Derrick Lewis
20W · 11L
Orthodox
Heavyweight
75% finish rate73% as favorite53% as underdog
1498
ELO Rating
ELO RatingHow is ELO calculated?18-month recency decay · streak amplification · activity velocity · career-death penalty. Old champions can't hide behind past glory.Understanding our ELO →
1497.9Developing→
Recency-weighted skill · finish-adjusted · streak-amplified
Division ELOHow is ELO calculated?18-month recency decay · streak amplification · activity velocity · career-death penalty. Old champions can't hide behind past glory.Understanding our ELO →
#26of 45 active
Age
41
Feb 7, 1985
Height
6'3" (190.5 cm)
Reach
200.66 cm
Win Rate
64.5%
Output & Defense
Rate-normalized career statistics (per 15 minutes, except strike rates which are per-minute)
Strikes landed / min
2.46
SLpM
Strikes absorbed / min
2.57
SApM (lower is better)
Net striking
-0.11
SLpM − SApM
Strike defense
39%
Opponent strikes evaded
Takedowns / 15 min
0.55
TD_Avg
Takedown defense
52%
Opponent TDs stuffed
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Sub_Avg
Head-to-Head Comparison
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Career Averages (per fight)
13.2
Sig. Strikes
0.5
Takedowns
0.0
Sub Attempts
How They Win
KO/TKO15 (75%)
Submission0 (0%)
Decision0 (0%)
Loss Vulnerability
KO/TKO8 (73%)
Submission2 (18%)
Decision0 (0%)
Betting Profile
Win rate when fighting as favorite vs underdog
As Favorite
73%
11W – 4L in 15 fights
As Underdog
53%
8W – 7L in 15 fights
ELO Trajectory
Skill rating evolution — hover dots for fight details
Elo Changes
Rating gained or lost in each fight
lost to Waldo Cortes Acosta
-12.81498
def. Tallison Teixeira
+8.11511
def. Rodrigo Nascimento
+4.31503
lost to Jailton Almeida
-2.21498
def. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
+2.51501
lost to Serghei Spivac
-2.01498
lost to Sergei Pavlovich
-1.11500
lost to Tai Tuivasa
-0.81501
def. Chris Daukaus
+0.91502
lost to Ciryl Gane
-0.61501
def. Curtis Blaydes
+0.61502
def. Aleksei Oleinik
+0.41501
def. Ilir Latifi
+0.31501
def. Blagoy Ivanov
+0.21500
lost to Junior Dos Santos
-0.11500
lost to Daniel Cormier
-0.11500
def. Alexander Volkov
+0.11501
def. Francis Ngannou
+0.11500
def. Marcin Tybura
+0.11500
lost to Mark Hunt
0.01500
def. Travis Browne
+0.11500
def. Shamil Abdurakhimov
+0.11500
def. Roy Nelson
0.01500
def. Gabriel Gonzaga
0.01500
def. Damian Grabowski
0.01500
def. Viktor Pesta
0.01500
lost to Shawn Jordan
0.01500
def. Ruan Potts
0.01500
lost to Matt Mitrione
0.01500
def. Guto Inocente
0.01500
def. Jack May
0.01500
Division ELO Rankings
Heavyweight · Active fighters ranked by recency-weighted skill
Valter Walker
1555
Mario Pinto
1550
Vitor Petrino
1544
Josh Hokit
1541
Brando Pericic
1540
Martin Buday
1528
Sergei Pavlovich
1520
Tyrell Fortune
1520
Alexander Volkov
1519
Fight History (31 fights)
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 24, 2026
Loss
View Analysis →UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · Jul 12, 2025
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · May 11, 2024
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis · Nov 4, 2023
Loss
View Analysis →UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · Jul 29, 2023
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac · Feb 4, 2023
Loss
View Analysis →UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · Jul 30, 2022
Loss
View Analysis →vs Tai Tuivasa
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · Feb 12, 2022
Loss
View Analysis →UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus · Dec 18, 2021
vs Ciryl Gane
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane · Aug 7, 2021
Loss
View Analysis →UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis · Feb 20, 2021
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik · Aug 8, 2020
vs Ilir Latifi
UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes · Feb 8, 2020
UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz · Nov 2, 2019
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos · Mar 9, 2019
Loss
View Analysis →UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis · Nov 3, 2018
Loss
View Analysis →UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor · Oct 6, 2018
UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier · Jul 7, 2018
UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros · Feb 18, 2018
vs Mark Hunt
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt · Jun 10, 2017
Loss
View Analysis →UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne · Feb 19, 2017
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov · Dec 9, 2016
vs Roy Nelson
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez · Jul 7, 2016
UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos · Apr 10, 2016
UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson · Feb 6, 2016
vs Viktor Pesta
UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson · Oct 3, 2015
vs Shawn Jordan
UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson · Jun 6, 2015
Loss
View Analysis →vs Ruan Potts
UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano · Feb 28, 2015
UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi · Sep 5, 2014
Loss
View Analysis →The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale · Jul 6, 2014
vs Jack May
UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne · Apr 19, 2014