Derrick Lewis' Brilliant Response When Asked What He Eats Before Fights

Derrick Lewis once joked that he eats his wife's ass before his fights in a revealing insight to his diet.

Lewis returns to action at UFC 244 and he enters the Blagoy Ivanov fight on a two-fight losing skid, which includes defeats to then-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and Junior dos Santos.

And before his title bout against Cormier back in 2018, a reporter asked him about his nutritional requirements.

A reporter asked Lewis: "What do you eat before fights?" To which he replied by saying: "If my wife is in town I eat her ass."

Derrick Lewis, ladies and gentleman. A gift to MMA.

It's often said said that fighters shouldn't have sex before a fight though Lewis says he's busted the myth

"Not me. Some times, a couple of times, I had sex the same day as I fought," he said about the myth.

"Just to see if that myth was right, and it wasn't right. But I was sleepy afterwards but I still had the energy though."

Lewis, meanwhile, entered fight week the lightest he has ever been. Speaking at UFC 244 media day, he said: "I've been in the 260s for the last two weeks. That's the first time ever. Usually, this day, I'm like 285, 290. Then I try to cut everything in one day.

"The secret has really been Loutrition," 'The Black Beast' added. "I brought the guy in. He's been living at my house for like two months, making sure I'm eating all my meals and drinking right and keeping hydrated, stuff like that."

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