On the clock
16 of 20 wins inside the distance, 7 in round one. Stopped in 11 of 12 losses
When each fight ended. Wins above the line, losses below; decisions sit at the final bell.
KO or TKOSubmissionDecision
Career and every weight
Pick a weight to see the rating there, the numbers, and how they compare with that division.
Career
Every UFC fight, at every weight (265 lb). Red is a dominant win (85 or more), blush any other win, grey a loss or draw. Ratings are kept weight by weight, in the other tabs; they do not compare across divisions. Opposition here is each opponent’s standing at their weight going in, as a percentile of everyone rated there that year.
20–12UFC record
16 of 20Dominant wins
87Average win score
65thOpposition, percentile
How the wins came16 KO/TKO 0 submission 4 decision
Finish rate80% of wins
Stopped in losses11 of 12
Knockdowns landed11
Average fight time8:50
Sig. strikes landed / absorbed per min2.4 / 2.8
Sig. strike accuracy49%
Takedowns per 15 min0.5
Control time11% of the fight
Best winCurtis Blaydes rated 1790 at 265 lb going in
Against the division
How Derrick Lewis’s UFC career compares with the careers of the 28 fighters on today’s heavyweight board with 5 or more rated UFC fights, every weight counted. 100 is the best. Every heavyweight leaderboard.
Top 10 against the heavyweight board:No. 1dominant winsNo. 5dominant-win rateNo. 6knockdownsNo. 7finish rateNo. 9toughest oppositionNo. 10hardest to hit
Dominant-win rateShare of wins scoring 85+
65
80%
Average win scoreOut of 100
50
87.3
Toughest oppositionOpponents' average standing at their weight going in, as a percentile
70
65th
Finish rateWins by KO or submission
64
80%
Strike differentialLanded minus absorbed, per minute
30
−0.38
Strikes landedSignificant strikes per minute
7
2.41
Hardest to hitFewest significant strikes absorbed per minute
67
2.79
TakedownsLanded per 15 minutes
33
0.53
ControlShare of fight time in control
26
11%
LowestMiddleBest
How the fights went
Every rated UFC fight, every weight. Tap a mark for the fight.
Who they beat, and how
Best win: Curtis Blaydes, rated 1790 at 265 lb. Dominant in 16 of 20 scored wins
Each fight's dominance score against how highly the opponent was rated at that weight going in, as a percentile of everyone rated there that year, so every weight shares one scale. Up and to the right is a dominant win over a strong opponent.
Dominant winWinLoss or draw
265 lb
No. 10 of 50 active men ranked at heavyweight, with a published rating of 1637 across 32 fights at the weight.
20–12Record at 265 lb
16 of 20Dominant wins
87Average win score
1544Avg opponent rating
How the wins came16 KO/TKO 0 submission 4 decision
Finish rate80% of wins
Stopped in losses11 of 12
Knockdowns landed11
Average fight time8:50
Sig. strikes landed / absorbed per min2.4 / 2.8
Sig. strike accuracy49%
Takedowns per 15 min0.5
Control time11% of the fight
Best winCurtis Blaydes rated 1790 going in
Against the division
How Derrick Lewis’s fights at 265 lb compare with the fights at the weight of the 24 fighters on today’s heavyweight board with 5 or more fights there. 100 is the best.
Top 10 against the heavyweight board:No. 1dominant winsNo. 3dominant-win rateNo. 4knockdownsNo. 5finish rateNo. 7toughest oppositionNo. 8hardest to hit
Dominant-win rateShare of wins scoring 85+
78
80%
Average win scoreOut of 100
46
87.3
Toughest oppositionOpponents' average standing at their weight going in, as a percentile
74
65th
Finish rateWins by KO or submission
65
80%
Strike differentialLanded minus absorbed, per minute
32
−0.38
Strikes landedSignificant strikes per minute
9
2.41
Hardest to hitFewest significant strikes absorbed per minute
68
2.79
TakedownsLanded per 15 minutes
36
0.53
ControlShare of fight time in control
27
11%
LowestMiddleBest
How the fights went
Every rated UFC fight at 265 lb. Tap a mark for the fight.
On the clock
16 of 20 wins inside the distance, 7 in round one. Stopped in 11 of 12 losses
When each fight ended. Wins above the line, losses below; decisions sit at the final bell.
KO or TKOSubmissionDecision
Who they beat, and how
Best win: Curtis Blaydes, rated 1790 at 265 lb. Dominant in 16 of 20 scored wins
Each fight's dominance score against how highly the opponent was rated at that weight going in, as a percentile of everyone rated there that year, so every weight shares one scale. Up and to the right is a dominant win over a strong opponent.
Dominant winWinLoss or draw
Every UFC fight
32 fights on record, newest first, at every weight. Score is the fight's dominance score out of 100, this fighter first; 85 or more is a dominant win.
| Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Method | Round | Weight | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Loss | 2–98 | Josh Hokit | KO/TKO | R2 4:09 | Heavyweight | UFC Freedom 250 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Loss | 6–94 | Waldo Cortes Acosta | KO/TKO | R2 3:14 | Heavyweight | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett |
| 12 Jul 2025 | Win | 90–10 | Tallison Teixeira | KO/TKO | R1 0:35 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira |
| 11 May 2024 | Win | 90–10 | Rodrigo Nascimento | KO/TKO | R3 0:49 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento |
| 4 Nov 2023 | Loss | 17–83 | Jailton Almeida | unanimous decision | R5 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis |
| 29 Jul 2023 | Win | 92–8 | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | KO/TKO | R1 0:33 | Heavyweight | UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 |
| 4 Feb 2023 | Loss | 10–90 | Serghei Spivac | submission | R1 3:05 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac |
| 30 Jul 2022 | Loss | 9–91 | Sergei Pavlovich | KO/TKO | R1 0:55 | Heavyweight | UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 |
| 12 Feb 2022 | Loss | 11–89 | Tai Tuivasa | KO/TKO | R2 1:40 | Heavyweight | UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 |
| 18 Dec 2021 | Win | 90–10 | Chris Daukaus | KO/TKO | R1 3:36 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus |
| 7 Aug 2021 | Loss | 8–92 | Ciryl Gane | KO/TKO | R3 4:11 | Heavyweight | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane |
| 20 Feb 2021 | Win | 89–11 | Curtis Blaydes | KO/TKO | R2 1:26 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis |
| 8 Aug 2020 | Win | 94–6 | Aleksei Oleinik | KO/TKO | R2 0:21 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik |
| 8 Feb 2020 | Win | 78–22 | Ilir Latifi | unanimous decision | R3 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes |
| 2 Nov 2019 | Win | 72–28 | Blagoy Ivanov | split decision | R3 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz |
| 9 Mar 2019 | Loss | 8–92 | Junior Dos Santos | KO/TKO | R2 1:58 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos |
| 3 Nov 2018 | Loss | 9–91 | Daniel Cormier | submission | R2 2:14 | Heavyweight | UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis |
| 6 Oct 2018 | Win | 88–12 | Alexander Volkov | KO/TKO | R3 4:49 | Heavyweight | UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor |
| 7 Jul 2018 | Win | 77–23 | Francis Ngannou | unanimous decision | R3 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier |
| 18 Feb 2018 | Win | 88–12 | Marcin Tybura | KO/TKO | R3 2:48 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros |
| 10 Jun 2017 | Loss | 14–86 | Mark Hunt | KO/TKO | R4 3:51 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt |
| 19 Feb 2017 | Win | 93–7 | Travis Browne | KO/TKO | R2 3:12 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne |
| 9 Dec 2016 | Win | 88–12 | Shamil Abdurakhimov | KO/TKO | R4 3:42 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov |
| 7 Jul 2016 | Win | 75–25 | Roy Nelson | split decision | R3 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez |
| 10 Apr 2016 | Win | 91–9 | Gabriel Gonzaga | KO/TKO | R1 4:48 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos |
| 6 Feb 2016 | Win | 90–10 | Damian Grabowski | KO/TKO | R1 2:17 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson |
| 3 Oct 2015 | Win | 90–10 | Viktor Pesta | KO/TKO | R3 1:15 | Heavyweight | UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson |
| 6 Jun 2015 | Loss | 7–93 | Shawn Jordan | KO/TKO | R2 0:48 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson |
| 28 Feb 2015 | Win | 94–6 | Ruan Potts | KO/TKO | R2 3:18 | Heavyweight | UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano |
| 5 Sep 2014 | Loss | 13–87 | Matt Mitrione | KO/TKO | R1 0:41 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi |
| 6 Jul 2014 | Win | 87–13 | Guto Inocente | KO/TKO | R1 3:30 | Heavyweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale |
| 19 Apr 2014 | Win | 89–11 | Jack May | KO/TKO | R1 4:23 | Heavyweight | UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne |