Razor: I don't think Lewis is putting in the work

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#2 ranked UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes is on a four-fight win streak heading into his fight vs. #4 ranked, on a three-fight win streak Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC Vegas 19 on Saturday. During a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani MMA Show, Blaydes questioned Lewis's training and respect for the sport.

"Razor" trains at 5000' elevation at Elevation Fight Team in Denver, Colorado, alongside the likes of Justin Gaethje, Kamaru Usman, and Neil Magny; his work ethic is above reproach. The ever affable Lewis is a fan favorite in part because the blue belt's training appears to be a little less spartan.

“I don’t have any reason to call him a bad guy,” said Blaydes. “I haven’t seen anything that would point to that, but I do think his humor is a little like low-hanging fruit. Like, ‘I’m tryna be the big guy’ and make the weak, easy jokes like, ‘my balls was hot’ and stuff like that. I wouldn’t do that, that’s not my type of personality, but I’m not hating on him - that’s one of his shticks, it’s not hurting nobody.“

“He’s not Colby Covington so I have no problem with him. I just ... I don’t think he puts in the work. And I don’t think he respects the game the way I do, ’cause I’ve seen in a couple of interviews — he works out once or twice a week. I don’t know if that was because he had a back injury or if that’s just like a preference thing, but — I just don’t think he’s putting in the work to be great, that a lot of other guys are putting in to be great.“

“I’m putting in that work and I see a lot of guys at Elevation - I see the type of work that’s needed to be great. I watch Gaethje, I watch Usman, I watch Magny ... I don’t think he’s working like that. I’m working like that, I don’t think he’s working like that.“

Regardless of whether Lewis's reports on his training or lack thereof are part shtick, "The Black Beast" holds the UFC heavyweight record for T/KOs with 11, and is second overall only behind Vitor Belfort (12). UG, who do you like on Saturday night?

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He’s 100% correct. 

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only razor I know

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“I think he’s a fat, lazy fuck but I’m still worried about him taking my head clean off my shoulders.”

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So Colby Covington is living in peoples heads now. You have heavyweights hating him now, when he is a reason people watch the UFC!  

smh!!!  

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Lewis openly admitted recently that he only did 30 minute workouts a few times a week for many years. Only in the last year or two did he actually start training for real. It’s insane how far you can go at heavyweight without even taking it seriously. 

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I hope black beast crushes this fool.

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I like Blaydes, and I think he has the pedigree to one day be champion level, but not sure what this fight does for him.  Not sure what any fight does for him, really, because Stipe fights so rarely.  Even when he will, it’ll be Ngannou, and even if he wins that, it’ll be Jones most likely, so Blaydes wouldn’t be in the mix for an actual title fight in quite awhile.  Plus, Dana hates him, so that doesn’t bode well.

Blaydes’ biggest mountain is Ngannou.  If he continues to improve his standup and movement and can keep from taking too much damage, his wrestling is an X Factor that can be a problem for a lot of the guys in that division.

So in all reality, Lewis is a challenge, because he’s a big guy with KO power, and most likely, he’s training a lot harder than he indicates.  You don’t get to top five status in the UFC by being a fat, lazy slob.  Lewis is low key athletic and hits hard as fuck, so he’s a dangerous prospect for anyone as long as he’s standing upright.

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ha I thought this must be an old hw boxing thread from the 90s

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LOL @ him bein salty over Lewis' jokes, sounds like Blaydes wish he had more fans or somethin, dont worry about his work ethic just b ready to dodge them hammers cause they're still lethal training camp or not

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mindless optimism -

ha I thought this must be an old hw boxing thread from the 90s

For those who don't know. Razor ruddock talking about lenox Lewis lol. 

Good spot

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OBV people have not been paying attention to d lewis' training 

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I wonder what gave him that impression, is it the fact that Lewis has literally come out and said that there have been fights where he only trained for 5 minutes a day? 

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multiculturaljoseph - 

“I think he’s a fat, lazy fuck but I’m still worried about him taking my head clean off my shoulders.”

This.

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Blades is as unlikeable a Woodley. He sounds entitled after putting on the worst fights in the division of KOs. 

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mijo -

So Colby Covington is living in peoples heads now. You have heavyweights hating him now, when he is a reason people watch the UFC!  

smh!!!  

Colby is similar to Trump. These 2 live in many peoples heads daily. Rent free 

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ons ear -
mijo -

So Colby Covington is living in peoples heads now. You have heavyweights hating him now, when he is a reason people watch the UFC!  

smh!!!  

Colby is similar to Trump. These 2 live in many peoples heads daily. Rent free 

How do you know these guys don’t have rental agreements with each other? 

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My dumbass thought it was Razor Ruddick and Lennox Lewis.

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SandBlaster -

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only razor I know

Shot a guy in the head one time.

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If anyone didnt see the first fight between Razor and Lewis...Lewis dominated, a rematch would always be the same

https://youtu.be/pA9OnSGeCPE