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Derrick Lewis

29-14-0 (1 NC)
41y·6' 3"·79" reach·Orthodox
1:38
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.38
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
80%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.6
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss September 2014. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Jun 2026

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 32 recorded bouts, 682 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 79%Body 17%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 40%Clinch 18%Ground 42%
And how often each lands
Head45%
Body70%
Legs69%
Distance34%
Clinch68%
Ground70%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

20Wins16 KO · 4 DEC
12Losses9 KO · 2 SUB · 1 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

41%
May
44%
Inocente
0%
Mitrione
50%
Potts
16%
Jordan
13%
Pesta
87%
Grabowski
1%
Gonzaga
0%
Nelson
9%
Abdurakhimov
20%
Browne
0%
Hunt
18%
Tybura
0%
Ngannou
5%
Volkov
0%
Cormier
0%
Santos
14%
Ivanov
5%
Latifi
50%
Oleinik
1%
Blaydes
1%
Gane
0%
Daukaus
27%
Tuivasa
0%
Pavlovich
0%
Spivac
88%
Lima
4%
Almeida
31%
Nascimento
34%
Teixeira
0%
Acosta
0%
Hokit

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R12.14100%32
R22.71127%22
R32.54119%12
R43.33156%3
R51.201

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.41
Strikes absorbed / min2.79
Striking accuracyof everything thrown48%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed38%
Takedowns / 15 min0.53
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land25%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed51%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.2
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 32 bouts8.8m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

33.9%
Landed at range
802 thrown over 31 bouts
42.9%
Expected
against these opponents
−9.0pp
Gap
below expected
82.5%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LJosh HokitJun 2026KO R20:00 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 40 · 18%
Total strikes
8 of 41 · 20%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:09
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 71%Body 29%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 43%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LWaldo Cortes AcostaJan 2026KO R20:00 ctrl8 str0 td
Significant strikes
8 of 43 · 19%
Total strikes
8 of 43 · 19%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:14
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 75%Body 25%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WTallison TeixeiraJul 2025KO R10:12 ctrl9 str0 td
Significant strikes
9 of 17 · 53%
Total strikes
10 of 21 · 48%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:12
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:35
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 89%Body 11%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 22%Clinch 11%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
WRodrigo NascimentoMay 2024KO R33:23 ctrl41 str1 td
Significant strikes
41 of 75 · 55%
Total strikes
47 of 81 · 58%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
3:23
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:49
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 80%Body 20%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 37%Clinch 32%Ground 32%
This fight on UFCStats
LJailton AlmeidaNov 2023U-DEC0:57 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 39 · 51%
Total strikes
28 of 54 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:57
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 85%Body 15%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 10%Clinch 5%Ground 85%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcos Rogerio de LimaJul 2023KO R10:29 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 33 · 52%
Total strikes
20 of 36 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:29
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:33
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 94%Body 6%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 6%Clinch 0%Ground 94%
This fight on UFCStats
LSerghei SpivacFeb 2023SUB R10:00 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 3 · 0%
Total strikes
0 of 3 · 0%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 3:05
Arm Triangle On Ground
This fight on UFCStats
LSergei PavlovichJul 2022KO R10:00 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Total strikes
4 of 6 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:55
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 25%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LTai TuivasaFeb 2022KO R21:48 ctrl27 str2 td
Significant strikes
27 of 43 · 63%
Total strikes
31 of 47 · 66%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
1:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:40
Elbow to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 89%Body 11%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 41%Clinch 30%Ground 30%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris DaukausDec 2021KO R10:00 ctrl14 str0 td
Significant strikes
14 of 28 · 50%
Total strikes
14 of 28 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:36
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 86%Body 7%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 79%Clinch 21%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LCiryl GaneAug 2021KO R30:08 ctrl16 str0 td
Significant strikes
16 of 37 · 43%
Total strikes
16 of 37 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:11
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 50%Body 38%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCurtis BlaydesFeb 2021KO R20:02 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 23 · 30%
Total strikes
7 of 23 · 30%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:26
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 86%Body 14%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 57%Clinch 14%Ground 29%
This fight on UFCStats
WAleksei OleinikAug 2020KO R22:39 ctrl35 str1 td
Significant strikes
35 of 42 · 83%
Total strikes
35 of 42 · 83%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
2:39
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:21
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 97%Body 3%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 14%Clinch 0%Ground 86%
This fight on UFCStats
WIlir LatifiFeb 2020U-DEC0:41 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 50 · 40%
Total strikes
27 of 58 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:41
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 40%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 40%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WBlagoy IvanovNov 2019S-DEC2:07 ctrl31 str1 td
Significant strikes
31 of 68 · 46%
Total strikes
32 of 69 · 46%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
2:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 26%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 29%Clinch 71%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJunior Dos SantosMar 2019KO R20:02 ctrl7 str0 td
Significant strikes
7 of 25 · 28%
Total strikes
7 of 25 · 28%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:58
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 29%Body 43%Legs 29%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDaniel CormierNov 2018SUB R20:00 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 13 · 31%
Total strikes
5 of 14 · 36%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:14
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 50%Body 25%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAlexander VolkovOct 2018KO R30:42 ctrl39 str0 td
Significant strikes
39 of 70 · 56%
Total strikes
40 of 71 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:42
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:49
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 79%Body 15%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 3%Ground 44%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrancis NgannouJul 2018U-DEC0:01 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 54 · 37%
Total strikes
20 of 54 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 5%Body 55%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 10%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMarcin TyburaFeb 2018KO R32:16 ctrl30 str1 td
Significant strikes
30 of 45 · 67%
Total strikes
32 of 47 · 68%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
2:16
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:48
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 90%Body 7%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 23%Clinch 10%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
LMark HuntJun 2017KO R40:00 ctrl51 str0 td
Significant strikes
51 of 139 · 37%
Total strikes
52 of 140 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R4 3:51
Punches to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 67%Body 27%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WTravis BrowneFeb 2017KO R21:40 ctrl39 str0 td
Significant strikes
39 of 71 · 55%
Total strikes
39 of 71 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:40
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:12
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 95%Body 0%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 3%Ground 44%
This fight on UFCStats
WShamil AbdurakhimovDec 2016KO R41:42 ctrl39 str1 td
Significant strikes
39 of 90 · 43%
Total strikes
46 of 97 · 47%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
1:42
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R4 3:42
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 82%Body 13%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 21%Clinch 10%Ground 69%
This fight on UFCStats
WRoy NelsonJul 2016S-DEC0:03 ctrl37 str0 td
Significant strikes
37 of 73 · 51%
Total strikes
39 of 75 · 52%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 30%Legs 3%
Position
Distance 43%Clinch 57%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGabriel GonzagaApr 2016KO R10:04 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 25 · 68%
Total strikes
21 of 29 · 72%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:48
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 88%Body 12%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 41%Clinch 53%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WDamian GrabowskiFeb 2016KO R11:59 ctrl14 str1 td
Significant strikes
14 of 30 · 47%
Total strikes
15 of 33 · 45%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:59
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:17
Punch to Head On Ground
Target
Head 93%Body 7%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 7%Clinch 0%Ground 93%
This fight on UFCStats
WViktor PestaOct 2015KO R31:29 ctrl41 str0 td
Significant strikes
41 of 63 · 65%
Total strikes
51 of 74 · 69%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
1:29
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:15
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 88%Body 12%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 7%Clinch 24%Ground 68%
This fight on UFCStats
LShawn JordanJun 2015KO R20:56 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 23 · 26%
Total strikes
8 of 25 · 32%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:48
Kick to Head At Distance Hook Kick
Target
Head 83%Body 17%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 67%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRuan PottsFeb 2015KO R24:08 ctrl53 str0 td
Significant strikes
53 of 82 · 65%
Total strikes
60 of 91 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
4:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:18
Punches to Head From Mount
Target
Head 89%Body 9%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 4%Clinch 9%Ground 87%
This fight on UFCStats
LMatt MitrioneSep 2014KO R10:00 ctrl1 str0 td
Significant strikes
1 of 1 · 100%
Total strikes
1 of 1 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:41
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WGuto InocenteJul 2014KO R11:33 ctrl6 str1 td
Significant strikes
6 of 16 · 38%
Total strikes
7 of 17 · 41%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:33
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:30
Punches to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 17%Clinch 33%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WJack MayApr 2014KO R11:48 ctrl22 str1 td
Significant strikes
22 of 27 · 81%
Total strikes
26 of 31 · 84%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
1:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:23
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 0%Clinch 9%Ground 91%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.