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UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis recently revealed that he was open to making his Power Slap League debut and outlined his game plan for participating in the sport. Elsewhere, Sean O'Malley explained how his rainbow hair helped his career, while Dominick Cruz reacted to Jon Anik calling Merab Dvalishvili the 135-pound GOAT.
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Derrick Lewis talks potential Power Slap League debut after UFC career wraps up
UFC veteran Derrick Lewis sees a future for himself in the Power Slap League. The record-holding heavyweight recently opened up about potentially making his debut in slap fighting and outlined his fool-proof strategy of avoiding slaps.
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Speaking to Ariel Helwani in an interview, Lewis laid out his potential future career moves and said:
"I'll finish my career as an MMA fighter, unless they wanna try to pay me some good money, then yeah, I'll do boxing. I would do [slap fighting]. I will have to go first every time though. If I don't knock my guy out, I'm gonna go ahead and forfeit. I gotta go first. I'm not about to sit there and let nobody slap me. I'm gonna keep jumping anyways. I'm just gonna get penalized."
Sean O'Malley names inspiration behind rainbow-themed hairdo and explains its significance
Sean O'Malley recently revealed the inspiration behind his famous rainbow hairstyle and explained how his hairdo helped his career trajectory. O'Malley disclosed that he was highly inspired by rapper [Tekashi] 6ix9ine and wanted to imitate his style.
Speaking to Demetrious Johnson in an interview, 'Suga' also outlined how his unique hair helped his stardom and said:
"Actually, 6ix9ine [Pronounced: Six-Nine] was the inspiration of the rainbow hair, because he was such a character. He's captivating. I was like, 'If I do my hair, people are going to freak out. The first time I did my hair was at the Eddie Wineland fight. I go out there and knock him out... The hair plus that kind of knockout was like a recipe for success."
O'Malley continued:
"The UFC loved the hair. Everyone in the UFC was like, 'Oh, my god. Everyone's talking about your hair.' I had to do so many extra photos and so much extra media just because I did my hair. I was like, 'I'm onto something. So every single fight was like a new hair. So that helped a lot."
Dominick Cruz reacts to Jon Anik calling Merab Dvalishvili the UFC bantamweight GOAT
Dominick Cruz recently reacted to Merab Dvalishvili being hailed as the UFC bantamweight GOAT by veteran broadcaster Jon Anik. Despite having one of the most impressive resumes in bantamweight divisional history, Cruz held no ill will toward Dvalishvili and was content with being part of the GOAT conversation.
Speaking to MMA Junkie's Mike Bohn, Cruz reacted to Anik calling Dvalishvili the GOAT and said:
"I just love the fact that there's a conversation with me involved. That's what this is about. Merab's making a conversation, too, and good for him. This dude had to fight up and down the ladder, exactly the same way I did. I had to fight my way through the hardest fights in the division. I had to earn every scrap."
