What are Derrick Lewis strenghts?

[Yrat]

Is is obvious he wins often but can you define his strenghts during the fight?

Only i have is that he has a bigger chance to win by tko/ko during the third round, like his win over Alexander Volkov.

His strenght seems to be his weapon as well, the power of his hands.

Maybe also his way to fight offensive.

His weakness seems to be everything such as takedown defense and sub-defense.

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

He doesnt shit his pants in the ring.

 

[yekmurat]

His balls are hot

 

[NicholasJBasile]

His biggest strengths I feel are his ability to remain dangerous throughout the whole fight and his bizarre ability to simply not care that he has highly skilled guys in dominant positions on him threatening with submissions and just stand up. He has that "I don't give a damn" defense that has worked almost flawlessly for him. I have watched Ivanov fight since Bellator and he is very competent on the ground. He had a deep ass Americana on Lewis and Lewis straight up didn't give a shit and just stood up without using much proper technique. The only guy to really big brother him on the ground was DC.

 

[I WILL CUT YOU]

His opposition is largely weak

 

[AmericanMMA]

hottest balls in MMA

 

[Pepy]

just stand up

works surprisingly well for him

 

[I WILL CUT YOU]

Fights in the least skilled era of heavyweights ever, barring Stipe and DC.

 

[OmegaRugal]

He has good striking, great power and speed and is very explosive. Knows how to use his limited cardio well.

Basically he is blessed with physical gifts more so than he is with pure skill.

 

[DOMMA]

6" 3" 265 lbs. and fairly athletic. He has decent power and hand speed. All it takes to sit in the top 10 of the HW division today.

 

[Iron Nick]

Heavy hands, deceptively quick and very strong.

 

[tucan89]

Promos & Instagram memes

 

[TR1]

Fights in the least skilled era of heavyweights ever, barring Stipe and DC.

And managed to look terrible in 90% of his fights too.

 

[NRFC]

He has good striking, great power and speed and is very explosive. Knows how to use his limited cardio well.

Basically he is blessed with physical gifts more so than he is with pure skill.

This is a good assessment. One thing to add is that if he ever gets taken down, he has developed the ability to get up quickly against most opponents.

 

[Rozko]

The only guy to really big brother him on the ground was DC.

I am still amazed that he was able to stand up from the bottom of side control against DC before he gassed.

 

[Martialbeef]

His best asset is his fat guy cardio, his power is slightly overrated

 

[Hellowhosthat]

1. Great power which he carries deep into fights, he's still a massive KO threat even when he's completely exhausted.

2. Good ability at just standing up from bad positions from under some very competent people.

3. Great finishing instincts, once he gets someone hurt, it's as good as over.

4. His ground and pound from top position is fucking death , the whole division is seriously lucky that the dude can't wrestle.

 

[OmegaRugal]

6" 3" 265 lbs. and fairly athletic. He has decent power and hand speed. All it takes to sit in the top 10 of the HW division today.

In any top 10 HW division that ever existed in MMA.

There is a reason p4p number 1 pride champ Fedor has a win vs a "contender" with a 0-2 record.

And no this wasnt rookie Fedor ... this was the champ Fedor fighting people with losing records and even some with zero wins.

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

his strength is HW being dogshit enough that a guy as bad as lewis can get wins.

 

[CrimsonFan]

He has heart. Fights without fear, probably comes from doing hard time in Huntsville.

Hes a badass. Might not look pretty doing it but he wins