Following his win at UFC Nashville on Saturday night time, Derrick Lewis acquired a congratulatory telephone name from Donald Trump.
The 40-year-old continues to be going robust contained in the octagon, including the extraordinarily harmful Tallison Teixeira to his checklist of victims. Regardless of coming into the combat as an underdog, ‘The Black Beast’ prolonged his document of most knockouts in UFC historical past to 16.
Moments after his win, Derrick Lewis shared some phrases with Donald Trump. Through the post-fight press convention, Lewis revealed precisely what he and Trump mentioned over the telephone.
“I have been telling Dana [White] a few weeks now, I would like to speak to [Donald Trump] about one thing,” Lewis mentioned. “It is categorized [what we spoke about].”
“It is virtually one thing about terrorists and stuff like that… We do not just like the FBI proper now, me and Trump.”
“You understand, they’re attempting to get that checklist out of us. So, I needed to name, I needed to inform the president, ‘Hey, , be sure that they do not have my identify on that checklist.'”
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When reflecting on his many iconic post-fight moments contained in the octagon, Lewis put his telephone name with Donald Trump above the remainder.
“[I’d rank this post-fight celebration] most likely primary, simply because the president referred to as me.”
“You understand, we begin speaking about enterprise, and I advised him, ‘Wait, wait till I get to the White Home so we are able to actually speak.’ Yeah, it was fairly cool to have the president speak to me.”
Over time, Derrick Lewis has turn into one thing of a fan favourite and a cherished member of the UFC roster.
Whereas it is unclear precisely what Lewis and President Donald Trump spoke about throughout their telephone name, the knockout skilled would undoubtedly be a beloved addition to the distinctive UFC occasion set to happen on the White Home subsequent yr.
