Who won Lewis vs Blaydes?
Derrick Lewis beat Curtis Blaydes by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Vegas 19, on Saturday 20th February 2021 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 Blaydes stats
Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Curtis Blaydes made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 10 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. Curtis Blaydes marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.
Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Curtis Blaydes' came in at 13-5-0.
The stats suggested Lewis had a slight advantage in power over Blaydes, with a 79% knock out percentage over Blaydes' 71%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lewis had a slight advantage over Blaydes, with a 4% submission rate over Blaydes' 0%.
Derrick Lewis was the older man by 6 years, at 39 years old.
Blaydes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lewis. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Blaydes, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 38 more professional rounds, 89 to Blaydes' 51.
Lewis vs Blaydes form
Derrick Lewis had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before 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.
Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh.
Going into that contest, he had beaten Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Before that, he had defeated Justin Willis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.
He had been defeated by Francis NGannou at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Derrick Lewis had been fighting more than Curtis Blaydes.
Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 25 days ago, while Curtis Blaydes' last outing had been 4 years, 7 months and 17 days ago.
Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
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