UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | May 11, 2024 | |||
Venue | Enterprise Center | |||
City | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento (also known as UFC on ESPN 56) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on May 11, 2024, at the Enterprise Center, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. [1] [2]
The event will mark the promotion's second visit to St. Louis and first since UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi in January 2018. [2]
A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Derrick Lewis and Rodrigo Nascimento is expected to headline the event. [3]
A light heavyweight bout between Carlos Ulberg and Alonzo Menifield was expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot on March 30, but it was moved to this event due to undisclosed reasons. [4]
A lightweight bout between Matt Frevola and Michael Johnson was expected to take place at the event, but it was scrapped after Johnson withdrew. [5]
Fight card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Derrick Lewis | vs. | Rodrigo Nascimento | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Alonzo Menifield | vs. | Carlos Ulberg | ||||
Lightweight | Terrance McKinney | vs. | Esteban Ribovics | ||||
Lightweight | Chase Hooper | vs. | Viacheslav Borshchev | ||||
Heavyweight | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | vs. | Robelis Despaigne | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Tabatha Ricci | vs. | Tecia Pennington | ||||
Welterweight | Billy Goff | vs. | Trey Waters | ||||
Flyweight | Charles Johnson | vs. | Jake Hadley | ||||
Welterweight | Jared Gooden | vs. | Kevin Jousset | ||||
Featherweight | Alex Caceres | vs. | Sean Woodson | ||||
Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | vs. | Veronica Hardy |