Derrick Lewis
“The Black Beast”
Derrick Lewis is ranked 28th of 235 heavyweights by the First Light Rating, and 13th in the UFC’s own heavyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,92328th of 235 · Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.47Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 2,003, 18 Dec 2021
- Record
- 29–14Pro, 1 NC
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Lost to Josh HokitUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · TKO (Punches), R2 | −24 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Lost to Waldo Cortes-AcostaUFC 324 - Gaethje vs. Pimblett · TKO (Punches), R2 | −18 |
| 12 Jul 2025 | Won vs Tallison TeixeiraUFC on ESPN 70 - Lewis vs. Teixeira · TKO (Punches), R1 | +8 |
| 11 May 2024 | Won vs Rodrigo NascimentoUFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento · TKO (Punches), R3 | +2 |
| 4 Nov 2023 | Lost to Jailton AlmeidaUFC Fight Night 231 - Almeida vs. Lewis · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −17 |
| 29 Jul 2023 | Won vs Marcos Rogerio de LimaUFC 291 - Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +25 |
| 4 Feb 2023 | Lost to Serghei SpivacUFC Fight Night 218 - Lewis vs. Spivak · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R1 | −26 |
| 30 Jul 2022 | Lost to Sergei PavlovichUFC 277 - Pena vs. Nunes 2 · TKO (Punches), R1 | −22 |
| 12 Feb 2022 | Lost to Tai TuivasaUFC 271 - Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · KO (Elbow), R2 | −4 |
| 18 Dec 2021 | Won vs Chris DaukausUFC Fight Night 199 - Lewis vs. Daukaus · KO (Punches), R1 | +16 |
| 7 Aug 2021 | Lost to Ciryl Gane TitleUFC 265 - Lewis vs. Gane · TKO (Punches), R3 | −16 |
| 20 Feb 2021 | Won vs Curtis BlaydesUFC Fight Night 185 - Blaydes vs. Lewis · KO (Punch), R2 | +7 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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