SALT LAKE CITY – A frightening minute previous to his previous battle had UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis sensation like he was at death’s door.
Health concerns haveactually been present over current years for Lewis (26-11 MMA, 17-9 UFC), however absolutelynothing ever happened like what occurred to him priorto his battle versus Serghei Spivac in February at UFC Fight Night218 At Wednesday’s UFC 291 media day, Lewis exposed he passed out priorto weigh-ins.
Lewis’ media day sessions in the past have normally been part funny regular, and this one appeared to start in a comparable style, however rapidly took a more severe turn when he exposed what happened in Las Vegas.
“The last coupleof battles I sanctuary’t been healthy, point blank, duration,” Lewis informed pressreporters. “The last battle, I infact passed out simply previously weigh-ins. I blacked out. My coaches had to bring me. … I simply didn’t have the energy the rest of the week.”
Lewis associated the health scare to his weight-cutting regular, which was a last-minute method that he has consideringthat altered. But when it came time to battle versus Spivac the next day, he felt he couldn’t relocation his body appropriately due to energy deficiency, and stopped in the veryfirst round by submission.
“What’s been going on is like, I wait 3 days priorto weigh-ins, then start attempting to cut weight,” Lewis stated. “I cut like 25 poun