5 UFC fighters who can still save their 2019 after bad starts to the year

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#4 Derrick Lewis

UFC 229: Lewis v Volkov
UFC 229: Lewis v Volkov

Derrick Lewis is in the middle of a bad run at the moment. After defeating Alexander Volkov last year, Lewis got a chance to fight for the UFC Heavyweight Title, a fight that he lost against Daniel Cormier.

Coming into 2019, he was looking to do better against Junior dos Santos, but it was not to be. Before too long, he had tried and failed to beat JDS, as he lost via TKO in the second round of the fight. At the moment, he has a chance to make up for it all.

He is set to face Blagov Ivanov this November in one of the most stacked cards of the year at UFC 244. Given that Ivanov is on a good run at the moment, a win against him would definitely help Lewis.


#3 Al Iaquinta

UFC 223: Nurmagomedov v Iaquinta
UFC 223: Nurmagomedov v Iaquinta

Another fighter who lost a championship opportunity last year, Al Iaquinta finally got the fight that he had been asking for. He faced Khabib Nurmagomedov, but despite a good showing, he was unable to get a win.

While he managed to defeat Kevin Lee later last year, he lost a fight against 'Cowboy' Cerrone in May of this year, with Cerrone managing to dominate him, to get the convincing win.

At the moment, Iaquinta has quite the big fight coming up, as he will be facing Dan Hooker in October at UFC 243.

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