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Recent event - Lewis has updated record for most KO in UFC history and most KO in heavyweight. With stats like his, its a huge question why he is so low on rank and was never a champ. His post fight speech was hilarious. Gnp his wife Grin

As much as his KO ratio is really impressive (24 KOs out of total of 29 career wins), let's not forget that he also has 12 losses, so he's current rank at 8th place seems pretty fair. I'm not sure if this has been updated for his last win, but it's possible it will not get him any higher, as Taixeira was ranked below him.
Between 2022 and 2023 he was on a 3 losses streak, when he lost by KO, TKO and submission and it looked like he might be on a way out, but he rebounded nicely.

When asked by a reporter in the post-event interview, Dana white has confirmed that Derrick might be one win away from a title shot. That would be a great ending of his career (win or lose).
I wouldn't be surprised if Aspinal Vs Lewis generated more sales than Aspinal Vs Gane as Derrick is much more hypeable (at least right now).

On a championship fight against Tom Aspinall, I agree that the Black Beast will certainly bring more hype than Ciryl Gane or than all of these fighters who might be fighting Tom for his next fights in the octagon. However, the Black Beast's only chance for a championship fight will be if a scheduled opponent for Tom is injured and the Black Beast will be chosen as a short notice replacement. It is headshaking but we can be very much certain that the Black Beast cannot defeat these fighters who has a higher rank than him that would give him the next championship fight.

That is, it is very unlikely because it takes many "and if" so that he can fight and have a chance of title. It is very unlikely for a fighter to injure himself, and even if someone will injure himself, it is still necessary that he is chosen among other possibilities of struggles.