A UFC heavyweight wants to drink beer from his rival's jockstrap for no good reason at all

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Fight weeks in boxing and mixed martial arts can generate all sorts of headlines.

Usually, these involve dehydrated athletes who collapse at the scales, last-minute coronavirus-induced postponements of a match, and skirmishes involving two fighters who cannot help but go at it mere days before they do so for pay.

But one new thing is emerging UFC star Tai Tuivasa suggesting he drink beer from his rival's jockstrap.

You read that right. But in the weird, wild world of pro MMA, it kind of makes sense.

You see, Derrick Lewis knocked out Chris Daukaus at the UFC Fight Night show in December 2021 and celebrated by throwing his cup at the crowd.

Tuivasa fights Lewis this weekend and wouldn't seem to mind seeing him throw his cup once again.

"He can throw it to me when I win, and I'll do a cuppy out of his ball guard, then. I'm keen," he said, according to MMA Junkie.

Though a cuppy is new, heavy-hitting Tuivasa is renowned for his shoeys.

This is an act in which he grabs his shoe — or a stranger's shoe, cowboy boot, or sneaker — fills it with beer and downs the liquid as fast as he can.

This doesn't always work out well for the Australian heavyweight, as a fan once gave him a shoe to drink beer from at a UFC event but mixed hot sauce into the brew without Tuivasa's knowledge.

Tuivasa did not look like he enjoyed that drink, but when you live by the shoey, you might die by the shoey, too.

Tuivasa competes at the upcoming UFC 271 event Saturday

Behavior like this has established Tuivasa as a fan-favorite status amongst the UFC audience.

That he has won by knockout in every one of his last four fights, including wins over Stefan Struve on Fight Island and Greg Hardy and Augusto Sakai in Vegas, only adds to his appeal.

A bout against Lewis, who is also a thunderous puncher, promises fireworks.

"It's a very exciting fight for me," Tuivasa said. "It's either I'm going to get my head taken off, or I'm going to take his head off, so that's why I fight.

"That's what excites me, and I'm looking forward to putting a show on."

Lewis is not impressed with Tuivasa's desire to drink from his cup, though

According to MMA Fighting, Lewis had a relatable response to Tuivasa's unique brand of nonsense.

"This guy is nasty, man," Lewis said.

"I can't do that. I don't know. USADA needs to be knocking at his door all the time. He's gotta be taking something to help his immune system. That is just nasty."

Lewis was even more perplexed when asked if he would do a cuppy with any other athlete on the UFC roster. "Man, what the hell? Nobody," he said.

"I wouldn't like to drink out of nobody's cup. We're all fighters, so I'm pretty sure everybody's got musty nuts."

UFC 271 takes place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, and is headlined by the middleweight championship rematch between titleholder Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker.

Tuivasa and Lewis fight in the penultimate bout of the night.