Lewis vs Ivanov

Who won Lewis vs Ivanov?

Derrick Lewis beat Blagoy Ivanov by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 244, on Saturday 2nd November 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Derrick Lewis.

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 Ivanov stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Blagoy Ivanov made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 18-10-0, while Blagoy Ivanov's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a massive power advantage over Ivanov, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a large advantage over Lewis, boasting a 33% submission rate over Lewis' 5%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Lewis had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ivanov. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 5 months later than Ivanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 86 to Ivanov's 64.

Lewis vs Ivanov form

Lewis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Daniel Cormier at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that 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.

Before 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.

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.

Activity check

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Ivanov's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

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