Lewis vs Oleinik

Who won Lewis vs Oleinik?

Derrick Lewis beat Aleksei Oleinik by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Vegas 6, on Saturday 8th August 2020 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 Oleinik stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Aleksei Oleinik made his way to the cage with a record of 59 wins, 13 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 46 by submission.

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 Aleksei Oleinik's came in at 9-8-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a massive power advantage over Oleinik, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Oleinik's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oleinik had a massive advantage over Lewis, boasting a 78% submission rate over Lewis' 4%.

Derrick Lewis was the younger man by 7 years, at 40 years old.

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

Lewis was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 43 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 13 years and 4 months later than Oleinik, whose first professional fight was in 1996. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 89 to Oleinik's 109.

Lewis vs Oleinik form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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 and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Oleinik's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

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