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Derrick Lewis
“The Black Beast”
Heavyweight
United States#12 HeavyweightUFC2-fight losing streak
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29WINS
14LOSSES
0DRAWS
24KO/TKO
1SUB
4DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 41 · born Feb 7, 1985 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′3″ 190 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 79″ 201 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 43.5″ 110 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Heavyweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #12 Heavyweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Brawler UFC.com
- Team / gym
- 4oz Fight Club UFC.com
- Born
- New Orleans, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Apr. 19, 2014 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 10 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
49%Striking accuracy682 of 1394 landed
13%Takedown accuracy5⚑ of 39 landed
2.41Sig. strikes landedper min
2.79Sig. strikes absorbedper min
39%Striking defense
0.53Takedownsper 15 min
52%Takedown defense
0Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.58Knockdownsper 15 min
08:51Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 32 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Josh Hokit | KO/TKO | 2 | Jun 14, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Waldo Cortes Acosta | KO/TKO | 2 | Jan 24, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Tallison Teixeira | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 12, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Rodrigo Nascimento | KO/TKO | 3 | May 11, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Jailton Almeida | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Nov 4, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 29, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Serghei Spivac | Submission | 1 | Feb 4, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Sergei Pavlovich | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 30, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Tai Tuivasa | KO/TKO | 2 | Feb 12, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Chris Daukaus | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 18, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Ciryl Gane | KO/TKO | 3 | Aug 7, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Curtis Blaydes | KO/TKO | 2 | Feb 20, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Aleksei Oleinik | KO/TKO | 2 | Aug 8, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Ilir Latifi | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 8, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Blagoy Ivanov | Decision - Split | 3 | Nov 2, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Junior Dos Santos | KO/TKO | 2 | Mar 9, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Daniel Cormier | Submission | 2 | Nov 3, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Alexander Volkov | KO/TKO | 3 | Oct 6, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Francis Ngannou | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 7, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Marcin Tybura | KO/TKO | 3 | Feb 18, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Mark Hunt | KO/TKO | 4 | Jun 10, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Travis Browne | KO/TKO | 2 | Feb 19, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Shamil Abdurakhimov | KO/TKO | 4 | Dec 9, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Roy Nelson | Decision - Split | 3 | Jul 7, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Gabriel Gonzaga | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 10, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Damian Grabowski | KO/TKO | 1 | Feb 6, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Viktor Pesta | KO/TKO | 3 | Oct 3, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Shawn Jordan | KO/TKO | 2 | Jun 6, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Ruan Potts | KO/TKO | 2 | Feb 28, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Matt Mitrione | KO/TKO | 1 | Sep 5, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Guto Inocente | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 6, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Jack May | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 19, 2014 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.