Lewis vs Tuivasa

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 40 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

Derrick Lewis had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Sergey Spivac at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tai Tuivasa at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

He had beaten Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Tai Tuivasa had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated 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 was victorious against 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 won against 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 lost to Sergey Spivac at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

He had been beaten 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, Derrick Lewis had been fighting more than Tai Tuivasa.

Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 1 year, 11 months and 7 days ago, while Tai Tuivasa's last outing had been 3 years, 6 months and 25 days ago.

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Tuivasa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 20 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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