The Octagon is at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri for tonight’s UFC on ESPN 56 event. The fight card is headlined by a heavyweight bout between knockout artist Derrick Lewis and 15th-ranked Rodrigo Nascimento.
Lewis (27-12, 1 NC) will enter the match coming off a decision loss to Jailton Almeida in his last fight. Lewis, ranked 12th in the division, has lost four of his last five fights and desperately needs a win to stay relevant in the weight class. Nascimento (11-1, 1 NC) is riding a three-fight winner streak and looking to take out his highest profile opponent.
Start Times:
- Preliminary Card beings at 4 p.m. ET
- Main Card begins at 7 p.m. ET
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Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
- Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
- Joaquin Buckley vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
- Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg
- Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Rebecki
- Alex Caceres vs. Sean Woodson
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Robelis Despaigne
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
- Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Chase Hooper
- Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics def. Terrance McKinney via KO (head kick) at 0:36, Round 1
- Tabatha Ricci def. Tecia Pennington via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)
- Trey Waters def. Billy Goff via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
- Charles Johnson def. Jake Hadley via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
- JJ Aldrich vs. Veronica Hardy def. JJ Aldrich via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)