UFC on ESPN 56 takes place on Saturday, and you can join us for the official, live results starting at 4pm ET (1pm PT). UFC on ESPN 56 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis.
Two-time heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis (27-12 MMA, 18-10 UFC) faces Rodrigo Nascimento (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in the main event. In the co-feature, Joaquin Buckley (18-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) meets Nursulton Ruziboev (34-8-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC), who hasn’t lost a fight in over four years, at welterweight .
Follow our round-by-round updates and official results starting at approximately 4pm ET for the first prelims on ESPN+ and 7pm ET for the main card on ESPN.
Enjoy the fights, guys.
JJ Aldrich x Veronica Hardy
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Records: Aldrich (13-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Hardy (8-4-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC)
Division: Women’s flyweight
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Jake Hadley x Charles Johnson
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Records: Hadley (10-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), Johnson (14-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC)
Division: Flyweight
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Billy Goff x Trey Waters
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Records: Goff (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Waters (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
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Tecia Pennington x Tabatha Ricci
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Records: Pennington (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC), Ricci (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC)
Division: Women’s strawweight
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Terrance McKinney x Esteban Ribovics
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Records: McKinney (15-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC), Ribovics (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Division: Light
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Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Chase Hooper
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Records: Borshchev (7-3-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC), Hooper (13-3-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
Division: Light
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Waldo Cortes-Acosta x Robelis Despaigne
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Records: Cortes-Acosta (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Despaigne (19-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
Division: Heavy weight
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Alex Caceres x Sean Woodson
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Records: Caceres (21-14 MMA, 16-12 UFC), Woodson (11-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC)
Division: Feather weight
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Diego Ferreira x Mateusz Rebecki
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Records: Ferreira (18-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Rebecki (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Division: Light
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Alonzo Menifield vs Carlos Ulberg
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Records: Menifield (15-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC), Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC)
Division: Light heavyweight
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Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev
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Records: Buckley (18-6 MMA, xxx UFC), Ruziboev (34-8-2 MMA, xxx UFC)
Division: Welterweight
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Derrick Lewis x Rodrigo Nascimento
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Records: Lewis (27-12 MMA, 18-10 UFC), Nascimento (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC)
Division: Heavy weight
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