Derrick Lewis racked up another brutal knockout victory tonight at UFC Fight Night 105, flooring Travis Browne in the second round before sealing the deal with vicious strikes on the mat.
Watch the highlights and the controversial finish below:
Round One:
The main event of the evening is underway in Halifax!
Lewis wades in with a winging right hook that misses. Big leg kick for Browne. Lewis with a body kick.
Browne starting to take the center of the Octagon. Lewis with a leg kick on the outside. Front kick to the body from Browne and that appears to have hurt Lewis who clutches at his stomach, but doesn’t go down.
Surprisingly Browne stays patient, even although it’s a good few seconds before Lewis lets go of his midsection.
Browne with another body kick that Lewis doesn’t like. Lewis misses with a spinning kick and then a jumping high kick. Not particularly effective though.
Lewis with a big punch that buckles Browne’s legs, but he rights himself and soon after lands another punishing body kick that hurts Lewis again and he turns his back.
Lewis hanging in there, but worrying signs for him in this first round. Browne peppers him with a few low kicks from range.
Hard leg kick for Browne and one in return from Lewis. Front kick to the body from Browne. Now another low kick. Another spinning back kick from Lewis that misses.
Final seconds of the round they are in close and Lewis lands a big punch, but Browne takes it well.
Round Two:
Browne taking the center of the cage again and lands a front kick to the body. Now a hard leg kick. Superman punch from him is just out of range.
Head kick attempt from Browne. Huge punches all of a sudden from ‘The Black Beast’ and Browne’s legs buckle. He stays up though and tries to move away, but Lewis chases after him and continues blasting him with heavy leather.
Browne signals to the referee that he’s ok, but as he moves forward he looks a bit unsteady on his feet and is still eating punches.
To make matters worse for Browne, Lewis is able to bundle him to the mat. He’s able to keep him down for a while, but then Browne gets back upright.
Browne trying to get back into the fight, but he eats a huge right hook and collapses to the canvas. Lewis follows him to the mat and starts blasting away at his still dazed opponent with thunderous ground and pound strikes.
The ref is giving Browne every opportunity to defend himself, but he’s not getting out of this and a few more punches from ‘The Black Beast’ finally render him unconscious!
That’s now the sixth win in a row for the heavy-handed Lewis, while Browne picks up his third loss in a row and has only won two of his last seven fights.
