Twitter reacts to Sergei Pavlovich’s UFC 277 TKO of Derrick Lewis, who protests stoppage

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July 30, 2022 11:18 pm ET

Sergei Pavlovich earned a career-altering victory over Derrick Lewis on Saturday in the UFC 277 featured bout.

Pavlovich (16-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) defeated UFC knockout record-holder Lewis (26-10 MMA, 17-8 UFC) by first-round TKO in the heavyweight bout, which took place at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Pavlovich’s victory over Lewis at UFC 277.

Daniel Cormier

Derrick Lewis is a star!!!!!!

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) July 31, 2022

Marc Raimondi

Pavlovich stops Lewis in the first, but Lewis is arguing the stoppage call by Dan Miragliotta. The crowd is booing heavily. #UFC277

— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) July 31, 2022

Belal Muhammad

You don’t stop that in Texas

— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) July 31, 2022

Brian Martin

Derrick Lewis now 0-3 in his home state of Texas. Pavlovich had him hurt, but maybe too early stoppage from Tan Dan? #UFC277

— Brian Martin (@TheBMartin) July 31, 2022

Ryan Clark

That’s a bad stoppage man! @ufc

— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) July 31, 2022

Phil Murphy

Derrick Lewis has had back issues

He’s taken two mighty steps down the ladder in his last two fights…

Chin isn’t quite what it was…

It’s not over.But it’s getting late.#UFC277

— Phil Murphy (@Phil_Sports) July 31, 2022

Alan Jouban

The outcome wasn’t going to change but Derrick deserved a chance to finish. #UFC277

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) July 31, 2022

Michael Carroll

LONGEST ACTIVE UFC WIN STREAKS – Heavyweight6 – Francis Ngannou5 – Alexandr Romanov5 – Tai Tuivasa4 – Andrei Arlovski4 – Sergei Pavlovich#UFC277

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) July 31, 2022

Daniel Cormier

This was a bad stoppage!!!!

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) July 31, 2022

Danny Segura

I don’t get the outrage. It really wasn’t a bad stoppage.

Lewis fell face first to the canvas. That’s not a good sign. Also, we were just 55 seconds into the fight. Pavlovich was fresh and could’ve easily continued his attack. #UFC277

— Danny Segura (@dannyseguratv) July 31, 2022

Ben Fowlkes

I mean, imagine you’re Big Dan seeing Lewis take all those shots, reeling backwards, then he drops on his face. Reasonable to jump in there. It’s only what happens next that makes us question it. https://t.co/PW1Bgse8UQ

— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) July 31, 2022

Al Iaquinta

I’m sad?! The Beast coulda definitely gotten right up and landed a fight changing bomb. Early stoppage 😭 big dannnn miroglosbaba

— Al Iaquinta🗽 (@ALIAQUINTA) July 31, 2022

Francis Ngannou

That’s definitely an early stoppage

— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) July 31, 2022

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