Derrick Lewis net worth: How much is the UFC 230 star worth?
DERRICK LEWIS net worth - Express Sport gives you an insight into 'The Black Beast's' financial worth.
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Derrick Lewis returns to the Octagon this weekend in what will be the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts career.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, Lewis will challenge Daniel Cormier for the heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 230, which takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Lewis' shot at heavyweight gold comes a little under a month after his comeback victory at UFC 229, where he KO'd Alexander Volkov with ten seconds remaining on the clock.
Victory over Volkov saw Houston native Lewis bag one of the biggest paydays of his career.
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His last-ditch triumph over the Russian, which was hilariously overshadowed by his post-fight interview, earned him £210,000 ($270,000).
Lewis pocketed £200,000 ($260,000) three months earlier at UFC 226 for his snoozefest with Francis Ngannou, which many expected to be a candidate for fight of the year.
Lewis' entire worth isn't actually known as he's competed under many athletic commissions who withhold fighter's salaries.
However, it's allegedly around the £1million ($1,000,700) mark.
It's currently unknown how much Lewis will earn for this weekend's bout with Cormier, the UFC's second simultaneous two-weight world champion.
But given the short-notice in which the fight came together, one can assume Lewis will receive a huge payday for facing 'DC'. Lewis himself hinted that he'll be raking in the cash this weekend after a fan Q&A at Wednesday's open workouts.
"I didn't feel like doing all that right after the fight," Lewis said of training for a five-round title fight when discussing his claim that he wasn't ready to compete for the belt. "And so whenever the offered me the money that they offered me, it's like... (shrugs shoulders).
It's like you said, 'Okay, yeah, I can do this'. And it's guaranteed. So it's no sweat off my back. So I'm going to go in there and try and win. If not, and I lose, it's fine. I still get the money."
UFC 230 Results - All the action and reaction from Cormier vs Lewis
UFC 230 Fight Card
Daniel Cormier vs Derrick Lewis (heavyweight title fight)
Chris Weidman vs Ronaldo Souza (middleweight bout)
David Branch vs Jared Cannonier (middleweight bout)
Karl Roberson vs Jack Marshman (middleweight bout)
Derek Brunson vs Israel Adesanya (middleweight bout)
UFC 230 Results - All the action and reaction from Cormier vs Lewis
Prelims
Jason Knight vs Jordan Rinaldi (men's featherweight bout)
Sijara Eubanks vs Roxanne Modafferi (women's flyweight bout)
Julie Arce vs Sheymon Moraes (men's featherweight bout)
Ben Sanders vs Lyman Good (welterweight bout)
Fight Pass Prelims
Matt Frevola vs Lando Vannata (lightweight bout)
Shane Burgos vs Kurt Holobaugh (men's featherweight bout)
Brian Kelleher vs Montel Jackson (men's bantamweight bout)
Update: Brian Kelleher vs Montel Jackson has been canceled as Kelleher has fallen ill
Adam Wieczorek vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima (heavyweight bout)