All fightersDerrick Lewis
“The Black Beast”
Heavyweight29-14 (1 NC)RECORD
24KO / TKO WINS
1SUBMISSION WINS
4DECISION WINS
Profile
| Full name | Not added yet |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Black Beast |
| Date of birth | 7 Feb 1985 |
| Nationality | American |
| Birthplace | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Lives in | Not added yet |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Team | Silverback Fight Club (formerly), 4oz Fight Club |
| Height | 190 cm (6′3″) |
| Reach | 201 cm (79″) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Weight | 117.9 kg (260 lb) |
| Status | Not added yet |
| Pro debut | 9 Apr 2010 |
| UFC debut | 19 Apr 2014 |
| Last fight | 14 Jun 2026 |
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Fight history
44 professional fights on file (32 in the UFC). Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Josh Hokit | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:09 | UFC Freedom 250 | 14 Jun 2026 | Washington, DC, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:14 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | 24 Jan 2026 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Tallison Teixeira | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:35 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira | 12 Jul 2025 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Rodrigo Nascimento | KO/TKO (punch) | 3 | 0:49 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento | 11 May 2024 | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Jailton Almeida | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis | 4 Nov 2023 | Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Fabio Alves 44-50, Sal D'amato 44-50, Dave Tirelli 45-50 | |||||||
| Win | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:33 | UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 | 29 Jul 2023 | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Serghei Spivac | Submission (arm triangle) | 1 | 3:05 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac | 4 Feb 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Sergei Pavlovich | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:55 | UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 | 30 Jul 2022 | Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Tai Tuivasa | KO/TKO (elbow in clinch) | 2 | 1:40 | UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 | 12 Feb 2022 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Chris Daukaus | KO/TKO (punches in clinch) | 1 | 3:36 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus | 18 Dec 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Ciryl Gane | KO/TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:11 | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane | 7 Aug 2021 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Bout UFC Interim Heavyweight Title BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Curtis Blaydes | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 1:26 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | 20 Feb 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Aleksei Oleinik | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:21 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik | 8 Aug 2020 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Ilir Latifi | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes | 8 Feb 2020 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Danny De Alejandro 29-28, Robert Alexander 29-28, Chris Lee 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Blagoy Ivanov | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz | 2 Nov 2019 | New York City, New York, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Todd Ronald AndersonScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Dave Tirelli 30-27, Eric Colon 28-29, Chris Lee 29-28 | |||||||
| Loss | Junior Dos Santos | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:58 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos | 9 Mar 2019 | Wichita, Kansas, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Daniel Cormier | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:14 | UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis | 3 Nov 2018 | New York City, New York, USA |
| Bout UFC Heavyweight Title BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Alexander Volkov | KO/TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:49 | UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor | 6 Oct 2018 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Francis Ngannou | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier | 7 Jul 2018 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Derek Cleary 29-28, Junichiro Kamijo 29-28, Sal D'amato 30-27 | |||||||
| Win | Marcin Tybura | KO/TKO (punch in clinch) | 3 | 2:48 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros | 18 Feb 2018 | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Mark Hunt | KO/TKO (punches in clinch) | 4 | 3:51 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt | 10 Jun 2017 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Travis Browne | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 3:12 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne | 19 Feb 2017 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Mario YamasakiScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Shamil Abdurakhimov | KO/TKO (punches) | 4 | 3:42 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov | 9 Dec 2016 | Albany, New York, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Roy Nelson | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez | 7 Jul 2016 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee John McCarthyScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Dave Hagen 29-28, Adalaide Byrd 28-29, Glenn Trowbridge 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Gabriel Gonzaga | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:48 | UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos | 10 Apr 2016 | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Damian Grabowski | KO/TKO (punch) | 1 | 2:17 | UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson | 6 Feb 2016 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Viktor Pesta | KO/TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:15 | UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson | 3 Oct 2015 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Kerry HatleyScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Shawn Jordan | KO/TKO (hook kick) | 2 | 0:48 | UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson | 6 Jun 2015 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Gabe BarahonaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Ruan Potts | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:18 | UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano | 28 Feb 2015 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Jerin ValelScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Matt Mitrione | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:41 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Mousasi | 5 Sep 2014 | Ledyard, Connecticut, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Mario YamasakiScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Guto Inocente | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:30 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale | 6 Jul 2014 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Jack May | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:23 | UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne | 19 Apr 2014 | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee John McCarthyScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Ricky Shivers | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:22 | Legacy FC 18 | 1 Mar 2013 | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Win | Jared Rosholt | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:41 | Legacy FC 13 | 17 Aug 2012 | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Win | Justin Frazier | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | 1 | 2:37 | RFA 2 | 30 Mar 2012 | Kearney, Nebraska, United States |
| No contest | Jeremiah Constant | NC (punches to back of head) | 1 | 0:48 | Fight to Win: Paramount Prize Fighting 2012 | 27 Jan 2012 | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Win | Rakim Cleveland | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:12 | Legacy FC 9 | 16 Dec 2011 | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Win | Jay Peche | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:46 | Immortal Kombat Fighting 1 | 3 Sep 2011 | Spring, Texas, United States |
| Loss | Tony Johnson | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Bellator 46 | 25 Jun 2011 | Hollywood, Florida, United States |
| Win | Taylor Herbert | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:14 | International Xtreme Fight Association: Extreme Fighting 6 | 26 Feb 2011 | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Win | Rakim Cleveland | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 1:33 | Worldwide Gladiator 2 | 12 Nov 2010 | Pasadena, Texas, United States |
| Win | Ryan Martinez | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:03 | Fight to Win: Worlds Collide | 24 Jul 2010 | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Loss | Shawn Jordan | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Global Fighting Alliance 7 | 25 Jun 2010 | Lafayette, Louisiana, United States |
| Win | Nick Mitchell | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:33 | Worldwide Gladiator 1 | 9 Apr 2010 | Pasadena, Texas, United States |