UFC News: St. Louis Fight Night Adds Several Huge Matchups

The UFC will return to St. Louis for just the second time on May 11, and a heavyweight bout between former title challenger Derrick Lewis and Rodrigo Nascimento is slated to serve as the main event.

Per a press release, the UFC has now officially added 11 more bouts that will take place at the St. Louis card ahead of the headlining heavyweight fight.

Notable additions to the event include a rescheduled matchup between light heavyweights Carlos Ulberg and Alonzo Menifield after they were previously set to meet in March, and the card on May 11 will also see Tecia Pennington (née Torres) return to the Octagon for the first time since 2022 to take on Tabatha Ricci.

UFC St. Louis will also feature Robelis Despaigne making his second UFC appearance to take on Waldo Cortes-Acosta, plus fan favorites Terrance McKinney and Chase Hooper will take on Esteban Ribovics and Viacheslav Borshchev to go along with a number of other exciting matchups.

None of the bouts included in the press release have been given co-main event status as of yet, and for the moment the UFC’s return to St. Louis on May 11 looks like this:

Main Event: Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg
Jared Gooden vs. Kevin Jousset
Tabatha Ricci vs. Tecia Pennington
Michael Johnson vs. Matt Frevola
Alex Caceres vs. Sean Woodson
Jake Hadley vs. Charles Johnson
Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics
Chase Hooper vs. Billy Goff
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Robelis Despaigne
JJ Aldrich vs. Veronica Hardy

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