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Derrick Lewis
“The Black Beast”
United StatesHeavyweightActiveage 41
29-14
67% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2018-10-06 → 2018-10-0667held 2 bouts-60 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2018-10-06
EndedLvs · Sub · 2018-11-03 · score → 53
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
20 wins12 losseslast 5: L L W W Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(32) | R2(22) | R3(12) | R4(3) | R5(1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 17.0 | 26.9 | 21.2 | 18.5 | 6.0 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 15.8 | 18.0 | 14.1 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 1.00 | 0.79 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 2.00 |
| Control time | 0:53 | 0:38 | 0:22 | 0:32 | 0:24 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Freedom 2502026-06-14L·KO·R2 · 4:09
- UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett2026-01-24L·KO·R2 · 3:14
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira2025-07-12W·KO·R1 · 0:35
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento2024-05-11W·KO·R3 · 0:49
- UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis2023-11-04L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 22023-07-29W·KO·R1 · 0:33
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac2023-02-04L·Sub·R1 · 3:05
- UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 22022-07-30L·KO·R1 · 0:55
- UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 22022-02-12L·KO·R2 · 1:40
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18W·KO·R1 · 3:36
- UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane2021-08-07L·KO·R3 · 4:11
- UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis2021-02-20W·KO·R2 · 1:26
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik2020-08-08W·KO·R2 · 0:21
- UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes2020-02-08W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz2019-11-02W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos2019-03-09L·KO·R2 · 1:58
- UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis2018-11-03L·Sub·R2 · 2:14
- UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor2018-10-06W·KO·R3 · 4:49
- UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier2018-07-07W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros2018-02-18W·KO·R3 · 2:48
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt2017-06-10L·KO·R4 · 3:51
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne2017-02-19W·KO·R2 · 3:12
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov2016-12-09W·KO·R4 · 3:42
- UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez2016-07-07W·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos2016-04-10W·KO·R1 · 4:48
- UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson2016-02-06W·KO·R1 · 2:17
- UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson2015-10-03W·KO·R3 · 1:15
- UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson2015-06-06L·KO·R2 · 0:48
- UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano2015-02-28W·KO·R2 · 3:18
- UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi2014-09-05L·KO·R1 · 0:41
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In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Valter Walker, the Brazilian submission specialist known as "The Foot Hunter," is setting his sights on high-profile opposition for his next UFC heavyweight bout.
- Sherdog
Josh Hokit has defended his controversial post-fight comments at UFC White House, where he called former First Lady Michelle Obama a man during his in-cage interview following a knockout of Derrick Lewis.
- MMA Fighting
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