Derrick Lewis · MMA Index

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Event	Date
◆	Josh HokitUpcoming Heavyweight	—	UFC Freedom 250	Jun 15, 2026
L	Waldo Cortes Acosta Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground R2 · 3:14	UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett	Jan 24, 2026
W	Tallison Teixeira Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground R1 · 0:35	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira	Jul 12, 2025
W	Rodrigo Nascimento Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance R3 · 0:49	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento	May 11, 2024
L	Jailton Almeida Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) R5 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis	Nov 4, 2023
W	Marcos Rogerio de Lima Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground R1 · 0:33	UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2	Jul 29, 2023
L	Serghei Spivac Heavyweight	Submission · Arm Triangle On Ground R1 · 3:05	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac	Feb 4, 2023
L	Sergei Pavlovich Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance R1 · 0:55	UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2	Jul 30, 2022
L	Tai Tuivasa Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Elbow to Head In Clinch R2 · 1:40	UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2	Feb 12, 2022
W	Chris Daukaus Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head In Clinch R1 · 3:36	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021
L	Ciryl GaneTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground R3 · 4:11	UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane	Aug 7, 2021
W	Curtis Blaydes Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance R2 · 1:26	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis	Feb 20, 2021
W	Aleksei Oleinik Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground R2 · 0:21	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik	Aug 8, 2020
W	Ilir Latifi Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes	Feb 8, 2020
W	Blagoy Ivanov Heavyweight	Decision (Split) R3 · 5:00	UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz	Nov 2, 2019
L	Junior Dos Santos Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance R2 · 1:58	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos	Mar 9, 2019
L	Daniel CormierTitle Heavyweight	Submission · Rear Naked Choke R2 · 2:14	UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis	Nov 3, 2018
W	Alexander Volkov Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance R3 · 4:49	UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor	Oct 6, 2018
W	Francis Ngannou Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier	Jul 7, 2018
W	Marcin Tybura Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head In Clinch R3 · 2:48	UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros	Feb 18, 2018
L	Mark Hunt Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head In Clinch R4 · 3:51	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	Jun 10, 2017
W	Travis Browne Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance R2 · 3:12	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne	Feb 19, 2017
W	Shamil Abdurakhimov Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount R4 · 3:42	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov	Dec 9, 2016
W	Roy Nelson Heavyweight	Decision (Split) R3 · 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez	Jul 7, 2016
W	Gabriel Gonzaga Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance R1 · 4:48	UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos	Apr 10, 2016
W	Damian Grabowski Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head On Ground R1 · 2:17	UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson	Feb 6, 2016
W	Viktor Pesta Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount R3 · 1:15	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson	Oct 3, 2015
L	Shawn Jordan Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance Hook Kick R2 · 0:48	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015
W	Ruan Potts Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount R2 · 3:18	UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano	Feb 28, 2015
L	Matt Mitrione Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance R1 · 0:41	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi	Sep 5, 2014
W	Guto Inocente Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard R1 · 3:30	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale	Jul 6, 2014
W	Jack May Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground R1 · 4:23	UFC on FOX: Werdum vs. Browne	Apr 19, 2014

Outside the UFC

Via Sherdog

9-2, 1 NCacross 12 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 1 subWG · LFC 18 · LFC 13 · RFA 2 · FTW +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Promotion	Date
W	Ricky Shivers12-7-1	TKO (Punches) R3 · 4:22	LFC 18	Mar 1, 2013
W	Jared Rosholt20-8	KO (Punches) R2 · 4:41	LFC 13	Aug 17, 2012
W	Justin Frazier12-4	TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches) R1 · 2:37	RFA 2	Mar 30, 2012
NC	Jeremiah Constant	No Contest (Punches to Back of Head) R1 · 0:48	FTW	Jan 27, 2012
W	Rakim Cleveland	TKO (Punches) R3 · 3:12	LFC 9	Dec 16, 2011
W	Jay Peche6-3	TKO (Punches) R1 · 0:46	IMKF	Sep 3, 2011
L	Tony Johnson18-11-1	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	BFC	Jun 25, 2011
W	Taylor Herbert	TKO (Punches) R1 · 2:14	IXFA	Feb 26, 2011
W	Rakim Cleveland	Submission (Armbar) R2 · 1:33	WG	Nov 12, 2010
W	Ryan Martinez	TKO (Punches) R2 · 1:03	FTW / KOC	Jul 24, 2010
L	Shawn Jordan19-9	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	GFA 7	Jun 25, 2010
W	Nick Mitchell	TKO (Punches) R2 · 1:33	WG	Apr 9, 2010

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions via Sherdog) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

Via Sherdog

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionUSACA

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Promotion	Date
W	Tim Buchanan	TKO (Punches) R2 · 2:44	USACA	Jan 30, 2010

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts via Sherdog — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

UFC career

Sig. strikes / min

2.46

Striking accuracy

49.00%

Sig. absorbed / min

2.57

Striking defense

39.00%

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Derrick Lewis

Landed per 15

Head

29.2

around division average

Body

6.2

below division average

Leg

1.6

well below average

Absorbed per 15

Head

23.8

top 30% of division

Body

8.0

around division average

Leg

6.8

around division average

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.2	533	1,151	46%
Body	6.2	113	162	70%
Leg	1.6	29	41	71%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.8	435	837	52%
Body	8.0	146	196	74%
Leg	6.8	124	141	88%

Per-15-minute rates and totals come from UFCStats fight-totals across this fighter’s UFC career. Percentile context is computed against every fighter currently assigned to this weight class with at least two recorded UFC bouts. “Absorbed” percentiles are inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Derived metrics

Computed from UFC career stats

Strike differential

SLpM − SApM

-0.11

Defensive rating

(str def + td def) / 2

46%

Striking edge

str acc − (100 − str def)

-12%

Career grappling

UFC career

Takedowns / 15min

0.55

Takedown accuracy

26.00%

Sub. attempts / 15min

0.00

Takedown defense

52.00%

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of wrestling output and ground control.

UFC only

Derrick Lewis

Offense

Takedowns

per 15 min

0.5

below division average

TD accuracy

% of attempts landed

26%

below division average

Sub attempts

per 15 min

0.0

well below average

Control

min on top, per 15

1.7 min

below division average

Defense

TD defense

% of opponent attempts stopped

52%

below division average

Controlled

min on bottom, per 15

5.3 min

no division reference

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	10 / 38
Submission attempts	0
Control time	30:49

Defense

TDs defended	54 / 103
Control absorbed	96:41

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (274min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

How this fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

UFC only

Derrick Lewis

31 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 274 min

110%

R3 pace · 12 bouts

Lewis actually builds to 110% of round-1 work rate by round 3, across 12 UFC bouts that reached the third round.

Lewis ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Lewislanded / min

Takedown attempts

Lewisattempts / min

Control time

Lewis% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.3	2.2	2.4	0.15	15%	31
R2	3.5	2.8	2.8	0.10	10%	21
R3	3.1	2.5	3.1	0.14	4%	12
R4	4.2	3.3	2.2	0.16	9%	3
R5	2.1	1.2	0.0	0.20	8%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Percentile-ranked across every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Derrick Lewis

31 resolved UFC bouts · 22 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

67/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

who you've faced (time-weighted)

65

94th percentile

Quality wins

what you've done against that schedule

58

88th percentile

How to read this

Every UFC opponent is scored by where they were ranked and what their UFC record was at the time of that fight — not where they sit today. Schedule strength is the recency-weighted average of opponent quality; quality wins scores actual results against that schedule (finishes count more than splits, losses cost the full opp quality). The headline is a percentile rank against every UFC fighter with at least three resolved bouts. Note: UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from opponent UFC record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

5

16

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	5	3-2	60%
Top-15	16	10-6	63%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	2	0-2	0%
Unproven	5	5-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Waldo Cortes Acosta#5	Top-5	78	Jan 24, 2026
W	Tallison Teixeira#13	Top-15	63	Jul 12, 2025
W	Rodrigo Nascimento#15	Top-15	60	May 11, 2024
L	Jailton Almeida#9	Top-15	70	Nov 4, 2023
W	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	Contender-level	45	Jul 29, 2023
L	Serghei Spivac#12	Top-15	65	Feb 4, 2023
L	Sergei Pavlovich#11	Top-15	67	Jul 30, 2022
L	Tai Tuivasa#11	Top-15	67	Feb 12, 2022
W	Chris Daukaus#7	Top-15	73	Dec 18, 2021
L	Ciryl Gane#3	Top-5	84	Aug 7, 2021
W	Curtis Blaydes#2	Top-5	87	Feb 20, 2021
W	Aleksei Oleinik#11	Top-15	67	Aug 8, 2020
W	Ilir Latifi	Cross-div ranked	45	Feb 8, 2020
W	Blagoy Ivanov#8	Top-15	72	Nov 2, 2019
L	Junior Dos Santos#7	Top-15	73	Mar 9, 2019
L	Daniel CormierCHAMP	Champion	100	Nov 3, 2018
W	Alexander Volkov#5	Top-5	78	Oct 6, 2018
W	Francis Ngannou#1	Top-5	90	Jul 7, 2018
W	Marcin Tybura#9	Top-15	70	Feb 18, 2018
L	Mark Hunt#7	Top-15	73	Jun 10, 2017
W	Travis Browne#9	Top-15	70	Feb 19, 2017
W	Shamil Abdurakhimov#15	Top-15	60	Dec 9, 2016
W	Roy Nelson#10	Top-15	68	Jul 7, 2016
W	Gabriel Gonzaga#14	Top-15	62	Apr 10, 2016
W	Damian Grabowski	Unproven	8	Feb 6, 2016
W	Viktor Pesta	Unproven	8	Oct 3, 2015
L	Shawn Jordan	Established	30	Jun 6, 2015
W	Ruan Potts	Unproven	8	Feb 28, 2015
L	Matt Mitrione	Established	30	Sep 5, 2014
W	Guto Inocente	Unproven	8	Jul 6, 2014
W	Jack May	Unproven	8	Apr 19, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

31 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

6-5

11 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-4

11 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-2

8 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

7-3

10 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

12-8

20 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-2

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-2

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

24 wins, 8 losses

W24

L8

Submission

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

Decision

4 wins, 3 losses

W4

L3

Pro record data: Sherdog.

Finishes

UFC KOs

16

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.35

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power, chin durability, and when the last finish landed. Genuine knockouts are kept separate from cut, injury, and corner stoppages.

Derrick Lewis

Knockout rate

52%

16 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

11

2.06 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

8

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

1.15 per 100 head

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

Derrick Lewis

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 2 of 4 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–2

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous

3 decisions · 60%

W 2L 1

Split

2 decisions · 40%

W 2L 0

Majority

No decisions on file

W 0L 0

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

0

Won

2

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Activity & layoff

When this fighter last competed, how often they've been active, and how that reads against active peers in their division.

Days since last UFC bout

4 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Derrick Lewis

Active

4 monthssince last bout

vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Jan 24, 2026