Key takeaways
Derrick Lewis beat Rodrigo Nascimento by knockout at 0:49 of round three in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. In the co-main event, Joaquin Buckley beat Nursulton Ruziboev by unanimous decision after three rounds at welterweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in twelve fights. One of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Carlos Ulberg, who stopped Alonzo Menifield after 12 seconds, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Diego Ferreira's knockout of Mateusz Rebecki, 14 minutes and 51 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 19 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of six, against two of the six below it. Chase Hooper (submission, round two) and Esteban Ribovics (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Eight ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Carlos Ulberg.
Eight weight classes were used, lightweight most often with three bouts. ESPN carried all twelve bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
