UFC on ESPN 56 takes place Saturday, and you may be part of us for reside play-by-play and official outcomes starting at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT). UFC on ESPN 56 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place at Enterprise Middle in St. Louis.
Derrick Lewis (27-12 MMA, 18-10 UFC), a two-time heavyweight title challenger, takes on Rodrigo Nascimento (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in the principle occasion. Within the co-feature, Joaquin Buckley (18-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) meets Nursulton Ruziboev (34-8-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC), who hasn’t misplaced a combat in additional than 4 years, at welterweight.
Comply with together with our round-by-round updates and official outcomes starting at roughly 4 p.m. ET for the early prelims on ESPN+ and seven p.m. ET for the principle card on ESPN.
Benefit from the fights, everybody.
JJ Aldrich vs. Veronica Hardy
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Data: Aldrich (13-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Hardy (8-4-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC)
Division: Girls’s flyweight
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Jake Hadley vs. Charles Johnson
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Data: Hadley (10-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), Johnson (14-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC)
Division: Flyweight
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Billy Goff vs. Trey Waters
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Data: Goff (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Waters (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
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Tecia Pennington vs. Tabatha Ricci
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Data: Pennington (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC), Ricci (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC)
Division: Girls’s strawweight
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Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics
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Data: McKinney (15-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC), Ribovics (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Division: Light-weight
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Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Chase Hooper
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Data: Borshchev (7-3-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC), Hooper (13-3-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
Division: Light-weight
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Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Robelis Despaigne
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Data: Cortes-Acosta (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Despaigne (19-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
Division: Heavyweight
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Alex Caceres vs. Sean Woodson
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Data: Caceres (21-14 MMA, 16-12 UFC), Woodson (11-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
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Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Rebecki
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Data: Ferreira (18-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Rebecki (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Division: Light-weight
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Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg
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Data: Menifield (15-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC), Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC)
Division: Mild heavyweight
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Joaquin Buckley vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
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Data: Buckley (18-6 MMA, xxx UFC), Ruziboev (34-8-2 MMA, xxx UFC)
Division: Welterweight
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Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
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Data: Lewis (27-12 MMA, 18-10 UFC), Nascimento (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC)
Division: Heavyweight
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