UFC St. Louis: ‘Lewis vs. Nascimento’ Live Results and Highlights

The Octagon returns to Missouri for tonight’s UFC St. Louis event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento.

Lewis (27-12 MMA) will enter the contest looking to rebound, this after suffering a unanimous decision setback to Jailton Almeida in his most previous effort this past November. ‘The Black Beast‘ has gone 1-4 over his past five Octagon appearances, with his lone win in that stretch coming via TKO against Marcos Rogerio de Lima.

Meanwhile, Rodrigo Nascimento (11-1 MMA) currently boasts a three-fight win streak, his latest being a decision win over Don’Tale Mayes in November of last year. ‘Yogi Bear’ has gone 4-1 inside of the Octagon since joining the UFC ranks in May of 2020.

UFC St. Louis is co-headlined by a welterweight bout between Joaquin Buckley and Nursulton Ruziboev.

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Buckley (18-6 MMA) will enter the bout sporting a three-fight winning streak, his most recent being a TKO victory over Vicente Luque six weeks ago in Atlantic City. ‘New Mansa’ has gone 6-2 over his past eight Octagon appearances overall.

Meanwhile, Nursulton Ruziboev (34-8-2 MMA) currently boasts a ten-fight winning streak, with his two most recent victories coming inside of the Octagon. ‘Black’ is coming off back-to-back first-round stoppage wins entering tonight’s fight with Buckley.

Kicking off the UFC St. Louis main card lineup will be a heavyweight bout featuring surging contender Robelis Despaigne taking on Waldo Cortes-Acosta.

Despaigne (5-0 MMA) last fought and defeated Josh Parisian (15-8 MMA) by TKO this past March at UFC 299. The Cuban slugger has won his last four fights in a total combined time of 37 seconds.

Meanwhile, Waldo Cortes-Acosta (11-1 MMA) has won his last two bouts inside of the Octagon, defeating Lukasz Brzeski (9-4 MMA) and Andrei Arlovski (34-23 MMA) respectively.

Get all of tonight’s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):

UFC St. Louis Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

Derrick Lewis (264) vs. Rodrigo Nascimento (265) – Lewis def. Nascimento via TKO at 0:49 of Round 3

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Joaquin Buckley (170) vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (170.25) – Buckley def. Ruziboev by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-27)

Alonzo Menifield (205.5) vs. Carlos Ulberg (205) – Ulberg def. Menifield via TKO at 0:12 of Round 1

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Diego Ferreira (155) vs. Mateusz Rebecki (155.25) – Ferreira def. Rebecki via TKO at 4:51 of Round 3

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Alex Caceres (145) vs. Sean Woodson (145) – Woodson def. Caceres by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)

Waldo Cortes-Acosta (262) vs. Robelis Despaigne (262.5) – Cortes-Acosta def. Despaigne by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-26)

UFC St. Louis Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

Viacheslav Borshchev (155) vs. Chase Hooper (155) – Hooper def. Borshchev via submission (d’arce choke) at 3:00 of Round 2

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Terrance McKinney (155.25) vs. Esteban Ribovics (155) – Ribovics def. McKinney via KO (head kick) at 0:37 of Round 1

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Tecia Pennington (115) vs. Tabatha Ricci (115) – Ricci def. Pennington by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Billy Goff (170.25) vs. Trey Waters (170) – Waters def. Goff by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)

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Jake Hadley (125) vs. Charles Johnson (125.5) – Johnson def. Hadley by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

JJ Aldrich (125.25) vs. Veronica Hardy (126) – Hardy def. Aldrich by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Who are you predicting will emerge victorious in tonight’s UFC St. Louis main event between Derrick Lewis and Rodrigo Nascimento?