00:00:01:02 – 00:00:17:12

Ola Akande:

Well, something in fact, we’ve so far, in fact, we show people what is going on. We have here, Jermaine Lewin, how you’ve been since the last time we spoke, in the last hour, you’ve been around everything. How are things going with you?

 

00:00:18:09 – 00:00:30:11

Jermaine Lewin

Everything’s all right, you know. You know, I’m feeling enjoying my Christmas and New Year’s and just trying to focus more on training and stuff like that. I’m trying to take a more serious.

 

00:00:30:24 – 00:00:56:07

Ola Akande:

Like, well, it’s hard. It’s hard not to not to think, not to take the sort field seriously when when you’ve got, you know, the type of people that you have around you, the type of people that you know, that that that that you train with, you know, your your gym, your gym coaches and stuff like that. So we always see you on your on your Instagram sharpening up your tools.

 

00:00:56:18 – 00:01:15:00

Ola Akande:

You’re always in there, you know, I mean, putting in work. How how is that different to when obviously you you’ve you first started and I’m getting this this couple of fights into three fights and how is it different now to 2 to 2 to the previous times.

 

00:01:16:11 – 00:01:37:14

Jermaine Lewin

It was like I said before when I first started, it’s not like I want to I want to do me like what I was doing it just like get the house and stuff like that. Something to do. That’s all. That’s the reason I was doing it. And then only one like he is in his limits. Let me try and take him more seriously.

 

00:01:38:02 – 00:02:01:15

Jermaine Lewin

And afterwards, then when the belt. That’s what I said to myself. You know what? I’m put them all into this. Mm hmm. I got something here. I don’t know them in my life for my own self. And I follow. And that’s when. When, then when the belt. Something in the snow. But when this close to me. When the belt.

 

00:02:02:21 – 00:02:05:11

Jermaine Lewin

So why not take why not take this sport serious?

 

00:02:06:29 – 00:02:41:21

Ola Akande:

I mean, you hit the nail on the head there because I saw one of his recent interviews on the amount of people die. He’s inspired. And this is your childhood friend. This is like this is like one one of the day ones. Like, you know, the amount of people that he’s inspired into doing or even getting into mixed martial arts and him inspiring you the way the way you’re describing it to us right now, that’s got to be like a it’s got to be a shifting big shift in mentality now.

 

00:02:42:00 – 00:02:47:12

Ola Akande:

So really want to go out there and get it by any means necessary.

 

00:02:48:25 – 00:03:11:21

Jermaine Lewin

Yes. To like the blueprint, you know that I said before everyone for doing what you did, it might do it different. Of course you’re going to do different because when you think different, what are you still going to follow? You’re still going to follow with this is someone from your hometown. It’s not just about me, but other people that look up to him.

 

00:03:12:29 – 00:03:33:15

Ola Akande:

So a lot of you have you have you been have you trained with him much? Have you been in camp with him? A view of you. Like what? What Jim interactions. Our view of you’ve kind of had with him since since the last the last time we’ve was spoke.

 

00:03:34:24 – 00:04:05:28

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah. We try to do Yeah. We train all the time together so possible that that wouldn’t be a good thing. Sparring the champ guys this stuff you would say. Yeah, but we tend to give a lot of time to go to the together and stuff like that. We try to do it with each other to give us the one that’s a positive presence for me to learn from anyway.

 

00:04:05:28 – 00:04:40:12

Ola Akande:

So 100%, 100%. I mean, you have you have 20, 23 now mapped out for you, like looking at 2023 because obviously, you know, we wasn’t was in contact during Christmas, New Years and all of that. Yeah. And 2023 is here now we, we, we just got into the cycle of what is Jermaine’s ambitions in 2023. What you know what does Jeremy want to want to achieve in 22.

 

00:04:40:21 – 00:04:52:19

Ola Akande:

The three fights is the amount of fights. Is it is it getting into a promotion? Like what is it that what does your year look like? If he wants to lay on the table for for our viewers.

 

00:04:53:28 – 00:05:20:09

Jermaine Lewin

I want to see I want to see belts. I want the least about two or three belts. Oh, that’s that’s all I want. And I want to be as active as I was as much because last year on that, too, because my injuries and and stuff like that. So, yeah, the main thing is just trying to be injury free as possible cause it’s hard and I want this to get like five or six fights in this year.

 

00:05:20:09 – 00:05:29:18

Jermaine Lewin

That’s all I want to do. And an end the year, you know, my go pro that’s a that’s major.

 

00:05:29:18 – 00:05:30:19

Ola Akande:

That’s major right there.

 

00:05:32:03 – 00:05:32:26

Jermaine Lewin

That’s all to do.

 

00:05:34:05 – 00:05:34:18

Ola Akande:

I mean.

 

00:05:35:12 – 00:05:36:25

Jermaine Lewin

That’s my do Yeah.

 

00:05:36:27 – 00:06:10:11

Ola Akande:

In Yemen I mean going going pro obviously then changes it changes things for you because it’s tough to look like it put food on the table. It’s tough to you know, I mean, try to there’s more income to generate from obviously, obviously going pro. So if you if you’re able to achieve the end of the year, that’s a major W that’s a major W from your point of view for for your gym as well and your coaches, if that was if that was to, to come true.

 

00:06:11:26 – 00:06:31:11

Jermaine Lewin

Yes. That’s both of my, my team and I’m trying to be active and I just been a in keep on keeping away keeps on chipping away that’s all you’re going to learn and it was my my be in the gym I and then my being active in the cage and this.

 

00:06:31:21 – 00:06:49:15

Ola Akande:

That’s what’s up that’s what so I mean you mentioned about about training we’ve we’ve learned on a daily basis every day been in that gym was in line how many time be honest you do you do get the better of him and you do absolutely nothing that.

 

00:06:51:17 – 00:07:05:07

Jermaine Lewin

You name it closest to nine pillows I recall, but I think I do have him on the house.

 

00:07:05:11 – 00:07:08:19

Ola Akande:

It okay, okay. I’ll try.

 

00:07:09:23 – 00:07:11:07

Jermaine Lewin

To talk in my my well.

 

00:07:12:12 – 00:07:12:29

Ola Akande:

I’m up here.

 

00:07:13:27 – 00:07:18:25

Jermaine Lewin

On the mat is a this is a different man in a different.

 

00:07:20:06 – 00:08:00:04

Ola Akande:

I mean for my the the the news I wanted to I wanted to talk to you about this this, this a you know that I’ve been good on your name and make the news for for Frances Lugano live in live in the live in the UFC dropped and it was a big one and you know it’s a big big thing that happened in the in the world of make life so what do you because from listening to his side I’m then outside is one thing you can always listen to do not fight it out of it But listening to his side and and the request he said to make was to include health insurance in

 

00:08:00:04 – 00:08:22:00

Ola Akande:

every fighter’s contract because it doesn’t seem like at least all the lower earning fighters on the roster was getting that was your opinion in the way how everything kind of panned out on the street theme of the title and you’re not I mean just releasing just released him like that what did you make of that whole scenario.

 

00:08:23:21 – 00:08:48:09

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah fill us in The thing I look at article about what lay what you want is for fighters. Yeah he wants himself as well I watching my copy of it before Yeah that you said that you said you want to be like distorted to fight for the U.S. but you still want to be like a a boxer also does dream to be a boxer just to be a boxer.

 

00:08:48:13 – 00:09:06:26

Jermaine Lewin

And as he process might try and he tried it, that was it not was what you want it wanted to do boxing. So I said I want to do want to do both. But obviously in the UFC, the contract is title, so you would do things on it. Well, the thing is that it was asking for I think it’s there.

 

00:09:07:22 – 00:09:30:22

Jermaine Lewin

It wasn’t used to think about himself. You think what everyone else. So it shows what kind of shows what kind of person person he isn’t. It gave me looking look enough other people go look the way I feel is very like very good I reckon. Well obviously the US, you strip all the out and I mean because to them you hadn’t done it.

 

00:09:32:14 – 00:09:32:26

Ola Akande:

Yet.

 

00:09:35:28 – 00:09:40:11

Jermaine Lewin

When you see how to handle this you see like slowly.

 

00:09:40:24 – 00:09:43:06

Ola Akande:

Yeah. But this is what happened in the country.

 

00:09:44:05 – 00:09:52:06

Jermaine Lewin

I only had 1mi think we only had one last fight and this content anyway the, the gunfight with the gunfight with the last.

 

00:09:52:13 – 00:09:53:01

Ola Akande:

Those as I.

 

00:09:53:01 – 00:10:13:06

Jermaine Lewin

Left, I left by contact. Yeah. Obviously because that was left by contacts on both. So this is a free agent basically and of us on the contract. So obviously the district him gone fight for the title with John Jones and that’s that’s okay.

 

00:10:13:22 – 00:10:33:00

Ola Akande:

That’s nothing that’s that’s that’s just crazy. I like I said that you know they see what happened with Conor and thought boy this this but this but I got from one fight with Mayweather but his own contract now he’s a partner with the with the bloody promotion and they’ve got no control of him and.

 

00:10:34:29 – 00:10:53:18

Jermaine Lewin

Well yeah but we’re kind of deep into some kind of was like he’s been a lot of money for the UFC anyway. And then with the US they want to do with him so that you know I try to do on my own and let me stop it is nothing is promoting the fight you know in the fight and nothing on us easy.

 

00:10:53:18 – 00:11:20:11

Jermaine Lewin

I think we must take a test of this. What he brings in numbers anyway. Yeah, he bring in a lot of one that Yes, he’s not going to do the the Yeah. For that obviously those was those people say multi-mode him and reloads and shit we can make something like this. They haven’t even if Dana was introducing and the notorious McGregor.

 

00:11:20:11 – 00:11:38:19

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah I would think obviously when did it all the people thinking okay how long is kind of laying the blueprint. Yeah okay let’s let’s let’s, let’s try to do something as well on it. Nothing wrong, nothing wrong with you want if you think you deserve in this and that but you have to bring it over to the table wouldn’t it.

 

00:11:39:00 – 00:11:39:10

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah.

 

00:11:39:10 – 00:11:40:23

Ola Akande:

For a for you you.

 

00:11:40:28 – 00:11:53:11

Jermaine Lewin

Think you bring if you think you bring some to the table, why not. Why not us for that. Nothing wrong with that man. You’re putting your life on the life and your life on the line. You up on the line. So why not.

 

00:11:54:15 – 00:12:18:29

Ola Akande:

100%? I agree with you. What I wanted to ask you next, because I know we’re really, really tight for time on. Thank you for for pulling up. For pulling up here. Well, I really do want to ask you is when you do, Tom pro are you going to keep cutting to featherweight or you’re going to permanently like stay staying stay in lightweight?

 

00:12:18:29 – 00:12:30:01

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah, I don’t I know I know a lot of either of I know a lot of it’s a I’m a I’m a I’m a big heavyweight light heavyweight man.

 

00:12:30:01 – 00:12:33:06

Ola Akande:

I see. I see. Yeah. Because you know.

 

00:12:33:23 – 00:12:46:27

Jermaine Lewin

What me I kind of a parallel most linear. Yeah that to be fair I don’t know and all this other stuff to think about I know both of them for, for by that.

 

00:12:47:08 – 00:12:59:04

Ola Akande:

I mean is the same way you look at Leon and you just see like this is a big brother, I’m a full welterweight. As a big brother, you’ve got to fight for that division.

 

00:12:59:19 – 00:13:17:03

Jermaine Lewin

You? Yeah, I think I’m a lightweight and it’s probably like the fight. I’ll make way no more than obviously I will have to go up in it. I mean, that’s important. It.

 

00:13:17:03 – 00:13:27:26

Ola Akande:

I mean, if it was because. Sorry, because I the last time we spoke, we did ask, you know, if there was one thing that you would change in me, I don’t know if you remember the answer.

 

00:13:28:09 – 00:13:29:05

Jermaine Lewin

I lose the weight, you.

 

00:13:29:25 – 00:13:30:18

Ola Akande:

Know, because.

 

00:13:33:25 – 00:13:41:28

Jermaine Lewin

At the moment, at the moment, I know so little to make that, you know, actually those.

 

00:13:41:28 – 00:13:43:09

Ola Akande:

Yeah, man, that’s that’s.

 

00:13:43:18 – 00:14:00:28

Jermaine Lewin

I’ll make I’ll make it very, very fine. To be fair, I like you said, like I say, if I’m on my I might probably have to go up because if I’m still, if to make and they weigh them, obviously I have to go up in it I’m a kill most of the stuff in that and that’s going to make weight.

 

00:14:02:14 – 00:14:12:10

Jermaine Lewin

I’m not so much to do that. You may not at all, but you still got to make weight.

 

00:14:12:10 – 00:14:20:20

Ola Akande:

So what you’re really saying bit down is listen, everybody down five away, everybody a lightweight, they can all get that smoke. All of them.

 

00:14:22:11 – 00:14:45:26

Jermaine Lewin

Back at the moment. I’m good. I’m good at it. But and there’s down the line, if I’m struggling to make him and then I have to move up. And it is the mechanism when you do that, when you do not see your body, just catch of funnyman, you know, years and years. But I’ve just got to follow.

 

00:14:47:14 – 00:14:48:11

Ola Akande:

On drugs and.

 

00:14:50:00 – 00:14:51:10

Jermaine Lewin

Now I’m good up it.

 

00:14:52:06 – 00:15:06:02

Ola Akande:

I want to ask you about the the the Detroit Trade six event of coming up in UFC London. You know well you’re going to be there you actually six in London for London.

 

00:15:06:05 – 00:15:07:23

Jermaine Lewin

Oh, Oh, yeah.

 

00:15:08:24 – 00:15:12:27

Ola Akande:

You’re going to be there. You’re going to be in attendance. You’re you’re traveling over.

 

00:15:12:27 – 00:15:16:10

Jermaine Lewin

This, right? Yes. You’re going.

 

00:15:17:21 – 00:15:22:29

Ola Akande:

I’m transit brought ticket prices. Ticket prices.

 

00:15:22:29 – 00:15:24:06

Jermaine Lewin

I assume the.

 

00:15:28:18 – 00:15:31:27

Ola Akande:

Brass or the ticket prices out. Now, what the hell’s going on?

 

00:15:31:27 – 00:15:36:26

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah, well, not the way they go on.

 

00:15:37:12 – 00:16:23:24

Ola Akande:

Every day for the last five days is got released. I’m back on the train just trying to see if I can get if I can get anything remotely close to like maybe 350 or something, then tickets are sale of hundreds. This is a matching is a it’s crazy. It’s crazy. But you know what I wanted to ask you in terms of obviously that fight coming off, what are what are your your your thoughts on on you know, how the fight, how the fights, looking, the preparation and and the most important thing the mindset, you know, that could lead to two to the outcome that your team that Leon you know that everybody’s looking for because

 

00:16:23:24 – 00:16:29:08

Ola Akande:

I see some of his injuries and he looks laser focused to go out there. I’m getting the job done.

 

00:16:30:12 – 00:17:00:12

Jermaine Lewin

It will get a little bit of judgment. You show everyone just is a fluke, is lucky. No, it’s not. Look, if you watch to fight again, you see, this is certainly upsetting of the stick is what to do for that, Of course. Yeah. Because obviously is modified to shut down for the officer. What is cool, you know, I mean, now he’s at home fitter and sharper, and he’s going to be the same.

 

00:17:02:23 – 00:17:19:21

Ola Akande:

No pressure in front of the home crowd and everybody, everybody from from Birmingham is probably going to be there, you know, everybody from from the Midlands for Birmingham, the whole or Midlands is going to be it’s going to be that.

 

00:17:20:21 – 00:17:47:13

Jermaine Lewin

Some people in the drive professional like you, also people like that to push it very, very quick. You got something for the the crumble. So then I feel in the pressure I don’t think you feel pressure to be say that you know you know their home. Yeah. The other thoughts at home since it’s going to fight right for the masses.

 

00:17:47:29 – 00:17:59:18

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah that’s that’s on the fourth at home and you’ll get it done. I think it would be again, it’d be him again. Knock out prediction.

 

00:18:00:08 – 00:18:00:23

Ola Akande:

What run.

 

00:18:01:21 – 00:18:02:09

Jermaine Lewin

Is nothing.

 

00:18:02:10 – 00:18:03:23

Ola Akande:

Could be earlier earlier this time.

 

00:18:06:27 – 00:18:09:05

Jermaine Lewin

I’m aiming at round three for.

 

00:18:09:23 – 00:18:21:08

Ola Akande:

Round three or I’m not doing I’m going to go and put 50 quid on that. Well hey if you listen, I think that if you do have a good go get a gentleman. But you know he doesn’t total.

 

00:18:22:03 – 00:18:34:06

Jermaine Lewin

No, no. You need not need money. Has not complaining about me you know guys they said no beating competition.

 

00:18:36:07 – 00:18:41:16

Ola Akande:

If people please bet responsibly. Yes.

 

00:18:41:16 – 00:18:47:05

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah but it was tough them again. It’s definitely good. Yeah. Yeah. It’s nothing on your percent.

 

00:18:47:05 – 00:19:02:27

Ola Akande:

Definitely definitely looking forward to that card. Looking forward to what you got, you know that you got coming off this year. Do you have any fighting moves that’s, you know, that’s around the corner? Is there is there anything on the horizon? Is that people are you talking to opponents? You looking at them?

 

00:19:04:20 – 00:19:13:25

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah, I’m I live in DC in one major financial I love the phone. I see it as easy. Oh, that’s wonderful that.

 

00:19:13:28 – 00:19:16:01

Ola Akande:

This is a nice promotion. Still this.

 

00:19:16:13 – 00:19:22:10

Jermaine Lewin

One. Same. It is, but it’s like because I’ll go with the ticket to say.

 

00:19:23:22 – 00:19:27:01

Ola Akande:

Oh wicked. What the Wolverhampton.

 

00:19:29:03 – 00:19:31:26

Jermaine Lewin

Oh, I just I have a 14 golden ticket, you know.

 

00:19:32:24 – 00:19:48:00

Ola Akande:

Yeah, I love that promotion. And I met Leon there last not last year. Yeah. Before I met Leon over. They did come over there to, to watch, to watch some to watch a few guys fight and that’s why I like.

 

00:19:48:00 – 00:19:52:00

Jermaine Lewin

Oh yeah, yeah. That was just the same. That was the same. That was the same. They are they in Ballymena.

 

00:19:52:15 – 00:19:53:03

Ola Akande:

Yes.

 

00:19:53:15 – 00:20:14:03

Jermaine Lewin

Yes. If going to use the same day in the same area. Oh well he went to court and someone they went to watch them on I think it was Shane Ingram. Yeah. I think they were fighting and then they went to the watch. What say. And you come over and yeah.

 

00:20:14:19 – 00:20:31:28

Ola Akande:

He had time for everyone on that day man, you know, I mean so show us, show us your, your, you know when you’re going on go into capital. I would, I would, I would love to come up them I know and support you.

 

00:20:32:13 – 00:20:34:24

Jermaine Lewin

So much for much.

 

00:20:35:27 – 00:20:55:28

Ola Akande:

I definitely love to come up there. You know I mean barring work on and all of that if I can get off work, I definitely love to come up there and show some love men, you know? I mean, it’s it’s it’s always good when when we have this this, you know, regional and home on home soil, regular, regular things on home.

 

00:20:55:28 – 00:21:12:24

Ola Akande:

So where you can we can go and support our local fighters and you know it’s one of them where you’re man would definitely go try and push that also you know one support all the information out there on and the fly on whatever else we’ll put that on our social media for you.

 

00:21:12:29 – 00:21:19:21

Jermaine Lewin

Want I want to yeah once they announced it I think they probably announced in midweek or something.

 

00:21:20:04 – 00:21:28:17

Ola Akande:

Yemen Derby weekend and if you can get you can get that FCC thing too. But you know I mean jump on man.

 

00:21:28:18 – 00:21:32:18

Jermaine Lewin

I got one It’s one assist.

 

00:21:33:25 – 00:21:34:04

Ola Akande:

Yeah.

 

00:21:34:26 – 00:21:40:05

Jermaine Lewin

You never want to turn on official saying, okay, I’m in Jafri then let’s jump on that.

 

00:21:40:05 – 00:21:42:18

Ola Akande:

One that I’ll be turnaround in 2015.

 

00:21:44:00 – 00:21:55:01

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah that’s a I just I’m like I’m oh I’m a oh boy. Well now if I’m free I do that. I did I did that Tibetan.

 

00:21:55:14 – 00:22:11:12

Ola Akande:

Yeah, man. Oh, Dobby Fantastic. Dobby fantastic. Look, I know you need to go. I know you. You’re supposed to go and get in for the training. For your training. I spider right now. Thank you so much for your time. Is there anybody wasn’t your coaching sponsors? All of that stuff before you go?

 

00:22:12:27 – 00:22:28:26

Jermaine Lewin

Yeah, and my manager Tim Kings and he made a good get this big man do’s and and tiger you’re wearing his stuff. Oh of course the insignia yet? Yeah.

 

00:22:29:12 – 00:22:33:08

Ola Akande:

Yeah. Everything’s after us, right? Looks after every moment you.

 

00:22:33:08 – 00:22:43:06

Jermaine Lewin

Send me a death threat. It was the madness up on the phone. Yes.

 

00:22:43:06 – 00:22:45:24

Ola Akande:

Bigger. Richard, reach out There is getting bigger.

 

00:22:46:06 – 00:22:58:11

Jermaine Lewin

There is a cool guy, man. It was cool. It may support me for a long time. I’m a long time, Mr. Bournemouth, but. But he is not to resist. Yeah. If he had come to my father.

 

00:22:59:09 – 00:23:02:00

Ola Akande:

That’s. That’s. That’s what this is.

 

00:23:02:00 – 00:23:07:29

Jermaine Lewin

Is a cool guy. The guy is doing very of them. Yeah, well.

 

00:23:08:23 – 00:23:15:01

Ola Akande:

He’s coming after Gymshark. Rough is he. He’s not playing around them now.

 

00:23:15:01 – 00:23:30:05

Jermaine Lewin

He’s got gloves. The is is it is good is the way you make yourself like is simple is very good simple is better than than trying to be perfect member. Yeah it does this stuff is good.

 

00:23:30:23 – 00:23:31:09

Ola Akande:

You know.

 

00:23:32:09 – 00:23:32:28

Jermaine Lewin

In the.

 

00:23:33:26 – 00:23:37:05

Ola Akande:

Right people. Thank you so much. This has been Jermaine.

 

00:23:37:15 – 00:23:38:21

Jermaine Lewin

And I as you son.

 

00:23:39:23 – 00:24:15:22

Ola Akande:

Yeah this. Oh yeah. Thank you. Thank you for that Len Thank you for that. Not by the injury of football book. These things happen in the sport and think thank you for asking. I really, really appreciate that man. Thank you for that. Yeah people this is Jermaine always showing love, always giving us his time and very, very generous with you know, with this time, with all the questions I would put that would put to him and hopefully after two back to back fights, if he can pull it off and stay injury free, we’re going to try and get Devin back here.

 

00:24:15:22 – 00:24:31:19

Ola Akande:

A good package coming back here to tell us all about it, to tell us how we went from you know, I was coaches through the wringer and everything to get through the through the through fights. You’ve been fantastic. And hopefully down the line, we can bring you back on the show.

 

00:24:32:28 – 00:24:33:22

Jermaine Lewin

Thank you for having me.

 

00:24:34:03 – 00:24:40:08

Ola Akande:

Yeah, man. Fantastic. And people, up until the next video, I still have this woman. We’re out.