UFC Fight Night: Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento, What are the odds of Each Bout?

This weekend, UFC returns to Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, with dozens of athletes fighting for the glory. The main event of Saturday night, May 11 will be UFC Heavyweight Title Bout, Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento.

This will be interesting match up after last week fight between Alexandre Pantoja vs Steve Erceg and week before between Matheus Nicolau vs Alex Perez.

UFC Fight Night, Main, and Prelims fight cards have a total of 13 bouts. The main card has six bouts and Prelims has seven bouts.

Let us check the fight and fighter details, which fights are must-watch, how to watch UFC Fight Night bouts and what are the ODDs.

Main Event Matchup: Derrick Lewis vs Rodrigo Nascimento

Big boys Derrick Lewis and Rodrigo Nascimento will fight for the Heavyweight Title in the main event on Saturday night.

Derrick Lewis, an American fighter with a record of 27-12-0 and a two-time title challenger, can he stop ascending Brazilian Rodrigo Nascimento who has a record of 11-1-0? We must wait till Saturday night to know the answer.

Derrick Lewis, the Houston native has always remained a knockout threat, however, his efficiency of finding those magic blows has reduced in his 11th year recently. His last bout was a decision loss to Jailton Almeida in Sao Paulo.

On the other hand, Nascimento is still young and remains unbeaten in his last four bouts with three consecutive wins.

The matchup ODDs are -162 to Lewis against Rodrigo’s +136.

This matchup will show the class experience and young blood and it would be fun to watch.

Other Main Card Fights

Welterweight Bout:  Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev

Joaquin Buckley from the United States with a career record of 18-6-0 will welcome, Nursulton Ruziboev of Uzbekistan with a career record of 34-8-2, NC in the co-main event of the evening.

Joaquin has active hands and sharp boxing with 34% significant strike accuracy, and 0.89 knockdowns averaged per 15 minutes. His last win in March over Vicente Luque was a second-round stoppage.

Ruziboev has won 10 straight overall, all by stoppage with 43% significant strike accuracy, and 3.27 Knockdowns averaged per 15 minutes, he will be a tough opponent to beat for Buckley.

The matchup ODDs are -148 to Buckley against Ruziboev’s +124.

Light Heavyweight Bout: Alonzo Menifield vs Carlos Ulberg

The 36-year-old Alonzo an American fighter with a career record of 15-3-1 will face a fighter from New Zealand, Carlos Ulberg with a career record of 10-1-0.

Alonzo has +170 Odds as compared to Carlos’s -205.

Lightweight Bout: Diego Ferreira vs Mateusz Rebecki

A Brazilian Veteran with a record of 18-5-0 will face Mateusz Rebecki from Poland who has an excellent record of 19-1-0.

It has been a decade since Rebecki lost a fight and it will be a fantastic fight to watch on Saturday.

Featherweight Bout: Alex Caceres vs Sean Woodson

Both American fighters will face each other on Saturday in the Featherweight category. Alex has a career record of 21-14-0 and Sean with a career record of 11-1-1. It will be interesting to see, who will take the initiative and control the contest.

Heavyweight Bout: Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Robelis Despaigne

Dominican Republic’s Waldo Cartes Acosta will face Cuban Robelis Despaigne on Saturday’s last bout in the main card. With a career record of 11-1-0, Waldo will be the man to beat against Robelis who also has an excellent record, 5-0-0. Robelis had a UFC debut earlier this year and he showed his class by winning the bout in 18 seconds. Can 32-year-old Salsa Boy be able to match 35-year-old Olympic bronze medalist Robelis?

Preliminary Card Matchups

There are seven bouts in Prelims.

·       Chase Hooper vs Viacheslav Borshchev.

·       Terrance McKinney vs Esteban Ribovics.

·       Tabatha Ricci vs Tecia Pennington.

·       Billy Goff vs Trey Waters.

·       Charles Johnson vs Jake Hadley.

·       Jared Gooden vs Kevin Jousset.

·       JJ Aldrich vs Veronica Hardy.

How to watch the UFC fights?

You can watch all the bouts on Sportsnet and TVA Sports. The Prelims at 4 p.m. ET and Main Card will start at 7 p.m. ET.

UFC Mobile App for updates and watch live, download from Apple Store and Google Play.

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