The Octagon returned to Missouri for tonight’s UFC St. Louis occasion, a twelve-bout struggle card headlined by Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento.
The extremely anticipated heavyweight important occasion resulted in one other stoppage win for the King of KO’s, Derrick Lewis. ‘The Black Beast’ was capable of survive some unenviable positions on the bottom in rounds one and two, however got here again sturdy within the third body of the struggle. ‘The Black Beast’ linked with a giant proper early in spherical three which despatched Rodrigo Nascimento crashing to the canvas. From there, Lewis unleashed some nasty floor and pound to pressure the referee to step in and name a cease to the struggle.
UFC St. Louis was co-headlined by a welterweight bout that includes hometown favourite Joaquin Buckley taking over Nursulton Ruziboev. The competition proved to be a popping out get together for ‘New Mansa’, who utilized his grappling and energy punches to overwhelm the Uzbekistan standout. After three rounds of hard-fought motion, Buckley was awarded a much-deserved unanimous resolution victory.
Following the conclusion of tonight’s occasion, UFC officers introduced on the post-fight press convention that 4 fighters could be taking house efficiency bonuses.
Combat of the evening: Welterweight fighters Trey Waters and Billy Goff every earned an additional $50k for his or her thrilling conflict on tonight’s UFC St. Louis preliminary struggle card. Waters in the end received the struggle by means of unanimous resolution (30-27 x2, 29-28).
Efficiency of the evening: Carlos Ulberg pocketed an additional $50k for his first-round TKO victory over Alonzo Menifield (see that right here).
Efficiency of the evening: Diego Ferreira earned an additional $50k for his third-round TKO victory over Mateusz Rebecki (see that right here).
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