The UFC’s return to St. Louis after greater than six years went down Saturday at Enterprise Center, with UFC on ESPN 56 providing mixed results when it comes to entertainment with seven decisions and five finishes.

Certainly one of those stoppages got here within the primary event, where Derrick Lewis (28-12 MMA, 19-10 UFC) showed once more why he’s UFC’s all-time knockout record holder by stopping Rodrigo Nascimento (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) within the third round of their heavyweight headliner.

For more on the numbers to come back out of the cardboard, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC on ESPN 56.

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Derrick Lewis def. Rodrigo Nascimento

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Derrick Lewis (red gloves) fights Rodrigo Nascimento (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Lewis’ 19 victories in UFC heavyweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Andre Arlovski (23).

Lewis’ 15 stoppage victories in UFC heavyweight competition are most in divisional history.

Lewis’ 15 stoppage victories in UFC competition are tied for fourth-most in company history behind Charles Oliveira (20), Jim Miller (17) and Donald Cerrone (16).

Lewis’ 15 knockout victories in UFC competition are most in company history.

Lewis’ 15 knockout victories in UFC competition stemming from punches are essentially the most in company history.

Nascimento has suffered each of his profession losses by knockout.

Joaquin Buckley def. Nursulton Ruziboev

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Joaquin Buckley (red gloves) reacts to Nursulton Ruziboev (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Joaquin Buckley (20-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) improved to 4-0 since he dropped to the welterweight division in May 2023.

Nursulton Ruziboev (34-9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) was unsuccessful in his UFC welterweight debut.

Ruziboev had his 10-fight first-round stoppage streak snapped for his first defeat since December 2019.

Ruziboev has suffered seven of his nine profession losses by decision.

Carlos Ulberg def. Alonzo Menifield

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Carlos Ulberg (blue gloves) hugs Alonso Menifield (red gloves) after their fight during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Ulberg’s (9-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) six-fight UFC winning streak at light heavyweight is the longest lively streak within the division.

Ulberg has earned seven of his nine profession victories by stoppage.

Ulberg’s five-fight UFC stoppage streak is tied with Joanderson Brito for the second-longest amongst lively fighters in the corporate behind Shavkat Rakhmonov (six).

Alonzo Menifield (15-4-1 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) has suffered each of his profession stoppage losses by knockout.

Diego Ferreira def. Mateusz Rebecki

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Diego Ferreira (red gloves) reacts after knocking out Mateusz Rebecki (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Ferreira (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) has earned seven of his 10 UFC victories by stoppage.

Mateusz Rebecki (19-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) had his 16-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since September 2014.

Rebecki has suffered each of his profession losses by knockout.

Rebecki has landed no less than one takedown in all five of his UFC/DWCS fights.

Sean Woodson def. Alex Caceres

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Alex Caceres (red gloves) fights Sean Woodson (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Sean Woodson’s (12-1-1 MMA, 6-1-1 UFC) seven-fight UFC unbeaten streak at featherweight is tied with Movsar Evloev for the longest lively streak within the division.

Woodson has earned five of his six UFC victories by decision.

Alex Caceres (21-15 MMA, 16-13 UFC) fell to 11-7 since he returned to the UFC featherweight division in January 2015.

Caceres became the twelfth fighter in UFC history to achieve six hours of cage time.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Robelis Despaigne

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Waldo Cortes Acosta (red gloves) fights Robelis Despaigne (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Waldo Cortes-Acosta’s (12-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak at heavyweight is tied for the longest lively streak within the division.

Cortes-Acosta has earned 4 of his five UFC victories by decision.

Robelis Despaigne (5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) had his five-fight winning streak snapped for the primary defeat of his profession.

Chase Hooper def. Viacheslav Borshchev

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Chase Hooper (red gloves) fights Viacheslav Borshchev (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Chase Hooper (14-3-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) improved to 3-0 since he moved as much as the lightweight division in May 2023.

Hooper has earned 11 of his 14 profession victories by stoppage. That features five of his six UFC wins.

Hooper landed the primary knockdown of his UFC profession.

Viacheslav Borshchev (7-4-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) suffered the primary stoppage lack of his profession with a submission defeat.

Esteban Ribovics def. Terrance McKinney

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Terrance McKinney (red gloves) fights Esteban Ribovics (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Esteban Ribovics (13-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned 12 of his 13 profession victories by stoppage.

Terrance McKinney (15-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC) fell to 3-4 in his past seven fights dating back to March 2022.

McKinney has suffered all seven of his profession losses by stoppage.

Tabatha Ricci def. Tecia Pennington

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Tabatha Ricci (red gloves) fights Tecia Pennington (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Tabatha Ricci (10-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned 4 of her five UFC victories by decision.

Tecia Pennington (13-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) has suffered all seven of her profession losses by decision.

Trey Waters def. Billy Ray Goff

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Billy Ray Goff (red gloves) fights Trey Waters (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Waters (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned each of his UFC victories by decision.

Goff (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered two of his three profession losses by decision.

Charles Johnson def. Jake Hadley

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Charles Johnson (red gloves) fights Jake Hadley (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Charles Johnson (15-6 MMA, 4-4 UFC) has earned three of his 4 UFC victories by decision.

Jake Hadley (10-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has suffered all three of his profession losses by decision.

Veronica Hardy def. JJ Aldrich

May 11, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; JJ Aldrich (red gloves) fights Veronica Hardy (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Le-USA TODAY Sports

Veronica Hardy (9-4-1 MMA, 4-4 UFC) improved to 4-2 since she dropped to the UFC women’s flyweight division in May 2018.

Hardy has earned six of her nine profession victories by decision.

JJ Aldrich (13-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) fell to 6-4 since she moved as much as the UFC women’s flyweight division in March 2019.

Aldrich has suffered 4 of her six UFC losses by decision.

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UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.