Diego Ferreira was down however not out.

On the UFC on ESPN 56 foremost card, Ferreira (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) overcame early adversity to dish out a brutal beating on the face of surging light-weight Mateusz Rebecki (19-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC). The battle occurred at Enterprise Heart in St. Louis.

Referee Gary Copeland’s interjection to wave off the bout at 4:59 of Spherical 3 formally marked completion of Ferreira’s rally. He was dropped with an enormous left hand in Spherical 1.

Ferreira busted up Rebecki with punches all through the second spherical, then utilized relentless and constant ground-and-pound to get the stoppage. Rebecki sported extreme swelling and purple discoloration on his face together with some cuts.

 

Ferreira gained in his first look since Could 2023 and prolonged his successful streak to 2. Rebecki misplaced for the primary time within the UFC and had his 16-fight streak snapped.

Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 56 outcomes embrace:

  • Diego Ferreira def. Mateusz Rebecki through TKO (strikes) – Spherical 3, 4:51
  • Sean Woodson def. Alex Caceres through unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
  • Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Robelis Despaigne through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
  • Chase Hooper def. Viacheslav Borshchev through submission (D’Arce choke) – Spherical 2, 3:00
  • Esteban Ribovics def. Terrance McKinney through knockout (head kick) – Spherical 1, 0:37
  • Tabatha Ricci def. Tecia Pennington through cut up determination (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
  • Trey Waters def. Billy Goff through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
  • Charles Johnson def. Jake Hadley through unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Veronica Hardy def. JJ Aldrich through unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)