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.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 18-10-0, while Curtis Blaydes' came in at 13-4-0.

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 39 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 36 more professional rounds, 86 to Blaydes' 50.

Lewis vs Blaydes form

Lewis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Francis NGannou at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Frank Erwin Center, Austin.

Before that, he had lost to Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 4th round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

He was victorious against Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night 105 on 19th February 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada.

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Justin Willis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Before that, he had defeated Mark Hunt at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

He was victorious against Daniel Omiela czuk at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 5 years, 6 months and 22 days ago, while Curtis Blaydes' last outing had been 4 years, 7 months and 21 days ago.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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