Bevon Lewis


Bevon Lewis is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional since 2015, he has also competed for Legacy Fighting Alliance and Xtreme Caged Combat.

Background

Raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Lewis competed in football, baseball and wrestling in his highs school years and started martial arts training when he saw a group of people practicing MMA in a gym during one of his summer college break, helping his father on plumbing works. Lewis then decided to start training in MMA by working first on his strength and conditioning. He later picked up some standup classes and then jiu-jitsu, and starting to compete in 2015 professionally.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

With an amateur record of 12–2, Lewis turned pro in 2015 where he fought most of his early professional fights primarily in the Legacy Fighting Alliance and Xtreme Caged Combat.
Lewis made his first appearances in Dana White's Contender Series 8 web-series program on August 29, 2017, facing Elias Urbina where he won the fight via technical knockout and signed to a development league contract.
After a win over Collin Huckbody on April 27, 2018 at LFA 38 via a unanimous decision, Lewis made his second appearance in Dana White's Contender Series 12 where faced Alton Cunningham on July 10, 2018 and won the fight via a technical knockout out in round one and was awarded a contract with UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Lewis made his UFC debut on December 29, 2018 against Uriah Hall at UFC 232. He lost the fight via knockout in the third round.
His next fight came on June 8, 2018 at UFC 238 against Darren Stewart. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.
Lewis was scheduled to face Alen Amedovski on May 28, 2020 at. However, Amedovski was forced pulled out of the event citing injury and was replaced by Dequan Townsend. Lewis won the fight via unanimous decision.

Personal life

His moniker “The Extraordinary Gentleman” was coined by MMA pioneer Pat Miletich.

Mixed martial arts record