‘I gotta take a sh*t’: Derrick Lewis has followers in hysterics after he makes UFC historical past with TKO win over Oleynik (VIDEO)

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Derrick Lewis set a brand new UFC heavyweight knockout file together with his victory over Alexey Oleynik in Las Vegas on Saturday evening, earlier than including to his ever-growing reel of memorable post-fight interviews.

Lewis weathered a strong opening spherical from Russia’s Oleynik earlier than ending him with a vicious floor and pound assault 21 seconds into the second spherical of their Battle Evening primary occasion on the UFC’s Apex facility.

‘The Black Beast’ notched an 11th TKO/KO win within the UFC, transferring him forward of Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos for the general heavyweight file and placing him in a tie for second for probably the most knockouts in UFC historical past in any division.

The Louisiana fighter received plaudits for one more explosive show within the octagon but additionally had followers in hysterics for his post-fight interview, the place he was inadvertently caught telling his staff he wanted an pressing toilet break.

“You’ve probably the most knockouts in UFC heavyweight historical past my pal,” started UFC pundit Paul Felder.

Trying away from the digital camera and seemingly unaware that the digital camera was rolling, Lewis uttered “yeah, I gotta take a sh*t man,” earlier than adjusting his headset and saying, “oh, whats up.”

Felder was amused by the frank admission from Lewis, replying: “We’ll get to that in a second, are you able to hear me brother?”

“Oh, yeah, yeah,” answered Lewis because the interview lastly acquired going.

The soundbite from the straight-talking Lewis tickled fan and pundits on-line.  

Lewis has previous kind with post-fight interviews, famously telling Joe Rogan within the octagon after his buzzer-beating victory over Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 again in 2018 that he had taken his shorts off instantly after the bout as a result of his “balls have been scorching.”   

Jokes apart, Lewis is now on a run of three wins on the spin and 6 in his final eight which might insert him right into a number-one heavyweight contender bout.

The Louisiana veteran failed in his earlier try at heavyweight gold towards Daniel Cormier at UFC 230 in 2018, and admitted after his win towards submission specialist Oleynik that he wished to shed round 20lbs from his 265lbs body earlier than coming again in December.  

Talking on his file feat of heavyweight knockouts, Lewis added on the press convention: “It is loopy. I nonetheless cannot imagine that I’ve acquired probably the most knockouts. It is a loopy feeling due to all the good heavyweights earlier than me.

“Watching Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez, all these guys for all these years. Seeing they did not accomplish what I did, I’ve simply acquired to remain humble about it.”

For Oleynik – nicknamed ‘The Boa Constrictor’ for his legendary submission prowess – his defeat to Lewis was a setback to the renaissance which had seen him win his final two outings earlier this yr.

The Russian veteran’s total file now stands at 59 wins, 14 defeats and one draw.  

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