Lewis vs Tuivasa

Who won Lewis vs Tuivasa?

Tai Tuivasa beat Derrick Lewis by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC 271, on Saturday 12th February 2022 at Toyota Center in Houston.

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 Tuivasa stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Tai Tuivasa made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 12 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 Tai Tuivasa's came in at 8-7-0.

The stats suggested Tuivasa had an advantage in power over Lewis, with a 92% knock out percentage over Lewis' 81%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lewis had a slight advantage over Tuivasa, with a 4% submission rate over Tuivasa's 0%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 8 years, at 39 years old.

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

Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 2 months earlier than Tuivasa, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 57 more professional rounds, 89 to Tuivasa's 32.

Lewis vs Tuivasa 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.

Tuivasa had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Harry Hunsucker at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Sergey Spivac at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Junior dos Santos at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

He had won against Andrei Arlovski at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 3 years, 11 months and 16 days ago, while Tai Tuivasa's last outing had been 3 years, 4 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.

Tuivasa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 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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