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UFC 229: President Donald Trump told me to knock out this motherf***** Russian, says Derrick Lewis

UFC Heavyweight fighter Derrick Lewis went on to knock out Alexander Volkov with six seconds remaining on the clock at UFC 229.

Derrick Lewis celebrates after defeating Alexander Volkov during a heavyweight mixed martial arts bout at UFC 229. (Source: AP)

UFC Heavyweight fighter Derrick Lewis on Sunday left the crowd at T-Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, shocked as he went on to knock out Alexander Volkov with six seconds remaining on the clock. After pulling a victory out of his hat out of nowhere, Lewis went on to give one of the wildest interviews in UFC history. In the interview, the US mixed-martial arts athlete told Joe Rogan that President Trump called him to beat the “Russian”.

Donald Trump called me before the fight and told me I have to knock this mother****** of a Russian out because they are making us look bad with all this s*** in the news with Putin and s***. “F*** Putin, USA in this hoe,” Lewis said.

Rogan further asked Derrick why he decided to take his pants off after pulling off a stunning KO victory, to which he replied: “Because my b**** were hot.” On being questioned whether he would be up to challenge for the title to which Lewis said, “F**k what you’re talking about right now. I’m not trying to fight for no world title I need to do more cardio.”

On the same night, Conor McGregor tapped out to Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event as the Russian retained his Lightweight title. A melee broke out in the ring after Khabib climbed out of the Octagon to attack a member of McGregor’s team who was mocking him.

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