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UFC Heavyweights to Fight After Getting Into Beef Over Popeyes Chicken

Daniel Cormier will defend his title against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230.

5 days ago

A beef over chicken from Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has led to a fight at UFC 230.

Following a win in the octagon in his heavyweight fight on Saturday night, Derrick Lewis has set himself up for a match against title-holder Daniel Cormier.

Lewis has been gunning for a fight with Cormier ever since the two heavyweights were on the same card back in July and went at each during a press conference.

Thing is, it wasn’t over anything personal; it was over chicken that Lewis felt Cormier had “disrespected” while doing a parody video of Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass.”

A new promo for their title fight at UFC 230 can explain …

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Title shot Vs DC November 3rd 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿#newyorkcity

A post shared by Derrick Lewis (@thebeastufc) on Oct 9, 2018 at 2:05pm PDT

And here’s the parody video:

Cormier (21-1) will defend his title against Lewis (21-5) on November 3.

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For the city of Houston.🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿 ##MadisonSquareGarden #ufc230

A post shared by Derrick Lewis (@thebeastufc) on Oct 9, 2018 at 2:06pm PDT

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