Derrick Lewis

What pulls me to Derrick Lewis isn't just the staggering knockout record in the UFC heavyweight division, it's the personality behind the power. A 191 cm wrecking machine from New Orleans who delivers fight-ending punches, then offers some of the funniest, most disarming interviews in the sport. I find that contrast irresistible: terrifying inside the cage, completely human outside it. Plenty of big men can hit hard, but very few make you laugh and wince in the same breath. Lewis turned brute force into something almost charming, and that, to me, is a rarer talent than the punch itself.

Name (English)

Derrick Lewis

Name (Japanese)

デリック・ルイス

Reading

でりっく・るいす

Born

February 7, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

Origin

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Height

191 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter

High school

Cypress Springs High School

University

Kilgore College

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick%20Lewis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
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Tags

• Louisiana
• mixed martial arts fighter

Last updated

2026-06-11

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