Lewis vs Gane

Who won Lewis vs Gane?

Ciryl Gane beat Derrick Lewis by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

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 Gane stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Ciryl Gane made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Derrick Lewis' 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Ciryl Gane marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Ciryl Gane's came in at 10-2-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a massive power advantage over Gane, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Gane's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gane had a massive advantage over Lewis, boasting a 38% submission rate over Lewis' 4%.

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

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

Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 8 years and 3 months earlier than Gane, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 49 more professional rounds, 89 to Gane's 40.

Lewis vs Gane 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 Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Francis NGannou at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Frank Erwin Center, Austin.

Before that, he had lost to Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 4th round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

He was victorious against Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night 105 on 19th February 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada.

Activity check

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Gane's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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