Alexandre Pantoja inspires UFC St. Louis headliner Rodrigo Nascimento: ‘I see it’s possible’

Rodrigo Nascimento enters his first UFC main event looking at teammate and UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja as an example.

Nascimento faces Derrick Lewis in a five-round heavyweight match Saturday at UFC St. Louis. The Brazilian talent plans to extend his win streak to four and climb the UFC rankings, to one day reach his ultimate dream of holding the UFC heavyweight title.

“I was talking to Pantoja the other day and it’s funny because he said...