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.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 18-10-0, 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 54 more professional rounds, 86 to Tuivasa's 32.

Lewis vs Tuivasa form

Lewis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ciryl Gane at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

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

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

He was victorious against Ilir Latifi at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Tuivasa's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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