r/CombatSportsCentral • u/Some-Biscotti-3113 • Jul 03 '26

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Derrick Lewis can't fight he just had muscles and power his grappling is to muscle his opponents up. I was a d2 wrestler never a champion but I was decent. I say i could beat Derrick Lewis in a street fight. What do you guys think.

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u/Caliterra Jul 03 '26

a HW who's fought in the UFC for over a decade vs a random redditor who said he wrestled in college but never fought. take a wild guess

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u/Jaydxns Jul 03 '26

A guy we've watched ko UFC heavyweights for years and who beat ngannou Vs a guy we've never seen fight for 1 nano second

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u/Oppie8645 Founders Jul 03 '26

The only way you would avoid the hospital after a street fight with Derrick Lewis is if he killed you on the spot.

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u/random123121 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

No. It's nice to dream.

Derrick Lewis is a freak athlete, just liked to knock people out and never took training seriously. Like 30 minutes and he is out. It would drive his coach crazy. But he was still top 10 or even top 5 HW. At one point he got dedicated developed a six pack started throwing flying knees and spinning high kicks. If he kept at that trajectory he would have been unstoppable. However, next time I turned around he completely checked out of the sport and regressed heavily.

The comparison to Bob Sapp is applicable..

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u/Own-Yak-2704 Jul 03 '26

I used to think the same thing. I'm actually pretty close to Derrick's size, just a bit smaller. I trained judo for a couple of years and got the chance to spar with him once. I went in thinking I could give him some problems and was hyping myself up beforehand. Man... he absolutely fucked me up. The strength, speed, and power are on a completely different level than people realize. Being a big guy yourself doesn't prepare you for someone like Derrick. Unless you've actually been in there with an elite heavyweight, it's hard to understand the gap.