Lewis vs Daukaus

Who won Lewis vs Daukaus?

Derrick Lewis beat Chris Daukaus by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 18th December 2021.

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 Daukaus stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Chris Daukaus made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 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 Chris Daukaus' came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Daukaus had an advantage in power over Lewis, with a 92% knock out percentage over Lewis' 80%.

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

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 5 years, at 40 years old.

Lewis had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Daukaus, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 62 more professional rounds, 89 to Daukaus' 27.

Lewis vs Daukaus 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 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.

Activity check

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Daukaus' last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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