#12Derrick Lewis

Heavyweight · 29-14 (1 NC) · orthodox

Last 5
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Height
6'3"
190.5 cm
Reach
6'7"
200.66 cm
Age
41
Elo Rating
1630.7

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 111 Heavyweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

Nothing stands out as elite for the division — no stat ranks in the top quarter.

Weaknesses

  • Avoids only 38% of opponents' significant strikes — worse than 91% of Heavyweight fighters
  • Attempts just 0.00 submissions per 15 minutes — worse than 83% of Heavyweight fighters
  • Completes only 25% of their takedown attempts — worse than 77% of Heavyweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    2.41
    Bottom 27%
  • Striking accuracy
    48%
    Top 45%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    2.79
    Top 32%
  • Striking defense
    38%
    Bottom 9%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    0.53
    Bottom 34%
  • Takedown accuracy
    25%
    Bottom 23%
  • Takedown defense
    51%
    Bottom 29%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    0.00
    Bottom 17%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1583, higher than 71% of Heavyweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1631).

Last 5 — Fight Time
051015202525:00Almeida10:49Nascimento0:35Teixeira8:14Cortes-Acosta9:09Hokit
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

LJosh Hokit
UFC Freedom 250
2026-06-14 · KO/TKO, R2 4:09
LWaldo Cortes-Acosta
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
2026-01-24 · KO/TKO, R2 3:14
WTallison Teixeira
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira
2025-07-12 · KO/TKO, R1 0:35
WRodrigo Nascimento
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento
2024-05-11 · KO/TKO, R3 0:49
LJailton Almeida
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis
2023-11-04 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
WMarcos Rogerio de Lima
UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2
2023-07-29 · KO/TKO, R1 0:33
LSerghei Spivac
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac
2023-02-04 · Submission, R1 3:05
LSergei Pavlovich
UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2
2022-07-30 · KO/TKO, R1 0:55
LTai Tuivasa
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
2022-02-12 · KO/TKO, R2 1:40
WChris Daukaus
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
2021-12-18 · KO/TKO, R1 3:36
LCiryl GaneTitle
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
2021-08-07 · KO/TKO, R3 4:11
WCurtis Blaydes
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
2021-02-20 · KO/TKO, R2 1:26
WAleksei Oleinik
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik
2020-08-08 · KO/TKO, R2 0:21
WIlir Latifi
UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes
2020-02-08 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WBlagoy Ivanov
UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz
2019-11-02 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LJunior Dos Santos
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos
2019-03-09 · KO/TKO, R2 1:58
LDaniel CormierTitle
UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis
2018-11-03 · Submission, R2 2:14
WAlexander Volkov
UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor
2018-10-06 · KO/TKO, R3 4:49
WFrancis Ngannou
UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier
2018-07-07 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WMarcin Tybura
UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros
2018-02-18 · KO/TKO, R3 2:48
LMark Hunt
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt
2017-06-10 · KO/TKO, R4 3:51
WTravis Browne
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne
2017-02-19 · KO/TKO, R2 3:12
WShamil Abdurakhimov
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov
2016-12-09 · KO/TKO, R4 3:42
WRoy Nelson
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez
2016-07-07 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
WGabriel Gonzaga
UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos
2016-04-10 · KO/TKO, R1 4:48
WDamian Grabowski
UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson
2016-02-06 · KO/TKO, R1 2:17
WViktor Pesta
UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson
2015-10-03 · KO/TKO, R3 1:15
LShawn Jordan
UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson
2015-06-06 · KO/TKO, R2 0:48
WRuan Potts
UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano
2015-02-28 · KO/TKO, R2 3:18
LMatt Mitrione
UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi
2014-09-05 · KO/TKO, R1 0:41
WGuto Inocente
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale
2014-07-06 · KO/TKO, R1 3:30
WJack May
UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne
2014-04-19 · KO/TKO, R1 4:23