Derek Lewis vs Ty Tuiza
Isley Adisaya vs Robert Whitaker
Jared Cannonje vs Derrick Brunson
Mark Madsen vs Wink Pickell
Alex Perez vs Matt Schneier
Roxanne Modaferi vs Kathy O'Neal
Derek Lewis just won a KO victory last month, and his next match has been decided, he will play in the UFC 271 tournament in Houston, USA, on February 13, Beijing time, against Australian Ty Tuwasa.
Derek Lewis (26-8, 21 K, 1 S, 1 N) is 36 years old and has a height of 191cm with an arm span of 201cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2010, winning the Legacy FC Heavyweight Championship in 2012 and successfully defending the title once the following year. He joined the UFC in 2014 with a (9-2, 1 N) score and a five-game winning streak, and has achieved a (17-6) result at the UFC so far. After challenging former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in 2018 after being demoted in the second inning, he suffered two consecutive defeats in March 2019 by Junior dos Santos in the second TKO. Four consecutive wins were then won in points against Blagoy Ivanov and Ilir Latifi, TKO Aleksei Oleinik and Curtis Blaydes in the second set. Last August's bid for the UFC heavyweight interim title with Ciryl Gane was sadly terminated by a losing streak by TKO in the third inning, just after the first leg in December, KO Chris Daukaus. Lewis is currently ranked No. 3 in the UFC official rankings in the heavyweight category.
Tawasa (13-3, 11 K, 0 S) is 28 years old and has a height of 188cm with an arm span of 190cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2012, winning the AFC Heavyweight Championship in 2016 and defending the title once. He joined the UFC race with a (6-0) score in 2017 and has achieved a (7-3) result at the UFC so far. After a three-game winning streak, he was defeated by Junior dos Santos in his career first in the second set by Junior dos Santos, lost points to Blagoy Ivanov, and was demoted by Sergey Spivak in the second set. He recently won four consecutive games and ended all of them with KO, ko "skyscraper" Stefan Struve, Harry Hunsucker in the first leg, KO Greg Hardy in the first set last July, and JUST KO Augusto Sakai in the second leg in December. Tuvasa is currently ranked 11th in the UFC official rankings in heavyweight.
The headline main event was the UFC MiddleWeight Championship Tournament, where current champion Isley Adisaya (21-1, 15 K, 0 S) played a second game against challenger former champion Robert Whitaker (23-5, 9 K, 5 S). Other squads include Jared Cannone (14-5, 9 K, 2 S) vs Derek Brunson (23-7, 12 K, 4 S). Denmark's unbeaten wrestling champion Mark Madsen (11-0, 3 K, 3 S) against American veteran Wink Pitchell (14-2, 8 K, 0 S). Alex Perez (24-6, 5 K, 7 S) vs Matt Schneier (15-6, 2 K, 8 S). Australian unbeaten rising star Kathy O'Neal (8-0, 3 K, 2 S) against American veteran Roxanne Modaferry (25-19, 4 K, 5 S).
Match Match Chart:
UFC MiddleWeight Championship Tournament:
Israel Adesanya (#c) vs. Robert Whittaker (#1)
Heavyweight Competition:
Derrick Lewis (#3) vs. Tai Tuivasa (#11)
Middleweight Competition:
Jared Cannonier (#3) vs. Derek Brunson (#4)
Flyweight Competition:
Alex Perez (#4) vs. Matt Schnell (#9)
Women's FlyWeight Competition:
Roxanne Modafferi (#11) vs. Casey O'Neill (#15)
Lightweight Competition:
Mark Madsen vs. Vinc Pichel
Bobby Green vs. Nasrat Haqparast
Light Heavyweight Competition:
Carlos Ulberg vs. Fabio Cherant
Ed Herman vs. Maxim Grishin
Hatchweight Competition:
Leomana Martinez vs. Ronnie Lawrence
Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov
Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo
Renato Moicano vs. Alexander Hernandez
A.J. Dodson Dodson) vs. Jacob Malkoun
Sub-middleweight competitions:
Orion Cosce vs. Mike Mathetha