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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to ESPN airwaves this weekend with a heavyweight main event.
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UFC on ESPN 56 main event fighters Derrick Lewis and Rodrigo Nascimento both made weight for the 12-fight card. Both men weighed near the 266-pound limit, so there won’t be a major weight difference. All fighters made weight except for Jared Gooden, who suffered a medical issue and didn’t weigh in, thus canceling his welterweight fight against Kevin Jousset.
This marks the 12th UFC main event for “The Black Beast.” However, Lewis has struggled recently and is on a 1-4 stretch. A win over Marcos Rogerio de Lima is sandwiched between losses to Jailton Almeida, Sergey Spivak, Sergei Pavlovich and Tai Tuivasa. Lewis (27-12, 1 NC) will look to show he still has something left at 39 and officially weighed 264 pounds.
Meanwhile, this is the first UFC main event for Nascimento (11-1, 1 NC). “Yogi Bear” is riding a three-fight win streak over Tanner Boser, Ilir Latifi and Don’Tale Mayes. All of those wins came via decision, although the 265-pound heavyweight may look to show off his submission game against Lewis.
UFC on ESPN 56 will air on ESPN and ESPN+ in its entirety. Prelims begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, while the main card starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
UFC on ESPN 56 Weigh-in Results:
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)
Viacheslav Borshchev (155) vs. Chase Hooper (155)
Terrance McKinney (155.25) vs. Esteban Ribovics (155)
Tecia Pennington (115) vs. Tabatha Ricci (115)
Billy Goff (170.25) vs. Trey Waters (170)
Jake Hadley (125) vs. Charles Johnson (125.5)
Jared Gooden (N/A)* vs. Kevin Jousset (170.5)
J.J. Aldrich (125.25) vs. Veronica Hardy (126)
*Gooden didn’t weigh in due to a medical issue, and the fight is canceled.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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