- April Davis is the wife of MMA fighter Derrick Lewis who is also known as ‘The Beast’ and has been with him for over a decade
- She has three children – a daughter and 2 sons who the fighter always flaunts on his social media pages
- Despite being together for years, the couple only got married about 5 years ago, in 2017, and April Davis is very supportive of her husband.
April Davis is the wife of MMA fighter Derrick Lewis. She is also the mother of the three children the fighter is known to have. April has been with her husband for about 17 years as of 2022.
April Davis’ husband has fought in about 37 matches and won 26 of them. In total, he has lost 10 matches since his debut in 2010.
Derrick Lewis’ match against Serghei (Sergey) Spivac in November 2022 has caused quite a number of reactions. Most people predict that it would be another loss for the New Orleans-born.
Derrick Lewis’s Wife has Known the Fighter Since 2008
April has known her husband, Derrick, for as long as 17 years when he was not yet well-known. The couple’s relationship goes way back to when the fighter was an AAA truck driver. Their relationship blossomed through the years and two years after meeting her, he began to pursue a career in mixed martial arts.
Before the husband and wife met, Derrick was in a rough place as he grew up in a rough neighborhood. He fell on the wrong side of the law a couple of times and eventually got sentenced to prison for 5 years in 2005.
April Davis’ husband did 3 and a half years in prison and got released sometime in 2008. After his release, he got encouraged to channel his fighting desires in MMA, by a friend. Also at the same time, his path with his wife had crossed and things began to take shape for Lewis.
April Davis and Derrick Lewis Met Through the Fighter’s Cousin
When asked how they met, Derrick and his wife, Davis, recount that it was through the fighter’s cousin. The cousin known as Kendrick introduced the pair and then they began to talk a lot.
Upon the introduction, they had not met and their initial mode of communication was through phone calls. Davis tells an interesting part of the encounter about how the MMA fighter kept telling her that he was very black.
A day into their communication ‘The Beast’ as Derrick is fondly called, visited April. She did not tell him where she lived and so he obviously did his research, found her house address, and knocked on her door. The rest, as they say, is history. Over a decade later, they are still together.
Despite knowing and dating for over a decade, the couple did not get married until June 17, 2017. Their wedding was in Honolulu, Hawaii. However, on an Instagram post from the fighter of a picture of April dated back to 2014, he captioned it ‘wifey’.
April Davis has 3 Kids
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April Davis Lewis has three kids with her husband Derrick Lewis. She is the mother of a girl who is the oldest of the pack but her date of birth isn’t public knowledge yet.
The two sons who follow April’s first daughter’s birth are the apples of their father’s eyes. On Derrick Lewis’ Instagram and Twitter accounts, you can see him flaunt his sons often. Their first son is known as Rashaun and he was born on August 16, 2011. The name of the second son of April wasn’t indicated in any of the captions of his picture. However, in a video, Derrick could be heard calling the name ‘Barry’ while referring to his son.
April Davis and Derrick Lewis’ second son was born on April 15, 2013.
She Punished her Husband for a Comment Made about Rhonda
April Davis has been with her husband for quite a while and so it comes as a surprise to learn that she got jealous of another woman.
In an interview, The Beast confessed that his wife banned him from any s*xual activities for weeks because of a comment he made about Rhonda Rousey. While chatting with TMZ, the married Derrick mentioned that ‘he was still hot for her’ (Rhonda). This didn’t go down well with his wife.
Derrick ‘The funniest fighter ever’ has made jokes about Rhonda severally over the years. Even his fans and followers caught the drift and take it up with him on his social media. Every now and again, someone on April Davis’ husband’s posts asks about Rhonda Rousey.
April Davis is a Supportive Wife
Derrick Lewis’ wife is very supportive of his career and the fighter never fails to talk about it. He has called her his ‘ride or die’ and stated that they have been through a lot and are back together and stronger.
April Davis has also admitted that she loves to support and stand by her husband. She shares his losses with him and also his wins. For someone who was with him when he hadn’t so much, she still rides with the fighter to date.
Derrick Lewis is set to fight Spivac for the UFC 215 and UFC Vegas 65. The match slated for November 19, 2022, has predictions of a Serghei Spivac win.
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