After two straight losses in light heavyweight, Ilir Latifi has decided to go up a weight class to heavy weight.
As a newcomer to the division, the 36-year-old is facing the toughest thinking back in the form of American Derrick Lewis, who is ranked fifth in the world among the champions of the UFC Champions Belt. It announces the organization on its social media.
As late as last November, he lost a title match against Daniel Cormier. Lewis is known as "The Black Beast" and is a knockout machine. His face in the UFC is 22 wins, 18 of them via knockout.
Latifi, or "The lifting crane from Rosengård", which he is also called, is anchored in his new weight class and breaks down when he steps up in a new weight class.
The feud will take place in Houston on February 8, where Lewis was born and now lives. On the star-studded gal, the main game is the fight between Jon Jones and the undefeated challenger Dominick Reyes.