Rewatch the full fight between Derrick Lewis and Travis Browne ahead of Lewis’s main event matchup against Rodrigo …
you ready let’s do this come on Brown in the black trunks Lewis in the blue comes out throwing a right hand straight away immediately you see a more narrow stance from Travis Brown his last couple of fights you’ve seen a very wide stance which limits your ability to kick and have lateral movement here Travis Brown feet narrow and already punching leg kicks when you watch the Roy Nelson fight with Derrick Lewis Roy Nelson landed a couple leg kicks and caused Derrick Lewis to switch his stances and those long legs of brown certainly pack quite a punch Lewis can’t afford to absorb those all night well if you don’t want to eat the big right handed Derrick Lewis you got to be mobile you got to be cutting angles you don’t want to stand in front of him how about Lewis throwing a kick of his own he he’s gotten much better with that you know I referenced to Nelson fight when you watch that one that’s one of the evident pieces too is Lewis integrating his kicks better he attacked the body very well in that fight but right now this is where Travis Brown wants to be center of the Octagon keeping Lewis’s back to the fence limiting his [Music] Mobility Derrick Lewis a massive massive guy there’s not a whole lot of heavyweights that cut weight to be a heavyweight Derrick Lewis one of the few then he thought perhaps Brown would try and take Lewis down but you didn’t necessarily agree that’s the play and it looks like maybe Lewis hurt his hand or it’s a body shot I I think he may hurt him the body oh yeah he’s holding on to his stomach but Brown still being tentative he knows Lewis packs a punch he’s being smart here and going back to the body with that front kick same front kick we saw in knockout Alistar over when you get hit to the body like that man sometimes there’s a delayed pain there and now brown has the Target and you can see Lewis bending over in pain it’s a tough kick to eat when he’s right there on the belly button that hurts Folks at home and brown doing a really nice job digging the balls of his feet right into the gut of Derrick Lewis and now another low kick so far the strategy of Browns working to Perfection kick kick and kicks some off and Derrick R is having a really hard time getting inside I tell you what’s going to come next are going to be the high kicks from Travis Brown now the hands are low I don’t know why Derrick Lewis tried that but maybe just to get his back off the fence but he missed an opportunity to get the center of the Octagon well lewi said his favorite strike is the high kick I think he was being sarcastic well he’s thrown a couple tonight oh right and all of a sudden it’s brown who’s in trouble but rolled out he you got to be careful you can’t go to the well too many times with what I like to call naked leg kicks set them up with punches and now DK Brown going hunting he lands another right and another body shot as Lewis covers up excuse me Derek Lewis where those body shots are taking a toll on Derrick Lewis but Brown can’t get load into a false sense of security we saw it just moments ago as Lewis leveled it no and it doesn’t matter who you fight this heavy division you can’t and and look Travis Brown’s learned that lesson the hard way before you know he’s fought big men the oon before guys like this you know Bigfoot Silva the only guy to beat Travis Brown who wasn’t a champion but a big guy and you just you can’t take that power for granted not the start Lewis was hoping for although he did have that moment but Brown handled it as well as he could [Applause] and again with the leg kicks Derrick Lewis has shown a tendency in his fights not to address leg kicks not to check them not to block them and right now he’s not countering effectively outside of that one that caused Travis Brown to roll backwards Lewis has admitted that cardio is not one of his strengths but promises he’s in the best shape of his career heading into this one corio was a big Focus he wanted able to push the pace in this fight better than he did in his last fight against Shamil abdraimov but he has got to start blocking these kicks or countering them effectively and that will limit the amount Travis Brown throws [Applause] in another low kick and you can hear the corner of Derrick Lewis they want him moving forward more as long as he sits on the out side here and again it’s Lewis trying that spectacular offense but he’s just achieving the ordinary with those kicks but that right hand snuck in there this is what he needs to stick to Lewis a blue collar fighter a former AAA truck driver says his biggest strength is his heart going to have to display some of that here in this fight a good opening round for Travis Brown no surprise Travis Brown going right back to the body with that front kick boy Brown loaded up and teed off with that kick you can see if you look at the right ankle of Travis Brown there’s a big swelling there still stepping on it fine not walking gingerly that happens a lot of times when you kick someone and you catch the point of their elbow while you’re trying to kick to the body but this is exactly what Derrick L Corner said get your back off the fence they gave him perfect advice forward pressure counter these kicks block these kicks get your hands up because Travis Brown’s going to start coming high as he did right there and this is the range that Lewis wants to be in and this is all it takes for him and Brown’s hurt he’s covering up he’s scrambling get out of there Travis and Lewis needs to go to the body here Brown those big bombs right hand left 10 you name it it’s landed Brown very smart there actually looked at Mariam masaki said hey I’m fine to make sure he didn’t stop this fight but he’s got to get his back off the fence here he’s not fine trying to push him away Travis looking down stumbling around now he could be letting Lewis punch himself out [Applause] here tie clinch and good job Travis Brown baited him to get in double underhooks here let’s see if he can convert oh this is not where you want to be folks it’s Panic time now as Lewis nearly in full Mount man Derrick Lewis is looking for that Melendez Sanchez type of War not the same kind of fight but he’s battling back into this fight now here in round two as he throws Travis Brown to the ground again I’ve said it many times people underestimate this guy’s ground skills and don’t forget that’s 262 lbs of Behemoth all over your body here now he’s not 262 right now this dude gets up to 280 after he cuts the weight he’s finished a lot of guys on the ground to include his last opponent Shamil abim [Music] off round two has been a disaster for Travis Brown and it may get worse right hands from Lewis good job by Brown did belly down let’s see if he can get up and fight the wrist and the hands and he gets up easily great job by Brown he’s showing us some heart tonight he’s going to go right back to that body now oh and oh the right hand sends Brown down again and possibly outs yamasaki looking and that’s it the black beast Roars the again knockout number 16 man Derek Lewis dug Deep shooking shook his head walking back to his stool after round one made the adjustments got inside got it done you got to start taking this guy serious as a contender in the heavyweight division believe the hype Derek Lewis I don’t know he’s going to get perance I don’t know if he’s going to get up he’s taking his time after all those body shots our move of the fight is sponsored by Metro PCS switch to Metro PCS and get a fast Nationwide 4G LTE network for only $30 period Well he was trying to counter the kicks better he did there gets in this flurry lands a nice left hook that drop stopped him and then started to pour it on and this is the part where Travis Brown lets Mario yamasaki know hey I’m okay don’t stop the fight but here comes over the top catch him right on the crown with that right hand beautiful counter by Derrick Lewis and here honestly I think this is a late late stoppage this fight should be stopped right here he is no longer intelligently defending himself you got to jump in and stop that fight he does not need to put him to sleep here regardless a huge Comfort behind win Derrik Lewis Brown still seated right now on the campus so too is Lewis though both men exhausted but the black beast ladies and gentlemen the end comes at the official time 3 minutes 12 seconds round number two we have your winner by KO Victory the black Bas Derek Lewis yeah