Win or lose, don't expect Derrick Lewis to go anywhere near his or anyone else's shoe with beer in it. Sorry, Tai Tuivasa.
Don’t expect Derrick Lewis to go anywhere near his shoe after UFC 271.
In a battle between two of the most charismatic and hard-hitting heavyweights, Lewis (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) vs. Tai Tuivasa (14-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) is expected to be all kinds of fun.
When the co-main event matchup was announced, fans were excited for various reasons, but unfortunately they won’t get to see Lewis do Tuivasa’s signature shoey.
“Yeah, he’s good, man. I like him,” Lewis said in an interview with Fox Sports Australia. “I like Tai, and I really appreciate him knocking out Greg Hardy like he did the last fight. Greg was talking a lot of trash that week, so I appreciate it, but I just don’t like the beer-drinking out of the shoe and all that. What y’all do out there? I don’t like all that. That’s nasty. My feet smell cheesy. I just can’t imagine just another man’s sweat in – I don’t know.”
“I’m a big fan of Derrick, as well,” Tuivasa responded. “I think we’re kinda the same, you know what I mean? We go in there to bang on, and we’re usually the crowd favorites so shout out to Derrick.”
To get an inside look at Tuivasa’s training camp for Lewis, check out Fight Life TV’s VLOG series below.
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