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.

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 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 same age as Marcos Rogerio de Lima, 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 37 more professional rounds, 89 to Lima's 52.

Lewis vs Lima form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ilir Latifi at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

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

Going into that 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.

Before 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.

He had defeated Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Waldo Cortes-Acosta at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had beaten Ben Rothwell at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Maurice Greene at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Marcos Rogerio de Lima had been fighting more than Derrick Lewis.

Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 4 years, 5 months and 18 days ago, while Marcos Rogerio de Lima's last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 27 days ago.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Lima's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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