Derrick Lewis Losses: Who Has the UFC Heavyweight Lost to in His Career?

Derrick Lewis is one of the most popular fighters on the entire UFC roster. Although he has won many fights, he has had his fair share of losses in Dana White‘s promotion. Here, we will take a look at all of ‘The Black Beast’s losses in the biggest MMA promotion in the world as he gears up for his next fight.

The UFC is returning to Brazil with a heavyweight clash involving Derrick Lewis, who will take on Jailton Almeida. The event will take place in Sao Paolo and the aforementioned heavyweight clash will headline the event. Meanwhile, let us take a look at the losses suffered by ‘The Black Beast’.

The first 6 UFC losses of Derrick Lewis

38-year-old Derrick Lewis has fought some of the best heavyweight fighters in the UFC. As such, he has suffered a few losses. The first loss came in his third UFC fight against Matt Mitrione back in 2014. Then Lewis suffered his second loss to Shawn Jordan in the following year. Thereafter, he was involved in one of his biggest fights in the promotion against heavyweight legend Mark Hunt in 2017. ‘Super Samoan’ outstruck Lewis and scored a 4th-round TKO win over ‘The Black Beast’.

Moving on, Derrick Lewis had his next two fights against some of the best fighters to have ever graced the Octagon, Daniel Cormier, and Junior dos Santos. He lost to the former via submission and lost to the latter by knockout. His sixth loss came at the hands of former heavyweight title contender Ciryl Gane, who handed Lewis yet another knockout defeat. However, the worst was yet to come as he almost left the UFC.

‘The Black Beast’ was at risk of leaving the UFC after three consecutive losses

The whole of 2022 and the first half of 2023 was not the best time for Derrick Lewis in the UFC. He suffered three consecutive losses and was approaching the end of his UFC contract. Lewis registered defeats to Tai Tuivasa, Sergei Pavlovich, and Serghei Spivac. Fans believed that Dana White may not consider renewing his contract after a string of losses. However, that all changed at UFC 291.

Derrick Lewis took on the Brazilian fighter Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 291. ‘Pezao’ also had a modest record of 21 wins, 10 wins, and 1 draw, but fans did not know what to expect from Lewis in that fight. However, ‘The Black Beast’ shocked the world with his performance that night. He scored an impressive knockout win in just 33 seconds of the opening round, which many fans believe could have been the reason the UFC re-signed him.

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The win at UFC 291 was a special one for Derrick Lewis. He had put on some lackluster performances in his previous fights, which made the win over Marcos Rogerio de Lima even sweeter. Lewis would be looking to do the same this weekend against Jailton Almeida. However, he will be in enemy territory this time. We will have to wait and see what unfolds on November 4.

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