Derrick Lewis

🇺🇸 ︎

(1985-02-07)

Statistics

UFC Record: 20-11

By Method:

KO/TKO: 16-8
Submission: 0-2
Decision: 4-1

By Elo:

As Favorite: 14-7
As Underdog: 6-4

By Weight Class:

Heavyweight: 20-11

By Round:

Round 1: 7-3
Round 2: 4-5
Round 3: 8-1
Round 4: 1-1
Round 5: 0-1

By Type:

Main Event: 7-6
Title Fight: 0-1
Interim Title Fight: 0-1
Ranked Opponent: 14-9

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: WLWWL

Elo: 2971 (#164)

Peak Elo: 3347 (2021-02-20) (#68)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2922 (#163)

Bonuses: 8 (3 FOTN, 5 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 8m 50s

Total Fight Time: 4h 33m 59s (#71)

Avg Time Between Fights: 130 days

Avg Card Slot: 3.3 (#131)

Avg Age: 34.3 years

Avg Opp Age: 33.6 years

Current Rankings:

#9 Heavyweight

Peak Rankings:

#2 Heavyweight

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2026-06-14
UFC Freedom 250

Derrick Lewis (41)

🇺🇸 ︎

LWWLW • 20-11
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 2971 (51%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

🇺🇸 ︎

Josh Hokit (28)
3-0 • WWW
Elo: 2959 (49%) • UFC rank: #5

White House
Washington, D.C.
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2026-01-24
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett

Waldo Cortes-Acosta (34)

🇩🇴 ︎

WWLWW • 9-2
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 3174 (70%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
3:14

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (40)
20-10 • WWLWL
Elo: 3032 (30%) • UFC rank: #8

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2025-07-12
UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira

Derrick Lewis (40)

🇺🇸 ︎

WLWLL • 19-10
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 3000 (83%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
0:35

🇧🇷 ︎

Tallison Teixeira (25)
1-0 • W
Elo: 2712 (17%) • UFC rank: #13

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2024-05-11
UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento

Derrick Lewis (39)

🇺🇸 ︎

LWLLL • 18-10
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2921 (60%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
0:49

🇧🇷 ︎

Rodrigo Nascimento (31)
4-1 (1 NC) • LNWWW
Elo: 2849 (40%) • UFC rank: #15

Enterprise Center
St. Louis, Missouri
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2023-11-04
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis

Jailton Almeida (32)

🇧🇷 ︎

WWWWW • 5-0
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 3117 (69%)
50

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00
🤖

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (38)
18-9 • WLLLW
Elo: 2984 (31%) • UFC rank: #10
44

Ginásio do Ibirapuera
São Paulo
Brazil🇧🇷 ︎

2023-07-29
UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2

⭐ Derrick Lewis (38)

🇺🇸 ︎

LLLWL • 17-9
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 2847 (31%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
0:33

🇧🇷 ︎

Marcos Rogerio de Lima (38)
10-6 • WWLWW
Elo: 2983 (69%) • UFC rank: #15

Delta Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2023-02-04
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac

⭐ Serghei Spivac (28)

🇲🇩 ︎

WWLWW • 6-3
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2914 (44%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
3:05

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (37)
17-8 • LLWLW
Elo: 2960 (56%) • UFC rank: #7

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2022-07-30
UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2

Sergei Pavlovich (30)

🇷🇺 ︎

LWWW • 3-1
UFC rank: #11 • Elo: 2981 (35%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
0:55

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (37)
17-7 • LWLWW
Elo: 3090 (65%) • UFC rank: #5

American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2022-02-12
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2

⭐ Tai Tuivasa (28)

🇦🇺 ︎

🇼🇸 ︎

LWWWW • 7-3
UFC rank: #11 • Elo: 2961 (16%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R2
1:40

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (37)
17-6 • WLWWW
Elo: 3260 (84%) • UFC rank: #3

Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2021-12-18
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus

Derrick Lewis (36)

🇺🇸 ︎

LWWWW • 16-6
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3218 (78%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
3:36

🇺🇸 ︎

Chris Daukaus (32)
4-0 • WWWW
Elo: 2990 (22%) • UFC rank: #7

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2021-08-07
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane

⭐ Ciryl Gane (31)

🇫🇷 ︎

WWWWW • 6-0
UFC rank: #3 • Elo: 3242 (36%)

HEAVYWEIGHT Interim Title Fight

TKO
R3
4:11

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (36)
16-5 • WWWWL
Elo: 3347 (64%) • UFC rank: #2

Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2021-02-20
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis

⭐ Derrick Lewis (36)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWWLL • 15-5
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 3218 (35%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R2
1:26

🇺🇸 ︎

Curtis Blaydes (30)
9-2 (1 NC) • LWWWW
Elo: 3321 (65%) • UFC rank: #2

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2020-08-08
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik

Derrick Lewis (35)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWLLW • 14-5
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 3178 (79%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
0:21

🇷🇺 ︎

Aleksei Oleinik (43)
8-4 • WLLWW
Elo: 2940 (21%) • UFC rank: #10

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2020-02-08
UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes

Derrick Lewis (35)

🇺🇸 ︎

WLLWW • 13-5
UFC rank: #6 • Elo: 3150 (86%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇦🇱 ︎

🇸🇪 ︎

Ilir Latifi (37)
7-5 • LWWLL
Elo: 2832 (14%) • UFC rank: #12

Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2019-11-02
UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz

Derrick Lewis (34)

🇺🇸 ︎

LLWWW • 12-5
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 3125 (54%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇬 ︎

Blagoy Ivanov (33)
2-1 • LWW
Elo: 3095 (46%) • UFC rank: #8

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2019-03-09
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos

Junior dos Santos (35)

🇧🇷 ︎

LWLWW • 14-4
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 3211 (48%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R2
1:58

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (34)
12-4 • LWWWL
Elo: 3230 (52%) • UFC rank: #3

Intrust Bank Arena
Wichita, Kansas
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2018-11-03
UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis

Daniel Cormier (39)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWNWW • 10-1 (1 NC)
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3571 (86%)

HEAVYWEIGHT Title Fight

SUB
R2
2:14

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (33)
12-3 • WWWLW
Elo: 3259 (14%) • UFC rank: #2

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2018-10-06
UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor

⭐ Derrick Lewis (33)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWLWW • 11-3
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3132 (36%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R3
4:49

🇷🇺 ︎

Alexander Volkov (29)
4-0 • WWWW
Elo: 3228 (64%) • UFC rank: #5

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2018-07-07
UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier

Derrick Lewis (33)

🇺🇸 ︎

WLWWW • 10-3
UFC rank: #5 • Elo: 3015 (41%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇨🇲 ︎

🇫🇷 ︎

Francis Ngannou (31)
6-1 • WWWWL
Elo: 3073 (59%) • UFC rank: #1

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2018-02-18
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros

⭐ Derrick Lewis (33)

🇺🇸 ︎

LWWWW • 9-3
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 2934 (59%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R3
2:48

🇵🇱 ︎

Marcin Tybura (32)
3-2 • LWWWL
Elo: 2868 (41%) • UFC rank: #9

Frank Erwin Center
Austin, Texas
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2017-06-10
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt

Mark Hunt (43)

🇦🇺 ︎

🇼🇸 ︎

LWWNL • 7-5-1 (1 NC)
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 2974 (39%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

⭐TKO⭐

R4
3:51

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (32)
9-2 • WWWWW
Elo: 3057 (61%) • UFC rank: #6

Spark Arena
Auckland
New Zealand🇳🇿 ︎

2017-02-19
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne

Derrick Lewis (32)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWWWW • 8-2
UFC rank: #8 • Elo: 2967 (55%)

HEAVYWEIGHT

⭐KO⭐

R2
3:12

🇺🇸 ︎

Travis Browne (34)
9-5-1 • WLWLL
Elo: 2932 (45%) • UFC rank: #9

Scotiabank Centre
Halifax
Canada🇨🇦 ︎

2016-12-09
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov

Derrick Lewis (31)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWWWL • 7-2
UFC rank: #10 • Elo: 2919 (75%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R4
3:42

🇷🇺 ︎

Shamil Abdurakhimov (35)
2-1 • LWW
Elo: 2721 (25%) • UFC rank: #15

Times Union Center
Albany, New York
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2016-07-07
UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez

Derrick Lewis (31)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWWLW • 6-2
UFC rank: #12 • Elo: 2893 (54%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇺🇸 ︎

Roy Nelson (40)
8-8 • WLLLW
Elo: 2864 (46%) • UFC rank: #10

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2016-04-10
UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos

⭐ Derrick Lewis (31)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWLWL • 5-2
Elo: 2822 (64%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
4:48

🇧🇷 ︎

Gabriel Gonzaga (36)
12-9 • WLLLW
Elo: 2718 (36%)

Arena Zagreb
Zagreb
Croatia🇭🇷 ︎

2016-02-06
UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson

Derrick Lewis (30)

🇺🇸 ︎

WLWLW • 4-2
Elo: 2706 (42%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
2:17

🇵🇱 ︎

Damian Grabowski (35)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2762 (58%)

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2015-10-03
UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson

Derrick Lewis (30)

🇺🇸 ︎

LWLWW • 3-2
Elo: 2586 (40%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
1:15

🇨🇿 ︎

Viktor Pesta (25)
1-1 • LW
Elo: 2656 (60%)

Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2015-06-06
UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson

⭐ Shawn Jordan (30)

🇺🇸 ︎

WLLWW • 5-3
Elo: 2706 (55%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
0:48

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (30)
3-1 • WLWW
Elo: 2678 (45%)

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2015-02-28
UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano

Derrick Lewis (30)

🇺🇸 ︎

LWW • 2-1
Elo: 2636 (78%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
3:18

🇿🇦 ︎

Ruan Potts (37)
0-2 • LL
Elo: 2409 (22%)

Staples Center
Los Angeles, California
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2014-09-05
UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Mousasi

Matt Mitrione (36)

🇺🇸 ︎

LLWLW • 7-3
Elo: 2718 (47%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
0:41

🇺🇸 ︎

Derrick Lewis (29)
2-0 • WW
Elo: 2743 (53%)

Foxwoods Resort Casino
Mashantucket, Connecticut
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2014-07-06
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn

Derrick Lewis (29)

🇺🇸 ︎

W • 1-0
Elo: 2697 (77%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
3:30

🇧🇷 ︎

Guto Inocente (28)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2486 (23%)

Mandalay Bay Events Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2014-04-19
UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne

Derrick Lewis (29)

🇺🇸 ︎

Debut 🔰
Elo: 2615 (58%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:23

🇺🇸 ︎

Jack May (33)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2553 (42%)

Amway Center
Orlando, Florida
United States🇺🇸 ︎