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Matt Erickson

UFC on ESPN 56: Make your predictions for Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento

Derrick Lewis Rodrigo Nascimento ESPN ESPN 56 Alonzo Menifield Tabatha Ricci Tecia Pennington UFC (Event) Alex Caceres Billy Goff

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 56 event in St. Louis.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those reader consensus picks will be part of the main card staff predictions we release Friday ahead of UFC on ESPN 56 (ESPN, ESPN+), which takes place Saturday at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

Make your picks below.

JJ Aldrich vs. Veronica Hardy

Records: Aldrich (13-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Hardy (8-4-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC)
Past five: Aldrich 3-2, Hardy 3-2
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Aldrich +120, Hardy -140

Jared Gooden vs. Kevin Jousset

Records: Gooden (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC), Jousset (10-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC)
Past five: Gooden 3-2, Jousset 5-0
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Gooden +195, Jousset -240

Jake Hadley vs. Charles Johnson

Records: Hadley (10-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC), Johnson (14-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC)
Past five: Hadley 3-2, Johnson 2-3
Division: Flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Hadley -175, Johnson +145

Billy Goff vs. Trey Waters

Records: Goff (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Waters (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
Past five: Goff 5-0, Waters 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Goff +140, Waters -170

Tecia Pennington vs. Tabatha Ricci

Records: Pennington (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC), Ricci (9-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC)
Past five: Pennington 3-2, Ricci 4-1
Division: Women’s strawweight
Rankings: Ricci No. 14, Pennington honorable mention
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Pennington +110, Ricci -130

Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics

Records: McKinney (15-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC), Ribovics (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Past five: McKinney 3-2, Ribovics 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): McKinney +155, Ribovics -185

Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Chase Hooper

Records: Borshchev (7-3-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC), Hooper (13-3-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
Past five: Borshchev 2-2-1, Hooper 3-2
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Borshchev -170, Hooper +140

Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Robelis Despaigne

Records: Cortes-Acosta (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Despaigne (19-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
Past five: Cortes-Acosta 4-1, Despaigne 5-0
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Cortes-Acosta +140, Despaigne -165

Alex Caceres vs. Sean Woodson

Records: Caceres (21-14 MMA, 16-12 UFC), Woodson (11-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC)
Past five: Caceres 3-2, Woodson 4-0-1
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Caceres +155, Woodson -185

Diego Ferreira vs. Mateusz Rebecki

Records: Ferreira (18-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC), Rebecki (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Past five: Ferreira 2-3, Rebecki 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Ferreira +240, Rebecki -300

Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg

Records: Menifield (15-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC), Ulberg (9-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC)
Past five: Menifield 4-0-1, Ulberg 4-1
Division: Light heavyweight
Rankings: Menifield No. 15
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Menifield +180, Ulberg -220

Joaquin Buckley vs. Nursulton Ruziboev

Records: Buckley (18-6 MMA, xxx UFC), Ruziboev (34-8-2 MMA, xxx UFC)
Past five: Buckley 3-2, Ruziboev 5-0
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: No. 14
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Buckley -155, Ruziboev +135

Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento

Records: Lewis (27-12 MMA, 18-10 UFC), Nascimento (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC)
Past five: Lewis 1-4, Nascimento 4-1
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: Lewis No. 11
Odds (as of 05.06.24): Lewis -150, Nascimento +125