Lewis vs Nascimento

Who won Lewis vs Nascimento?

Derrick Lewis beat Rodrigo Nascimento by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 11th May 2024 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

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 Nascimento stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Rodrigo Nascimento made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Derrick Lewis' 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Rodrigo Nascimento marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Rodrigo Nascimento's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a massive power advantage over Nascimento, boasting a 81% knock out percentage over Nascimento's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nascimento had a massive advantage over Lewis, boasting a 55% submission rate over Lewis' 4%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 8 years, at 40 years old.

Lewis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nascimento. Despite this, Nascimento had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 27 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 11 months earlier than Nascimento, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 61 more professional rounds, 89 to Nascimento's 28.

Lewis vs Nascimento 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 5 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Nascimento's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Lewis vs Nascimento?

Derrick Lewis was a 31/50 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Rodrigo Nascimento made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+130) with oddsmakers.