didn&#8217;t know who Sergei Pavlovich was ahead of UFC 277 but that didn&#8217;t matter to him. Lewis is coming off the KO loss to Tai Tuivasa back in February and after the fight, it was uncertain who he would face next. When he got the call to face Pavlovich, &#8216;The Black Beast&#8217; admits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":402383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10239,39630,39610,83333],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Derrick Lewis admits he didn&#039;t &quot;know who&quot; Sergei Pavlovich was ahead of UFC 277 fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Derrick Lewis didn&#039;t know who Sergei Pavlovich was but he still is ready to fight at UFC 277 as he is looking to return to the win column.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derrick-lewis-admits-he-didnt-know-who-sergei-pavlovich-was-ahead-of-ufc-277-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Derrick Lewis admits he didn&#039;t &quot;know who&quot; 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