Lewis vs Lima

Who won Lewis vs Lima?

Derrick Lewis beat Marcos Rogerio de Lima by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 291, on Saturday 29th July 2023 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Lewis vs Lima stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 18-10-0, while Marcos Rogerio de Lima's came in at 11-7-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had an advantage in power over Lima, with a 81% knock out percentage over Lima's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lima had a slight advantage over Lewis, with a 14% submission rate over Lewis' 4%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Lewis had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lima. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year later than Lima, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 86 to Lima's 52.

Lewis vs Lima form

Derrick Lewis had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tai Tuivasa at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ciryl Gane at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Curtis Blaydes at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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