UFC St Louis 2024 Results: Derrick Lewis Retains Record For Most KOs With 3rd Round Finish of Nascimento

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Derrick Lewis stopped Rodrigo Nascimento in the heavyweight headliner of UFC St Louis 2024: Lewis vs. Nascimento event which took place at the Enterprise Center in St Louis, Missouri on Saturday (May 11) night.

In their second visit to St Louis and first in almost six years, the venue recorded the highest grossing Fight Night event with an attendance of 15,960 and gate collection of USD 2.47million.

5 of 7 fights, including the main event on the night finished in stoppages, while seven fights went the distance as a preliminary card welterweight bout between Billy Goff and Trey Waters bagged the fight of the night award.

Apart from Goff and Waters, Carlos Diego Ferreira and Carlos Ulberg also pocketed an extra USD50K as performance bonus. Here is a look at the recap and results of UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento:

UFC St Louis 2024 Recap

In the main event, knockout artist No. 12 ranked heavyweight Derrick Lewis walked out to massive cheers from his hometown crowd, on his way to take on rising contender No. 15 Rodrigo Nascimento.

Lewis threw everything he had at Nascimento, but the clashes ended in clinches. In the third round, it all added up, and after dropping Nascimento, Lewis got the referee stoppage, extending his UFC record for the most KOs to 15.

After the win, Lewis said, "I feel good. What is this... St Louis? I appreciate you all. I couldn't let a taxi driver from Brazil beat me. I'm going to sit down for a second. I'm getting too old for this. Did you see that? You don't see too many almost-40 (year olds) do that."

St. Louis' own No. 11 ranked welterweight Joaquin Buckley had a noisy entrance from the proud hometown fans when he walked to the Octagon to face Nursulton Ruziboev in the co-main event.

The towering 2-meter tall Ruziboev threw knees, but Buckley ran through them to land takedowns. In the third, Buckley landed a huge knockdown, got mount, and landed ground and pound, then dominated the rest of an exciting round.

Following the win, Buckley said, "St Louis, stand up everybody! We showed up and showed out! We brought the UFC back, and it wasn't just me, it was you all too! This is our win!

"My grandma has ALS. ALS has stricken so many things from her.. but she still keeps a smile on her face and pushes her baby. Grandma, this one's for you!"

Also on the main card, Ulberg and Diego Ferreira claimed stoppage wins over Alonzo Menifield and Mateusz Rebecki in their respective light heavyweight and lightweight bouts, while Sean Woodson and Waldo Cortes Acosta earned decision wins in their respective bouts.

Earlier in the preliminary card, Chase Hooper and Esteban Ribovics claimed stoppage wins, while Veronica Hardy, Charles Johnson, Tabatha Ricci and Trey Waters earned decision wins. Here is a look at the final results of UFC St Louis:

UFC St Louis 2024 Results

• Heavyweight Bout: Derrick Lewis defeated Rodrigo Nascimento by TKO at :49 of Round 3
• Welterweight Bout: Joaquin Buckley (30-27, 30-26, 29-27) defeated Nursulton Ruziboev by unanimous decision
• Light Heavyweight Bout: Carlos Ulberg defeated Alonzo Menifield by KO at :12 of Round 1
• Lightweight Bout: Carlos Diego Ferreira defeated Mateusz Rebecki by TKO (strikes) at 4:59 of Round 3
• Featherweight Bout: Sean Woodson (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) defeated Alex Caceres by unanimous decision
• Heavyweight Bout: Waldo Cortes Acosta (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) defeated Robelis Despaigne by unanimous decision
• Lightweight Bout: Chase Hooper defeated Viacheslav Borshchev by submission (D'Arce choke) at 3:00 of Round 2
• Lightweight Bout: Esteban Ribovics defeated Terrance McKinney by KO at 1:35 of Round 1
• Women's Strawweight Bout: Tabatha Ricci (29-28, 29-28) defeated Tecia Pennington (29-28) by split decision
• Welterweight Bout: Trey Waters (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) defeated Billy Ray Goff by unanimous decision
• Flyweight Bout: Charles Johnson defeated Jake Hadley by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Women's Flyweight Bout: Veronica Hardy (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) defeated JJ Aldrich by Unanimous Decision