Who won Lewis vs Tuivasa?
Tai Tuivasa beat Derrick Lewis by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC 271, on Saturday 12th February 2022 at Toyota Center in Houston.
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 Tuivasa stats
Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Tai Tuivasa made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses 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. Tai Tuivasa marked his 16th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.
Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Tai Tuivasa's came in at 8-8-0.
The stats suggested Tuivasa had an advantage in power over Lewis, with a 92% knock out percentage over Lewis' 81%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lewis had a slight advantage over Tuivasa, with a 4% submission rate over Tuivasa's 0%.
Derrick Lewis was the older man by 8 years, at 39 years old.
Lewis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tuivasa. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 2 months earlier than Tuivasa, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 54 more professional rounds, 89 to Tuivasa's 35.
Lewis vs Tuivasa 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.
Tai Tuivasa had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Augusto Sakai at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Greg Hardy at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Harry Hunsucker at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had been beaten by Sergey Spivac at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.
He had been defeated by Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Tai Tuivasa had been fighting more than Derrick Lewis.
Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 6 years and 26 days ago, while Tai Tuivasa's last outing had been 2 years, 10 months and 21 days ago.
Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
Tuivasa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.
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