Lewis vs Oleinik

Who won Lewis vs Oleinik?

Derrick Lewis beat Aleksei Oleinik by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Vegas 6, on Saturday 8th August 2020 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 Oleinik stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Aleksei Oleinik made his way to the cage with a record of 59 wins, 13 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 46 by submission.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 18-10-0, while Aleksei Oleinik's came in at 9-8-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a massive power advantage over Oleinik, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Oleinik's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oleinik had a massive advantage over Lewis, boasting a 78% submission rate over Lewis' 4%.

Derrick Lewis was the younger man by 7 years, at 39 years old.

Lewis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oleinik. Despite this, Oleinik had 1-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 43 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 13 years and 4 months later than Oleinik, whose first professional fight was in 1996. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 86 to Oleinik's 109.

Lewis vs Oleinik form

Derrick Lewis had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tai Tuivasa at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ciryl Gane at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Curtis Blaydes at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Oleinik's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

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