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Derrick Lewis Reveals UFC Tried Rico Verhoeven Fight Before UFC 324

“S**t, I’ve been trying to get a fight damn near every month,” Lewis said, revealing UFC first offered Rico Verhoeven before UFC 324. The GLORY champ turned it down, as did Sergei Pavlovich. Cortes-Acosta finally accepted after calling Lewis out for a year. The knockout king enters Las Vegas on a two-fight streak after a 35-second UFC Nashville finish.