Derrick Lewis

HeavyweightGrappler
20 - 12

32 UFC Fights | 63% Win Rate | 16 Finishes (80%)

Height
6' 3"
Reach
79"
Weight
260 lbs.
Age
41
Orthodox

Derrick Lewis UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Derrick Lewis is 20-12 in the UFC across 32 fights, with 16 wins by knockout and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 29-14 (1 NC), 9-2 of it outside the UFC. Lewis competes at heavyweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 6'3" with a 79" reach at 41 years old. The last bout was a loss to Josh Hokit by knockout in Jun 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 80th percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (0.34/fight).

Derrick Lewis's UFC win rate is 63% (20 of 32 fights), and 80% of those wins came by finish. Lewis averages 0.3 takedowns per fight at 26% accuracy and stops 52% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
29-14 (1 NC)
UFC Record
20-12
Height
6'3"
Reach
79"
Age
41
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Josh Hokit · KO/TKO · Jun 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Derrick Lewis's Last 5 Fights

Lewis is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Josh Hokit · KO/TKO · R2 4:09 · UFC Freedom 250 · Jun 2026
  2. Loss vs Waldo Cortes Acosta · KO/TKO · R2 3:14 · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 2026
  3. Win vs Tallison Teixeira · KO/TKO · R1 0:35 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · Jul 2025
  4. Win vs Rodrigo Nascimento · KO/TKO · R3 0:49 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · May 2024
  5. Loss vs Jailton Almeida · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis · Nov 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.4
Accuracy
49%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.34

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.8
0.8x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.4
Opp. Accuracy Against
61%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.3
Takedown Accuracy
26%
Takedown Defense
52%
Control Time / Fight
0:58
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.0

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
22% KO
0% Sub
R2
13% KO
0% Sub
R3+
16% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Derrick Lewis vs Average

Derrick Lewis lands 9.0 strikes in R1 but 10.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Derrick Lewis's UFC Fight History

32 UFC fights on record (20-12), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LJosh HokitKO/TKOR2 · 4:09UFC Freedom 2502026-06-14
LWaldo Cortes AcostaKO/TKOR2 · 3:14UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett2026-01-24
WTallison TeixeiraKO/TKOR1 · 0:35UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira2025-07-12
WRodrigo NascimentoKO/TKOR3 · 0:49UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento2024-05-11
LJailton AlmeidaDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis2023-11-04
WMarcos Rogerio de LimaKO/TKOR1 · 0:33UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 22023-07-29
LSerghei SpivacSubmissionR1 · 3:05UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac2023-02-04
LSergei PavlovichKO/TKOR1 · 0:55UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 22022-07-30
LTai TuivasaKO/TKOR2 · 1:40UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 22022-02-12
WChris DaukausKO/TKOR1 · 3:36UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18
L★Ciryl GaneKO/TKOR3 · 4:11UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane2021-08-07
WCurtis BlaydesKO/TKOR2 · 1:26UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis2021-02-20
WAleksei OleinikKO/TKOR2 · 0:21UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik2020-08-08
WIlir LatifiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes2020-02-08
WBlagoy IvanovDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz2019-11-02
LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKOR2 · 1:58UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos2019-03-09
L★Daniel CormierSubmissionR2 · 2:14UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis2018-11-03
WAlexander VolkovKO/TKOR3 · 4:49UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor2018-10-06
WFrancis NgannouDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier2018-07-07
WMarcin TyburaKO/TKOR3 · 2:48UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros2018-02-18
LMark HuntKO/TKOR4 · 3:51UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt2017-06-10
WTravis BrowneKO/TKOR2 · 3:12UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne2017-02-19
WShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKOR4 · 3:42UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov2016-12-09
WRoy NelsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez2016-07-07
WGabriel GonzagaKO/TKOR1 · 4:48UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos2016-04-10
WDamian GrabowskiKO/TKOR1 · 2:17UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson2016-02-06
WViktor PestaKO/TKOR3 · 1:15UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson2015-10-03
LShawn JordanKO/TKOR2 · 0:48UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson2015-06-06
WRuan PottsKO/TKOR2 · 3:18UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano2015-02-28
LMatt MitrioneKO/TKOR1 · 0:41UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi2014-09-05
WGuto InocenteKO/TKOR1 · 3:30The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale2014-07-06
WJack MayKO/TKOR1 · 4:23UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne2014-04-19

How Lewis Ranks at Heavyweight

Percentile among the 166 heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.4 sig. strikes/min
34th percentile
Striking accuracy49%
57th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.8/min
58th percentile
Takedowns0.3/fight
41st percentile
Takedown defense52%
31st percentile
Knockdown power0.34/fight
80th percentile

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