Derrick Lewis would not perceive why he is preventing Waldo Cortez-Acosta at UFC 324.
Though Cortez-Acosta is ranked increased than Ruiz, “The Black Beast” doesn’t price his opponent extremely. Ruiz can also’t consider he is the underdog as a result of he believes Cortez-Acosta would not even belong within the Octagon with him.
“I don’t know what the oddsmakers are considering once they decide in opposition to me,” Ruiz mentioned at UFC 324 media day. “Each time, I’m wondering, ‘What on earth are they saying?'”
“I simply watched the identical video, the identical struggle that these guys have been watching. Are you critically making that guess on me? Once more, we’ll discover out on Saturday. He should not have been within the cage with me.”
Ruiz believes he appears to be like lots like Roy Nelson, whom Waldo Cortez-Acosta beat in 2016. So I do not anticipate the Dominican to shock him in any respect.
Derrick Lewis predicts KO win at UFC 324
Derrick Lewis did not anticipate to be blown away by Cortez-Acosta’s expertise, so he has full confidence in his ability set.
Ruiz believes he’s in the perfect form of his life and is hoping to swarm Cortez-Acosta early and rating a fast KO victory to show he’s nonetheless an elite contender within the heavyweight division.
“First spherical knockout,” Lewis mentioned. “He’ll attempt to say I poked him within the eye, however that is not gonna poke him within the eye. Look.”
If Luis knocks out Cortez-Acosta at UFC 324, it could be an enormous win for him. That may put Ruiz again within the prime 5 heavyweight division and doubtlessly put him again within the title image quickly.
Derrick Lewis (29-12, North Carolina 1) is on a two-fight profitable streak, coming off a knockout victory over Talison Teixeira. Earlier than that, he scored a knockout victory over Rodrigo Nascimento.
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