There’s long seemed to be a simmering tension between UFC heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes. Perhaps that’s only natural, given they’re both near the top of the division and seemed destined to meet in the octagon eventually. After takings shots at one another over social media several times along the way, the time is finally here, as the duo will compete in the main event of UFC on ESPN 18 on Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. During Wednesday’s virtual media day, Lewis (24-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC) said that in the matchup of Black competitors, Blaydes (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) is simply resentful of his opponent’s success. “Just a typical crab in a bucket, one of those type of Black guys, crab in a bucket,” Lewis said of Blaydes.
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UFC’s Derrick Lewis: Curtis Blaydes ‘doesn’t want to see another Black man make it’ – MMA Junkie