Derrick Lewis vs Chris Daukaus: Lewis will find his moment

Another UFC Fight Night event will take place in Las Vegas on December 19. American fighters Derrick Lewis and Chris Daukaus will meet in the main event of the evening.

The bout will take place in the heavyweight division. Derrick Lewis is ranked third in the official UFC heavyweight division challenger rankings, with Chris Daukaus ranked seventh.

Lewis has nothing besides a crazy punch, but he has enough of that. Give it half a chance - he’s got 20 of 25 wins by knock-outs and many of them by straight punches.

But the trick didn’t work in his last fight. It was an interim title fight with Cyril Gane in August this year. Gan easily dismantled Lewis at the range, keeping him within striking distance with his low-kicks. After one of these punches, which was very hard, Cyril went on the attack and finished the fight by TKO. Neither of them showed anything even close to remarkable, and once again, it was a real shame for Alexander Volkov.

Daukaus has probably got the same punch, and in the same way as Lewis, he is winning most of his fights by knock-outs - the last four fights and four of them (knocked out in the first round by Peter Porker, Rodrigo Nascimento and Alexey Oleynik).

And only Shamil Abdurakhimov reached the second round in September this year but seemed to have done so for nothing. At the end of the first round, Chris dropped Shamil to the canvas with a left sidekick, but he knocked the Russian unconscious with one punch and managed to survive the break. It took Daukaus 83 seconds in the second five minutes to finish what he started. After a right straight, Abdurakhimov collapsed on his back. The referee hesitated and allowed Chris to register his most frightening evening finish.

Someone’s going to knock someone out, no doubt about it. But Lewis is more skilled at it. Daukaus has an easier opposition. In addition, Derrick is quite upset by the past failure and will be more concentrated than ever. We can remember how he was patient in his fight with Volkov. He was waiting for his half chance, and ten seconds before the end of the fight, he found it.

Bookmakers see Chris Daukaus as the favourite here (the odds on his victory are 1.67), which is a good reason for the bettor to think about it. The odds on Derrick Lewis are 2.10.