Derrick Lewis

Statistic	Derrick Lewis
Striking
Sig. Strike Accuracy	49.9%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	2.5
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	2.6
Strike Differential	-0.1/min
Grappling
Takedown Accuracy	26.3%
Takedown Defense	50.5%
Takedowns Landed/15min	0.5
Submission Attempts/15min	0.0
Control Time/15min	1:41
Finishing Ability
KO/TKO % of Wins	80.0%
Submission % of Wins	0.0%
Decision % of Wins	20.0%
Avg Fight Time	8:50
Secondary Stats
Knockdowns/15min	0.6
Reversals/15min	0.2

Statistic	Last 5 Fights
Sig. Strike Accuracy	45.9%
Sig. Strikes Landed/min	2.1
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/min	2.5
Takedown Accuracy	16.7%
Takedown Defense	52.9%
Control Time/Fight	1:00

LOSS

vs. Waldo Cortes Acosta

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 3:14 • UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett • Jan 2026

Derrick Lewis8/4319%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Waldo Cortes Acosta44/6271%TD 1/1Ctrl 0:28KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	4/22	18%	0/0	0:00	—
	Waldo Cortes Acosta	12/16	75%	1/1	0:16	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	4/21	19%	0/0	0:00	—
	Waldo Cortes Acosta	32/46	70%	0/0	0:12	1

WIN

vs. Tallison Teixeira

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 0:35 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira • Jul 2025

Derrick Lewis9/1753%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:12KD 1

Tallison Teixeira3/560%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	9/17	53%	0/0	0:12	1
	Tallison Teixeira	3/5	60%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Rodrigo Nascimento

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 3, 0:49 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento • May 2024

Derrick Lewis41/7555%TD 1/4Ctrl 3:23KD 1

Rodrigo Nascimento27/4166%TD 1/1Ctrl 4:46

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	9/17	53%	1/2	1:40	—
	Rodrigo Nascimento	15/23	65%	1/1	2:37	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	17/35	49%	0/2	1:35	—
	Rodrigo Nascimento	12/15	80%	0/0	2:09	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	15/23	65%	0/0	0:08	1
	Rodrigo Nascimento	0/3	0%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Jailton Almeida

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 5, 5:00 • UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis • Nov 2023

Derrick Lewis20/3951%TD 0/2Ctrl 0:57

Jailton Almeida38/5668%TD 6/15Ctrl 21:10

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	6/11	55%	0/0	0:00	—
	Jailton Almeida	11/15	73%	1/2	4:36	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	1/2	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Jailton Almeida	6/8	75%	1/1	4:19	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	5/15	33%	0/1	0:33	—
	Jailton Almeida	19/29	66%	1/3	3:57	—

R4	Derrick Lewis	2/2	100%	0/0	0:00	—
	Jailton Almeida	2/2	100%	1/2	4:23	—

R5	Derrick Lewis	6/9	67%	0/1	0:24	—
	Jailton Almeida	0/2	0%	2/7	3:55	—

WIN

vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 0:33 • UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 • Jul 2023

Derrick Lewis17/3352%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:29KD 1

Marcos Rogerio de Lima1/1100%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	17/33	52%	0/0	0:29	1
	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	1/1	100%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Serghei Spivac

Submission (Arm Triangle) • Rd 1, 3:05 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac • Feb 2023

Derrick Lewis0/30%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Serghei Spivac12/2157%TD 6/8Ctrl 2:32

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	0/3	0%	0/0	0:00	—
	Serghei Spivac	12/21	57%	6/8	2:32	—

LOSS

vs. Sergei Pavlovich

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 0:55 • UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 • Jul 2022

Derrick Lewis4/667%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Sergei Pavlovich15/2462%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:02KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	4/6	67%	0/0	0:00	—
	Sergei Pavlovich	15/24	62%	0/0	0:02	1

LOSS

vs. Tai Tuivasa

KO/TKO (Elbow) • Rd 2, 1:40 • UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 • Feb 2022

Derrick Lewis27/4363%TD 2/4Ctrl 1:48

Tai Tuivasa24/3667%TD 0/0Ctrl 2:06KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	16/24	67%	2/3	1:24	—
	Tai Tuivasa	14/21	67%	0/0	2:06	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	11/19	58%	0/1	0:24	—
	Tai Tuivasa	10/15	67%	0/0	0:00	1

WIN

vs. Chris Daukaus

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 3:36 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus • Dec 2021

Derrick Lewis14/2850%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:00KD 1

Chris Daukaus10/1953%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	14/28	50%	0/1	0:00	1
	Chris Daukaus	10/19	53%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Ciryl Gane

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 3, 4:11 • UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane • Aug 2021

Derrick Lewis16/3743%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:08

Ciryl Gane98/12280%TD 0/1Ctrl 1:21

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	3/11	27%	0/0	0:00	—
	Ciryl Gane	26/35	74%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	5/10	50%	0/0	0:05	—
	Ciryl Gane	23/29	79%	0/1	0:58	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	8/16	50%	0/1	0:03	—
	Ciryl Gane	49/58	84%	0/0	0:23	—

WIN

vs. Curtis Blaydes

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 2, 1:26 • UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis • Feb 2021

Derrick Lewis7/2330%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:02KD 1

Curtis Blaydes28/5254%TD 0/3Ctrl 0:15

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	5/20	25%	0/0	0:00	—
	Curtis Blaydes	26/44	59%	0/1	0:05	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	2/3	67%	0/0	0:02	1
	Curtis Blaydes	2/8	25%	0/2	0:10	—

WIN

vs. Aleksei Oleinik

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 0:21 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik • Aug 2020

Derrick Lewis35/4283%TD 1/1Ctrl 2:39KD 1

Aleksei Oleinik2/633%TD 1/1Ctrl 2:21

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	13/19	68%	1/1	2:27	—
	Aleksei Oleinik	2/4	50%	1/1	2:21	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	22/23	96%	0/0	0:12	1
	Aleksei Oleinik	0/2	0%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Ilir Latifi

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes • Feb 2020

Derrick Lewis20/5040%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:41

Ilir Latifi5/1242%TD 3/7Ctrl 8:49

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	7/13	54%	0/1	0:29	—
	Ilir Latifi	2/6	33%	0/3	2:25	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	2/13	15%	0/0	0:08	—
	Ilir Latifi	2/5	40%	2/2	3:17	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	11/24	46%	0/0	0:04	—
	Ilir Latifi	1/1	100%	1/2	3:07	—

WIN

vs. Blagoy Ivanov

Decision (Split) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz • Nov 2019

Derrick Lewis31/6846%TD 1/3Ctrl 2:07

Blagoy Ivanov20/3853%TD 3/6Ctrl 3:22

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	8/18	44%	1/1	1:54	—
	Blagoy Ivanov	4/5	80%	1/2	0:44	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	14/29	48%	0/1	0:13	—
	Blagoy Ivanov	9/16	56%	2/2	1:33	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	9/21	43%	0/1	0:00	—
	Blagoy Ivanov	7/17	41%	0/2	1:05	—

LOSS

vs. Junior Dos Santos

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 1:58 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos • Mar 2019

Derrick Lewis7/2528%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:02

Junior Dos Santos29/5553%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:11KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	6/16	38%	0/0	0:00	—
	Junior Dos Santos	18/37	49%	0/0	0:06	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	1/9	11%	0/0	0:02	—
	Junior Dos Santos	11/18	61%	0/0	0:05	1

LOSS

vs. Daniel Cormier

Submission (Rear Naked Choke) • Rd 2, 2:14 • UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis • Nov 2018

Derrick Lewis4/1331%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Daniel Cormier19/2576%TD 4/4Ctrl 5:10

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	3/3	100%	0/0	0:00	—
	Daniel Cormier	14/19	74%	2/2	4:10	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	1/10	10%	0/0	0:00	—
	Daniel Cormier	5/6	83%	2/2	1:00	—

WIN

vs. Alexander Volkov

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 3, 4:49 • UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor • Oct 2018

Derrick Lewis39/7056%TD 0/2Ctrl 0:42KD 1

Alexander Volkov121/17171%TD 1/2Ctrl 1:46

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	15/26	58%	0/1	0:37	—
	Alexander Volkov	40/57	70%	1/1	1:39	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	6/13	46%	0/1	0:00	—
	Alexander Volkov	40/60	67%	0/1	0:04	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	18/31	58%	0/0	0:05	1
	Alexander Volkov	41/54	76%	0/0	0:03	—

WIN

vs. Francis Ngannou

Decision (Unanimous) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier • Jul 2018

Derrick Lewis20/5437%TD 0/2Ctrl 0:01

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	5/15	33%	0/0	0:00	—
	Francis Ngannou	1/7	14%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	4/15	27%	0/1	0:00	—
	Francis Ngannou	6/18	33%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	11/24	46%	0/1	0:01	—
	Francis Ngannou	4/21	19%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Marcin Tybura

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 3, 2:48 • UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros • Feb 2018

Derrick Lewis30/4567%TD 1/2Ctrl 2:16KD 2

Marcin Tybura37/5666%TD 1/2Ctrl 7:12

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	18/27	67%	1/1	2:10	1
	Marcin Tybura	6/10	60%	0/0	2:20	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	4/5	80%	0/0	0:00	—
	Marcin Tybura	21/31	68%	1/1	3:50	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	8/13	62%	0/1	0:06	1
	Marcin Tybura	10/15	67%	0/1	1:02	—

LOSS

vs. Mark Hunt

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 4, 3:51 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt • Jun 2017

Derrick Lewis51/13937%TD 0/3Ctrl 0:00

Mark Hunt59/12547%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	11/25	44%	0/1	0:00	—
	Mark Hunt	5/18	28%	0/0	0:00	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	17/41	41%	0/1	0:00	—
	Mark Hunt	14/33	42%	0/0	0:00	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	10/44	23%	0/1	0:00	—
	Mark Hunt	16/36	44%	0/0	0:00	—

R4	Derrick Lewis	13/29	45%	0/0	0:00	—
	Mark Hunt	24/38	63%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Travis Browne

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 2, 3:12 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne • Feb 2017

Derrick Lewis39/7155%TD 0/0Ctrl 1:40KD 1

Travis Browne21/4745%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:04

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	4/18	22%	0/0	0:11	—
	Travis Browne	18/35	51%	0/0	0:04	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	35/53	66%	0/0	1:29	1
	Travis Browne	3/12	25%	0/1	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 4, 3:42 • UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov • Dec 2016

Derrick Lewis39/9043%TD 1/3Ctrl 1:42

Shamil Abdurakhimov15/3741%TD 4/11Ctrl 7:30

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	1/7	14%	0/0	0:23	—
	Shamil Abdurakhimov	4/11	36%	1/5	2:37	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	7/14	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Shamil Abdurakhimov	9/11	82%	2/2	3:00	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	4/22	18%	0/1	0:09	—
	Shamil Abdurakhimov	1/8	12%	1/2	1:18	—

R4	Derrick Lewis	27/47	57%	1/2	1:10	—
	Shamil Abdurakhimov	1/7	14%	0/2	0:35	—

WIN

vs. Roy Nelson

Decision (Split) • Rd 3, 5:00 • UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez • Jul 2016

Derrick Lewis37/7351%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:03

Roy Nelson4/1921%TD 7/10Ctrl 9:39

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	24/37	65%	0/0	0:03	—
	Roy Nelson	0/2	0%	2/4	3:24	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	3/13	23%	0/0	0:00	—
	Roy Nelson	2/8	25%	3/3	2:44	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	10/23	43%	0/0	0:00	—
	Roy Nelson	2/9	22%	2/3	3:31	—

WIN

vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 4:48 • UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos • Apr 2016

Derrick Lewis17/2568%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:04KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	17/25	68%	0/0	0:04	1
	Gabriel Gonzaga	5/7	71%	1/6	3:39	—

WIN

vs. Damian Grabowski

KO/TKO (Punch) • Rd 1, 2:17 • UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson • Feb 2016

Derrick Lewis14/3047%TD 1/1Ctrl 1:59

Damian Grabowski1/333%TD 0/1Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	14/30	47%	1/1	1:59	—
	Damian Grabowski	1/3	33%	0/1	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Viktor Pesta

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 3, 1:15 • UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson • Oct 2015

Derrick Lewis41/6365%TD 0/3Ctrl 1:29

Viktor Pesta8/1362%TD 5/13Ctrl 7:11

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	2/5	40%	0/3	0:13	—
	Viktor Pesta	4/5	80%	3/7	4:05	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	24/35	69%	0/0	0:40	—
	Viktor Pesta	4/7	57%	2/5	3:05	—

R3	Derrick Lewis	15/23	65%	0/0	0:36	—
	Viktor Pesta	0/1	0%	0/1	0:01	—

LOSS

vs. Shawn Jordan

KO/TKO (Kick) • Rd 2, 0:48 • UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson • Jun 2015

Derrick Lewis6/2326%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:56

Shawn Jordan23/3762%TD 3/4Ctrl 3:29KD 1

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	5/21	24%	0/0	0:56	—
	Shawn Jordan	13/22	59%	3/4	2:53	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	1/2	50%	0/0	0:00	—
	Shawn Jordan	10/15	67%	0/0	0:36	1

WIN

vs. Ruan Potts

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 2, 3:18 • UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano • Feb 2015

Derrick Lewis53/8265%TD 0/2Ctrl 4:08

Ruan Potts7/1354%TD 1/3Ctrl 1:40

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	17/31	55%	0/1	1:10	—
	Ruan Potts	7/12	58%	1/3	1:40	—

R2	Derrick Lewis	36/51	71%	0/1	2:58	—
	Ruan Potts	0/1	0%	0/0	0:00	—

LOSS

vs. Matt Mitrione

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 0:41 • UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi • Sep 2014

Derrick Lewis1/1100%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

Matt Mitrione7/1164%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:07

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	1/1	100%	0/0	0:00	—
	Matt Mitrione	7/11	64%	0/0	0:07	—

WIN

vs. Guto Inocente

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 3:30 • The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale • Jul 2014

Derrick Lewis6/1638%TD 1/2Ctrl 1:33

Guto Inocente6/875%TD 0/0Ctrl 0:00

▼ Rounds

Rnd	Fighter	Sig Str	Acc	TD	Ctrl	KD
R1	Derrick Lewis	6/16	38%	1/2	1:33	—
	Guto Inocente	6/8	75%	0/0	0:00	—

WIN

vs. Jack May

KO/TKO (Punches) • Rd 1, 4:23 • UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne • Apr 2014

Derrick Lewis22/2781%TD 1/1Ctrl 1:48

Jack May5/683%TD 1/3Ctrl 1:51

▼ Rounds

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