UFC fighters stunned by Lewis' Knockout-of-the-Year candidate
Warning: story contains coarse language
Derrick Lewis flattened Curtis Blaydes with an uppercut in Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event, scoring what will likely go down as one of the best knockouts of 2021.
Several fighters took to Twitter after the contest to react to the stunning result.
Whoa @Thebeast_ufc never doubted #UFCFightNight
— Jorge Masvidal UFC (@GamebredFighter) February 21, 2021
Curtis went straight into this one👀, after all the setup he did.#UFCVegas19
— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) February 21, 2021
Man I swear . Derrick Lewis power is unmatched . Dude sits down and puts you to sleep! Shesssssh #UFCVegas19
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) February 21, 2021
Yoooooooo the black beast is a cheat code wtf
— U R I A H H A L L (@UriahHallMMA) February 21, 2021
Wow boom 💥
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) February 21, 2021
Derrick Lewis brought the heat 🔥👊 #UFCVegas19
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) February 21, 2021
This is the MMA world full of surprises
— Junior Dos Santos 🅾️➕ (@junior_cigano) February 21, 2021
Stupid of those who think they understand this game. #BeautifulKO
Ladies and gentlemen black mother fukin beast what. A. Savage @Thebeast_ufc
— Chito Vera (@chitoveraUFC) February 21, 2021
Holy shit Derrick Lewis!
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) February 21, 2021
That was crazy. Ruined my parley and I’m not upset. Incredible
— Sam Alvey (@smilensam) February 21, 2021
😧😧😧😧😧#UFCVegas19
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) February 21, 2021
👀👀👀👀👀
— Adrian Yanez (@yanezmma) February 21, 2021
DERRICK LEWIS!!! HOUSTONS FINEST!!!#UFCVegas19
That’s heavyweights #UFCVegas19
— Tim Elliott (@TElliott125) February 21, 2021
WAAAAAAAAGAHGAGAHANDJFJDVDDIIEJWNSKAODHBDHWHWWJXHXHSBSHXN!!!!!!!!!
— Lauren Murphy (@LaurenMurphyMMA) February 21, 2021
Fuck yes!!!
You already know he practiced that uppercut a million times. #UFCVegas19
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) February 21, 2021
Wow that is the reality of the #heavyweight division, wish u speedy recovery Curtis #UFCVegas19
— Maurice Greene (@TheCrochetBoss) February 21, 2021
Woahhhhhhhhh@Thebeast_ufc
— Beast Boy (@MikeDavisMMA) February 21, 2021