{"id":49882,"date":"2020-02-10T15:50:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/mma-champ-derrick-lewis-told-joe-rogan-he-smoked-weed-nonstop-before-ufc-247-win\/"},"modified":"2020-02-10T15:50:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:50:37","slug":"mma-champ-derrick-lewis-told-joe-rogan-he-smoked-weed-nonstop-before-ufc-247-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/mma-champ-derrick-lewis-told-joe-rogan-he-smoked-weed-nonstop-before-ufc-247-win\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA Champ Derrick Lewis Told Joe Rogan He Smoked Weed Nonstop Before UFC 247 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Photo <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1468249886760868\/photos\/a.1525611661024690\/2350367105215804\/?type=3&amp;theater\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>via<\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mixed martial arts fighter Derrick Lewis packs a huge punch in the octagon, but on training days, the ultimate fighter makes sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/ufc-inks-multi-million-dollar-deal-with-canadian-pot-company-to-study-cbd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>relax his mind and muscles with a heavy dose of weed<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis took home his 23rd victory at UFC 247 in Texas this past weekend. And, <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2875431-derrick-lewis-says-he-was-smoking-weed-all-week-ahead-of-ufc-247-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>according to Bleacher Report<\/u><\/a>, when the fight was over, Lewis quickly told UFC commentator Joe Rogan that he had smoked weed all day, every day during the week leading up to the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was very important [to fight in Houston],&#8221; Lewis, a Texas native, told Rogan. &#8220;That&#8217;s why 24\/7, all week, I was smoking weed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/embed\/gallery\/athletes-who-are-down-with-the-devils-lettuce\/1\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lewis, UFC\u2019s 6th ranked heavyweight fighter, has made headlines in the past for his intensity and eccentricism. When his hometown of Cyprus, Texas flooded during Hurricane Harvey, Lewis spent days wading through water to help save his neighbors. On the other side of the coin, after a victory at UFC 229, Lewis immediately dropped his shorts for the post-fight interview, telling reporters that his \u201cballs were hot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his most recent ringside interview, Lewis kept his pants on, but did not tell Rogan any more about his <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/cbd-for-the-ufc-pro-mma-athletes-will-participate-in-major-cannabis-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>cannabis-fueled training routine<\/u><\/a> other than that it\u2019s real. But with another victory under his belt, we\u2019re guessing Lewis is going to keep up the green workouts on his way to his next bout.<\/p>\n<p>And if we know anything about Joe Rogan, it won\u2019t be long before Lewis is <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/elon-musk-smokes-weed-with-joe-rogan-but-tesla-stock-takes-the-hit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>lighting up blunts in a podcast studio<\/u><\/a> and describing in great detail what strains he smokes on leg day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Zach Harris on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/potczach?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Twitter<\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis has never shied away from controversy, and after his latest bought, the UFC heavyweight explained that his pre-fight training routine consists of smoking tons of weed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3036],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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