Lewis vs Pavlovich

Who won Lewis vs Pavlovich?

Sergei Pavlovich beat Derrick Lewis by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 277, on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Lewis vs Pavlovich stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Sergei Pavlovich made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 12 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. Sergei Pavlovich marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Sergei Pavlovich's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a slight advantage in power over Pavlovich, with a 81% knock out percentage over Pavlovich's 80%.

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

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

Pavlovich had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Pavlovich, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 55 more professional rounds, 89 to Pavlovich's 34.

Lewis vs Pavlovich form

Lewis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Curtis Blaydes at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ilir Latifi at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he was victorious against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

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.

Sergei Pavlovich had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Derrick Lewis at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he was victorious against Marcelo Golm at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

He had been beaten by Alistair Overeem 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 Sergei Pavlovich.

Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 4 years, 4 months and 7 days ago, while Sergei Pavlovich's last outing had been 2 years, 6 months and 24 days ago.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Pavlovich's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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