Lewis vs Gane

Who won Lewis vs Gane?

Ciryl Gane beat Derrick Lewis by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

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 Gane stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Ciryl Gane made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 18-10-0, while Ciryl Gane's came in at 9-2-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a massive power advantage over Gane, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Gane's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gane had a massive advantage over Lewis, boasting a 38% submission rate over Lewis' 4%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 5 years, at 39 years old.

Gane had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lewis. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 8 years and 3 months earlier than Gane, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 49 more professional rounds, 86 to Gane's 37.

Lewis vs Gane form

Lewis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

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

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

Before that, he was victorious against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

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.

Gane 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 won against Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Derrick Lewis at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had defeated Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 3 years, 2 months and 6 days ago, while Ciryl Gane's last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 23 days ago.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Gane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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