John McCarthy has become very brutally honest on his podcast with former UFC fighter, Josh Thomson. The two aren't afraid to get harsh on certain topics and that ended up trickling down to Derrick Lewis.

Derrick Lewis is coming off of a big KO win over Chris Daukaus at UFC Vegas 45. The win was a very impressive one to almost everyone.

John McCarthy did not hold back on Derrick Lewis' place in the UFC. He believes his time fighting for the heavyweight title is over.

“He is a gatekeeper, though. Because he’s been given two title shots. He had the one against Cormier, he lost that one,” McCarthy said on his podcast about UFC heavyweight Lewis (via MMAJunkie). “He had the interim one against Ciryl Gane, he lost that one. Look, he can fight. He’s tough. He’s got certain aspects of the fighting game that he is incredibly powerful at. His ground-and-pound is mean.

“He is super-strong, but technical guys are going to give him fits, so is he ever going to be that guy that’s going to be the champion? I don’t think so,” McCarthy continued. “I don’t think he’s got that. If you’re the UFC, you’re saying, ‘If you can beat Derrick Lewis, you’re in this upper tier of the guys that we’re going to think about putting in title fights. If you can’t, it’s saying something about you.’”

It is going to be interesting to see what the UFC does with Derrick Lewis going forward. John McCarthy has made a harsh but fair point.