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.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, 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 39 more professional rounds, 89 to Blaydes' 50.

Lewis vs Blaydes form

Lewis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ilir Latifi at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, 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.

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.

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh.

Before that, he had beaten Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had defeated 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.

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 3 years, 11 months and 16 days ago, while Curtis Blaydes' last outing had been 3 years, 5 months and 4 days ago.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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