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Heavyweight #15balanced

Derrick Lewis

Record
20-12
Rating
1987 ± 132
Since last event
–
Next fight
nothing booked
Age
41
Current streak
2 losses
Wins by
16 KO · 0 sub · 4 dec

Key facts

Record
20-12
Division
Heavyweight
Our rank
#15
Rating
1987 ± 132
Style label
balanced
Country
unknown
Height
75"
Reach
79"
Stance
Orthodox
Date of birth
1985-02-07

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
MetricDerrick LewisDivision
Strikes landed
/15 min		44.2 ± 11.3
3rd percentile		49.5
Strike avoidance
absorbed /15 min		57.8 ± 3.1
36th percentile		57.0
Takedown attempts
/15 min		3.36 ± 1.19
24th percentile		3.93
Takedown defence
%		51 ± 10
1st percentile		56
Control time
s /15 min		186 ± 35
11th percentile		202
Striking defence
%		44 ± 7
1st percentile		47
Knockdowns
/15 min		0.81 ± 0.41
93rd percentile		0.63
Submission attempts
/15 min		0.47 ± 0.47
9th percentile		0.69

UFC fight history

L Josh Hokit
UFC Freedom 250 · 2026-06-14
 KO/TKO R2
L Waldo Cortes Acosta
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · 2026-01-24
 KO/TKO R2
W Tallison Teixeira
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · 2025-07-12
 KO/TKO R1
W Rodrigo Nascimento
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · 2024-05-11
 KO/TKO R3
L Jailton Almeida
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis · 2023-11-04
 Decision - Unanimous R5
W Marcos Rogerio de Lima
UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · 2023-07-29
 KO/TKO R1
L Serghei Spivac
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac · 2023-02-04
 Submission R1
L Sergei Pavlovich
UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · 2022-07-30
 KO/TKO R1
L Tai Tuivasa
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · 2022-02-12
 KO/TKO R2
W Chris Daukaus
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus · 2021-12-18
 KO/TKO R1
L Ciryl Gane
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane · 2021-08-07
 KO/TKO R3
W Curtis Blaydes
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis · 2021-02-20
 KO/TKO R2
W Aleksei Oleinik
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik · 2020-08-08
 KO/TKO R2
W Ilir Latifi
UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes · 2020-02-08
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Blagoy Ivanov
UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz · 2019-11-02
 Decision - Split R3
L Junior Dos Santos
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos · 2019-03-09
 KO/TKO R2
L Daniel Cormier
UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis · 2018-11-03
 Submission R2
W Alexander Volkov
UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor · 2018-10-06
 KO/TKO R3
W Francis Ngannou
UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier · 2018-07-07
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Marcin Tybura
UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros · 2018-02-18
 KO/TKO R3
L Mark Hunt
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt · 2017-06-10
 KO/TKO R4
W Travis Browne
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne · 2017-02-19
 KO/TKO R2
W Shamil Abdurakhimov
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov · 2016-12-09
 KO/TKO R4
W Roy Nelson
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez · 2016-07-07
Decision check: dispute 0.93, decision credit 0.31 (official result unchanged)
 Decision - Split R3
W Gabriel Gonzaga
UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos · 2016-04-10
 KO/TKO R1
W Damian Grabowski
UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson · 2016-02-06
 KO/TKO R1
W Viktor Pesta
UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson · 2015-10-03
 KO/TKO R3
L Shawn Jordan
UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson · 2015-06-06
 KO/TKO R2
W Ruan Potts
UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano · 2015-02-28
 KO/TKO R2
L Matt Mitrione
UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi · 2014-09-05
 KO/TKO R1
W Guto Inocente
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale · 2014-07-06
 KO/TKO R1
W Jack May
UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne · 2014-04-19
 KO/TKO R1