Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-05-11, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Nascimento vs Lewis is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 11th, at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis (Missouri, United States), in a 5-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC on ESPN 56 (also known as UFC St. Louis). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Derrick Lewis record
Derrick Lewis entered this fight with a professional mma record of 27-12-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 heavyweight in the world.
He won just one out of his last five bouts, against Marcos Rogerio de Lima in July 2023 (Derrick Lewis vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima), after this match he has lost to Jailton Almeida (Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis).
Rodrigo Nascimento record
His opponent, Rodrigo Nascimento, has an official record of 11-1-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the heavyweight division.
He lost to Chris Daukaus in 2020, but since then he has collected one no-contest and three victories beating Ilir Latifi (Ilir Latifi vs Rodrigo Nascimento) and Don’Tale Mayes in 2023 (Rodrigo Nascimento vs Don’Tale Mayes 2).
Fight card
Here is the UFC on ESPN 56 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento
Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev
Alonzo Menifield vs Carlos Ulberg
Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Mateusz Rebecki
Alex Caceres vs Sean Woodson
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Robelis Despaigne
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Chase Hooper vs Viacheslav Borshchev
Esteban Ribovics vs Terrance McKinney
Tabatha Ricci vs Tecia Pennington
Billy Goff vs Trey Waters
Charles Johnson vs Jake Hadley
JJ Aldrich vs Veronica Hardy
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC on ESPN 56 pre-fight press conference, featuring Rodrigo Nascimento and Derrick Lewis!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC on ESPN 56: Lewis vs Nascimento weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Lewis vs Nascimento fight?
Derrick Lewis defeated Rodrigo Nascimento via TKO at 0:49, round 3.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC on ESPN 56 post-fight octagon interview of Derrick Lewis and Rodrigo Nascimento.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC on ESPN 56 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Rodrigo Nascimento and Derrick Lewis (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8G1YccmWNM
Bonus awards
UFC on ESPN 56 Fight of the Night: Trey Waters vs. Billy Goff
UFC on ESPN 56 Performance of the Night: Carlos Ulberg, Carlos Diego Ferreira
