We examine the main event winner, fight card results, bonus prize winners, & payouts of UFC St Louis, which took place on 11th May at the Enterprise Center
Derrick Lewis concluded UFC St. Louis with an electrifying knockout, leaving the audience in awe. Moments after the fight, he showcased another act of compassion by using his shorts to fan Nascimento back to consciousness as medical staff tended to him on the canvas.
UFC St Louis Fight Night 2024 payouts, purse, salaries, full fight card results and bonus prize money winner
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— UFC (@ufc) May 12, 2024
UFC St. Louis 2024 full fight card results, main event winner, & bonus award winners
In the main event of UFC St. Louis, Lewis dominated Nascimento from the beginning and in the third round, he unleashed a nasty right hand to drop the Brazilian fighter on the ground. Through his non-stop punches, Lewis compelled the referee to stop the fight and announce him as the winner.
On the other hand, the co-main event pitted Joaquin Buckley against Nursulton Ruziboev, with the former winning via unanimous decision. With the final gong, the judges scored the fight 30-27, 30-27, and 29-27 to Buckley, who got his fourth consecutive win in welterweight division.
we examine the fight card results:
| Event | Weight Class | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
| Fight card (ESPN / ESPN+) | Heavyweight | Derrick Lewis | Rodrigo Nascimento | TKO | 3 | 0:49 |
| Welterweight | Joaquin Buckley | Nursulton Ruziboev | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Carlos Ulberg | Alonzo Menifield | KO | 1 | 0:12 | |
| Lightweight | Carlos Diego Ferreira | Mateusz Rębecki | TKO | 3 | 4:51 | |
| Featherweight | Sean Woodson | Alex Caceres | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | Robelis Despaigne | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | Lightweight | Chase Hooper | Viacheslav Borshchev | Submission | 2 | 3:00 |
| Lightweight | Esteban Ribovics | Terrance McKinney | KO | 1 | 0:37 | |
| Women’s Strawweight | Tabatha Ricci | Tecia Pennington | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Trey Waters | Billy Goff | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Charles Johnson | Jake Hadley | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women’s Flyweight | Veronica Hardy | JJ Aldrich | Decision | 3 | 5:00 |
2024 UFC St. Louis salaries, purse details, & net payout of all fighters
According to reports, Lewis will become the top earner among UFC St. Louis fighters, expected to pocket upwards of $300,000. In the same event, Rodrigo Nascimento is projected to take home around $150,000 as the main attraction. Additionally, Trey Waters and Billy Goff are slated to receive an extra $50,000 each for their outstanding performance, winning the Fight of the Night bonus.
know the bonus award winners:
- Main Event Result: Derrick Lewis defeated Rodrigo Nascimento (TKO)
- Fight of the Night: Trey Waters vs. Billy Goff
- Performance of the Night: Carlos Ulberg and Carlos Diego Ferreira