UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Nascimento airs live from Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO on Saturday, May 11. A day before the fight show the athletes step on the scales to make it official for their respective MMA bouts.
In the main event, No. 12 Derrick Lewis (27-12, 1 NC) of New Orleans, Louisiana and No. 15 Rodrigo Nascimento (11-1, 1 NC) of Brazil square off at heavyweight. The non-championship limit is 266 lbs.
Both fighters successfully made weight. Derrick Lewis weighed-in at 264 lbs. Rodrigo Nascimento showed 265 lbs.
In the co-main event, Joaquin Buckley (18-6) of St. Louis, MO and Nursulton Ruziboev (34-8-2, 2 NC) of Uzbekistan battle it out at welterweight. The non-title limit is 171 lbs. The fighters tipped the scales at 170 lbs and 170.25 lbs, respectively.
The welterweight bout between Jared Gooden and Kevin Jousset was canceled. At the end of the official weigh-ins, the latter came in at 170.5 lbs, but his opponent didn’t weigh-in. The promotion announced that the fight was off due to “medical reasons”.
UFC St. Louis: Lewis ceremonial weigh-ins start time is scheduled for 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT.
Get UFC St. Louis: Lewis vs Nascimento full fight card and weights below.
UFC St. Louis fight card
Main card
- Derrick Lewis (264) vs. Rodrigo Nascimento (265)
- Joaquin Buckley (170) vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (170.25)
- Alonzo Menifield (205.5) vs. Carlos Ulberg (205)
- Diego Ferreira (155) vs. Mateusz Rebecki (155.25)
- Alex Caceres (145) vs. Sean Woodson (145)
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta (262) vs. Robelis Despaigne (262.5)
Preliminary card
- Chase Hooper (155) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (155)
- Terrance McKinney (155.25) vs. Esteban Ribovics (155)
- Tabatha Ricci (115) vs. Tecia Pennington (115)
- Billy Goff (170.25) vs. Trey Waters (170)
- Charles Johnson (125.5) vs. Jake Hadley (125)
- Jared Gooden () vs. Kevin Jousset (170.5) – canceled
- JJ Aldrich (125.25) vs. Veronica Hardy (126)