What did Derrick Lewis say about going into the fifth round in his fight against Sergey Spivak?

During the media day for UFC Fight Night 215, former UFC heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis boldly claimed that he hoped his main event fight with Sergey Spivak goes into the fifth round.

The clinical KO artist elaborated that he trained extremely hard for the upcoming fight and is confident in his ability to get the job done even in the later rounds:

"I trained even harder for this fight, so we’ll see how things go on Saturday. I believe that I can get the job done even in the later rounds. I’m looking forward to the fourth or fifth round. And I’m looking forward to a main event fight, this fight... Sh*t I kind of hope it lasts few seconds [he joked]. But if it goes five rounds, I’m fine."

Watch Derrick Lewis talk about his upcoming fight below:

Apart from a select few occasions, most of Lewis' UFC wins have come via knockout in the early rounds. In fact, Lewis has never gone the whole five rounds in his mixed martial arts career.

The longest Derrick Lewis has spent in the octagon was during his fourth-round TKO loss to Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 110. 'The Black Beast' also holds a fourth-round TKO win over Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC Fight Night 102.

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Some of Derrick Lewis' best knockout wins

Derick Lewis' best knockout win came against Curtis Blaydes during their UFC Fight Night 185 bout. 'The Black Beast' caught Blaydes on the chin with an uppercut while he was coming in for a takedown. The strike left 'Razor' motionless on the canvas.

Watch Lewis knock out Blaydes below:

Like many say, power is indeed the great equalizer, and Lewis proved it in his UFC 229 fight against Alexander Volkov.

After delivering a near-perfect performance until the dying seconds of round three, the Russian was KO'd with a vicious overhand right and ground strikes by Lewis at the 4:49 mark of the final round.

Watch Lewis knock out Volkov below:

Another crazy knockout by the Texan happened at UFC Fight Night 199 when he delivered a barrage of uppercuts, decimating Chris Daukaus in the very first round.

Watch Lewis knock out Daukaus below:

Derrick Lewis is currently the No.7-ranked heavyweight in the UFC.