The Black Beast
Derrick Lewis
29 - 13 - 0
Heavyweight
Height
6'3" (191cm)
Division
Heavyweight
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Height
6'3" (191cm)
Division
Heavyweight
Born
1985-02-07
Birthplace
United States
Fighting Out Of
Houston, Texas
Team(s)
Silverback Fight Club
Overall Record
29 - 13 - 0
Winning Method
13.8%
Dec.
Decision
4 / 29
0%
Sub.
Submission
0 / 29
62.1%
KO
KO
18 / 29
Losing Method
15.4%
Dec.
Decision
2 / 13
15.4%
Sub.
Submission
2 / 13
53.8%
KO
KO
7 / 13
Past Fights
January 24, 2026
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Loss (29-12)Ground & Pound • Round 2 (3:14)
July 12, 2025
UFC Fight Night
Tallison Teixeira
Win (28-12)Left Hook & Follow Up Punches • Round 1 (0:35)
May 11, 2024
UFC Fight Night
Rodrigo Nascimento
Win (27-12)Overhand Right to Ground Punches • Round 3 (0:49)
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January 24, 2026
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Loss (29-12)Ground & Pound • Round 2 (3:14)
July 12, 2025
UFC Fight Night
Tallison Teixeira
Win (28-12)Left Hook & Follow Up Punches • Round 1 (0:35)
May 11, 2024
UFC Fight Night
Rodrigo Nascimento
Win (27-12)Overhand Right to Ground Punches • Round 3 (0:49)
November 4, 2023
UFC Fight Night
Jailton Almeida
Loss (27-11)Decision
July 29, 2023
UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Win (26-11)Flying Knee to Ground Strikes • Round 1 (0:33)
February 4, 2023
UFC Fight Night
Serghei Spivac
Loss (26-10)Arm Triangle Choke • Round 1 (3:05)
July 30, 2022
UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2
Sergei Pavlovich
Loss (26-9)Punches • Round 1 (0:55)
February 12, 2022
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Tai Tuivasa
Loss (26-8)Elbow • Round 2 (1:40)
December 18, 2021
UFC Fight Night
Chris Daukaus
Win (25-8)Right Hooks • Round 1 (3:36)
August 7, 2021
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
Ciryl Gane
Loss (25-7)Ground & Pound • Round 3 (4:11)
February 20, 2021
UFC Fight Night
Curtis Blaydes
Win (24-7)Uppercut • Round 2 (1:26)
August 8, 2020
UFC Fight Night
Aleksei Oleinik
Win (23-7)Right Hook to Ground & Pound • Round 2 (0:21)
February 8, 2020
UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes
Ilir Latifi
Win (22-7)Decision
November 2, 2019
UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz
Blagoy Ivanov
Win (21-7)Decision
March 9, 2019
UFC on ESPN+ 4
Junior dos Santos
Loss (21-6)Punches • Round 2 (1:58)
November 3, 2018
UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis
Daniel Cormier
Loss (21-5)Rear Naked Choke • Round 2 (2:14)
October 6, 2018
UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor
Alexander Volkov
Win (20-5)Punches • Round 3 (4:49)
July 7, 2018
UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier
Francis NGannou
Win (19-5)Decision
February 18, 2018
UFC Fight Night 126
Marcin Tybura
Win (18-5)Punches • Round 3 (2:48)
June 10, 2017
UFC Fight Night 110
Mark Hunt
Loss (18-4)Punches • Round 4 (3:51)
February 19, 2017
UFC Fight Night 105
Travis Browne
Win (17-4)Ground & Pound • Round 2 (3:12)
December 9, 2016
UFC Fight Night 102
Shamil Abdurakhimov
Win (16-4)Ground & Pound • Round 4 (3:42)
July 7, 2016
UFC Fight Night 90
Roy Nelson
Win (15-4)Decision
April 10, 2016
UFC Fight Night 86
Gabriel Gonzaga
Win (14-4)Punches • Round 1 (4:48)
February 6, 2016
UFC Fight Night 82
Damian Grabowski
Win (13-4)Ground & Pound • Round 1 (2:17)
October 3, 2015
UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson
Viktor Pesta
Win (12-4)Ground & Pound • Round 3 (1:15)
June 6, 2015
UFC Fight Night 68
Shawn Jordan
Loss (12-3)Head Kick & Punches • Round 2 (0:48)
February 28, 2015
UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano
Ruan Potts
Win (11-3)Ground & Pound • Round 2 (3:18)
September 5, 2014
UFC Fight Night 50
Matt Mitrione
Loss (11-2)Ram & Punches • Round 1 (0:41)
July 6, 2014
The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale
Guto Inocente
Win (10-2)Punches • Round 1 (3:30)
April 19, 2014
UFC on FOX 11
Jack May
Win (9-2)Punches • Round 1 (4:23)
March 1, 2013
Legacy FC 18
Ricky Shivers
Win (8-2)Punches • Round 3 (4:22)
August 17, 2012
Legacy FC 13
Jared Rosholt
Win (7-2)Punches • Round 2 (4:41)
March 30, 2012
RFA 2: Yvel vs. Alexander
Justin Frazier
Win (6-2)Knee & Punches • Round 1 (2:37)
January 27, 2012
Fight to Win
Jeremiah Constant
NC (6-2)No Contest • Round 048 (Illegal Move)
December 16, 2011
Legacy FC 9
Rakim Cleveland
Win (5-2)Punches • Round 3 (1:28)
September 3, 2011
Immortal Kombat
Jay Peche
Win (4-2)
June 25, 2011
Bellator 46
Tony Johnson Jr.
Loss (4-1)Decision
February 25, 2011
IXFA Extreme Fighting
Taylor Herbert
Win (3-1)
July 24, 2010
Fight to Win
Ryan Martinez
Win (1-1)
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