Underdog Derrick Lewis gave Curtis Blaydes an end-of-fight uppercut in the second round on Saturday night for an impressive turnaround at the UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas.
Lewis hit seven strokes in total – compared to Blaydes’ 28 – but made the last count, winning the technical knockout / knockout at 1:26 of the second round to improve to 25-7.
Blaydes was unconscious when he hit the carpet.
“That was the only punch I was expecting during the entire fight,” said Lewis. “I knew he was going to come in … That was all I expected. I wasn’t worried about doubling up, jabbing or anything. “
Blaydes (14-3, 1 NC) entered the fight with an UFC 59 heavyweight record, but failed to hit one against Lewis.
Lewis, on the other hand, entered the fight with the most knockouts in the history of UFC heavyweights and added another one for his fourth straight win. In doing so, Lewis grabbed Blaydes’ four-game winning streak.
In the previous action, Yana Kunitskaya unanimously defeated Ketlen Vieira in the women’s bantamweight fight. Kunitskaya added 29-28 wins across the board after hitting 215 in total.
Darrick Minner was the unanimous winner over Charles Rosa in the featherweight fight.
Chris Daukaus won by KO / TKO Aleksei Oleinik, winning the punching victory 1:55 of the first round in his heavyweight fight.
Phillip Hawes was the winner in the majority decision over Nassourdine Imavov, 29-28, 29-28, 28-28 in the middleweight fight.
Tom Aspinall forced Andrei Arlovski to submit with a rear naked choke at 1h09 of the second round in the heavyweight fight.