The feud of Derrick Lewis with his UFC Nashville -Rival will take place weeks after their fight lasted only 35 seconds.
UFC Knockouts leader Derrick Lewis returned to the win-column with a knockout of 35 seconds on UFC Nashville earlier this month. Lewis handed Tallison Teixeira his first UFC defeat with a brutal representation of strength and precision as long as the fight lasted.
Lewis and Teixeira had some bad blood for UFC Nashville. According to Lewis, the coaches of Teixeira tried to avert him during the battle week, which washed up a long-term post-fighter celebration in the cage after the knockout victory.
Those tensions were transferred between Lewis and Teixeira in the weeks after their fight.
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Derrick Lewis and Tallison Teixeira stay feuds after UFC Nashville Fight
Only a few days after Lewis' knockout victory, Lewis went to social media to respond half joke to his controversial finish. Referee Jason Herzog reached a new conclusion after UFC Nashville during the interruption and admitted that his decision to wave off the fight while Teixeira tried to fight back a bad choice.
In a recent message on X, Lewis claimed humorous that his knockout victory was part of a large UFC work.
“You said it's script,” tweeted Lewis.
Lewis expressed his contempt for his UFC Nashville rival in his availability after the fight media. After simulating the post-Vecht celebration of Israel Adesanya, Lewis admitted that Teixeira is the only heavyweight he 'hated' during his legendary career.
After Lewis' Tong-in-Wang tweet, it didn't take long before Teixeira noticed.
'Script will not help you next time [middle finger] [laughs]”Teixeira said.
Teixeira immediately protested against the interruption of Herzog in UFC Nashville when Lewis started his theatrics after the fight. In his first comments on social media after UFC Nashville, Teixeira did not speak directly on the interruption when he thanked his supporters and promised to return to the Octagon with Vengeance.
After the controversial result in the headliner of the UFC Nashville, Lewis could possibly be the following for a title shot, according to a former two-division title holder.
Former UFC champion is Derrick Lewis to Tom Aspinall's first undisputed title defense
Henry Cejudo raised eyebrows when he hit a strong case for Lewis to be Tom Aspinall's first undisputed title defense opponent later this year. Cejudo claimed that Lewis's Starpower, combined with Ciryl Gane's disputed victory over Alexander Volkov, makes him a feasible option to be the next opponent of Aspinall.
UFC CEO Dana White fueled speculation when he did not indeed deny that Lewis has a great chance of seeing Aspinall against later this year. At present, the UFC has not announced any details about Aspinall's first undisputed title defense.
Aspinall was promoted to undisputed heavyweight champion after the abrupt retirement of Jon Jones last month. Since then, Jones has turned the race back over his retirement and in 2026 a potential octagonal comeback was set out in the White House.
But Jones received bad news from White Na UFC 318, while White Jones's desired return date for the White House event ended the UFC. A year away from the map, Jones White's thoughts wants to change with the possible headliner of the unprecedented fighting evening.