Derrick Lewis (image via UFC / YouTube)

By FCF Staff

The consensus ahead of UFC St. Louis was that the main event would not go the distance, and Derrick Lewis ensured that was the case.

Lewis faced fellow heavyweight contender Rodrigo Nascimento in the card’s headliner, and in round three, he stunned the latter badly with a right hook. As Nascimento worked to recover, Lewis prompted the referee’s intervention with punches from above.

With the TKO win, Lewis extended his UFC record for stoppages via strikes to 15. Heading into the bout, Lewis (28-12) was ranked#12 in the UFC’s heavyweight division and Nascimento (11-2) was sitting in the #15 spot.

Here are the complete results for Saturday’s card.

UFC St. Louis

Derrick Lewis def. Rodrigo Nascimento via TKO (punches) – R3, 0:49
Joaquin Buckley def. Nursulton Ruziboev via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-27)
Carlos Ulberg def. Alonzo Menifield via knockout (punches) – R1, 0:12
Diego Ferreira def. Mateusz Rebecki via TKO (strikes) – R3, 4:51
Sean Woodson def. Alex Caceres via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Robelis Despaigne via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Chase Hooper def. Viacheslav Borshchev via submission (D’Arce choke) – R2, 3:00
Esteban Ribovics def. Terrance McKinney via knockout (head kick) – R1, 0:37
Tabatha Ricci def. Tecia Pennington via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Trey Waters def. Billy Goff via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Charles Johnson def. Jake Hadley via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Veronica Hardy def. JJ Aldrich via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Results via MMA Junkie.com.