Lewis vs Blaydes

Who won Lewis vs Blaydes?

Derrick Lewis beat Curtis Blaydes by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Vegas 19, on Saturday 20th February 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Lewis vs Blaydes stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Curtis Blaydes made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Derrick Lewis' 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Curtis Blaydes marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Curtis Blaydes' came in at 13-5-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a slight advantage in power over Blaydes, with a 79% knock out percentage over Blaydes' 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lewis had a slight advantage over Blaydes, with a 4% submission rate over Blaydes' 0%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 6 years, at 40 years old.

Blaydes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lewis. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Blaydes, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 38 more professional rounds, 89 to Blaydes' 51.

Lewis vs Blaydes form

Derrick Lewis had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Rodrigo Nascimento at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jailton Almeida at UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis on 4th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Sergey Spivac at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Jailton Almeida at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

He had beaten Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Derrick Lewis had been fighting more than Curtis Blaydes.

Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 1 year and 28 days ago, while Curtis Blaydes' last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 30 days ago.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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