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Fighters React To Blachowicz’s Injury-Stoppage TKO Of Raki? At UFC Vegas 54

Jan Blachowicz is back in the light heavyweight title picture after earning a TKO victory over Aleksandar Raki? at UFC Vegas 54 tonight. Blachowicz was handed victory after Raki? suffered a catastrophic knee injury that forced the ref to step in. It was Blachowicz’s first win since losing the light heavyweight title to Glover Teixeira…

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Jan Blachowicz is back in the light heavyweight title picture after earning a TKO victory over Aleksandar Raki? at UFC Vegas 54 tonight.

Blachowicz was handed victory after Raki? suffered a catastrophic knee injury that forced the ref to step in. It was Blachowicz’s first win since losing the light heavyweight title to Glover Teixeira in October last year.

Until Raki?’s injury, the fight was closely contested. Round one saw Raki? land several heavy jabs, to which Blachowicz responded with a series of debilitating calf kicks. The Pole also had Raki? wobbled a few times.

Raki? dominated on the ground for most of round two after landing a huge takedown early on. Then just a minute into round three, Raki?’s knee buckled while he was backing up. The Serb fell back onto the canvas while clutching his knee, and the ref stepped in to call the fight.

You can catch all the highlights of the main event below.

This was Blachowicz’s seventh win in eight fights.

Now, let’s see how fighters reacted to Blachowicz’s victory over Raki? at UFC Vegas 54.

UFC Vegas 54: Blachowicz vs. Raki? Results & Highlights

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Jan Blachowicz And Glover Teixeira Both Want To Run Back A 2nd Fight

Jan BlachowiczFormer UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz got the job done against Aleksandar Rakic, earning himself another title shot, but Glover Teixeira still has some work to do to run back a second fight. Blachowicz won by an unordinary outcome, as Rakic took a step back and looked like he may have blown his knee […]

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz got the job done against Aleksandar Rakic, earning himself another title shot, but Glover Teixeira still has some work to do to run back a second fight.

Blachowicz won by an unordinary outcome, as Rakic took a step back and looked like he may have blown his knee out. Rakic got up and could barely put pressure on his knee. The fight to that point was a rather close one, and Rakic was coming off a dominant second round. Blachowicz walked away with a TKO victory and even went on to tell Rakic that he will one day be the light heavyweight champion as well.

Coming into the fight, Teixeira was already rooting for Blachowicz. He wanted to see him win, this way they could have a rematch after he defends his title agains Jiri Prochazka. Prochazka unfortunately for Teixaira, may be the most dangerous fighter in the entire division, so beating him will be no small task.

Before the fight Teixeira tweeted out in support of Blachowicz.

“Let’s go @JanBlachowicz Win tonight…and I’ll win Jun 11…then we run it back”

Jan Blachowicz answered Teixeiras call with a big win and he is excited to be able to possibly run the fight back

Michael Bisping interviewed Blachowicz after his big win and told hm about Teixeira’s message.

“I was focused on my fight so I don’t check the social media, but I’ll check it now.” Blachowicz said “Glover I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you and I hope so, we going to fight again.”

The first fight, Teixeira became the oldest champion to win the belt at the age of 42, when he defeated Blachowicz. He was able to submit him in the second round by rear naked choking him.

Would you like to see these two run it back?

Jan Blachowicz Lands Win After Aleksandar Rakic Suffers Knee Injury – UFC Vegas 54 Highlights

Jan BlachowiczFormer undisputed UFC light heavyweight champion, Jan Blachowicz has returned to winning ways following his October title loss to Glover Teixeira — emerging from UFC Vegas 54 triumphantly after opponent, Aleksandar Rakic suffered a third round knee injury in tonight’s main event outing. Jan Blachowicz, a former UFC and KSW light heavyweight champion, managed to […]

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Former undisputed UFC light heavyweight champion, Jan Blachowicz has returned to winning ways following his October title loss to Glover Teixeira — emerging from UFC Vegas 54 triumphantly after opponent, Aleksandar Rakic suffered a third round knee injury in tonight’s main event outing.

Jan Blachowicz, a former UFC and KSW light heavyweight champion, managed to get off to a bright start against the surging Austria native, Rakic, wobbling the Vienna-born contender on numerous occasions in the opening round, as he dealt with a cut just beneath his left eye as well as giving up a late opening frame takedown.

In the second, Rakic managed to once again land Blachowicz on his back at the fence, however, in a rather anticlimatic finish, the former was forced to call a halt to his own bout after he appeared to have suffered a knee injury during an exchange inside the opening minute of the third frame.

Absorbing a right hand from Blachowicz, Rakic returned to his stance, however, while transferring his weight to his right leg, Rakic appeared to suffer a leg injury — resulting in a TKO loss against the Pole as he was left unable to continue.

Below, catch the highlights from Jan Blachowicz’s win against Aleksandar Rakic

UFC Vegas 54: Blachowicz vs. Rakic – Results

UFC Vegas 54LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 54: Blachowicz vs. Rakic results throughout the night (Sat. May 14. 2022) live from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. A light heavyweight headliner between former undisputed division champion, the #1 ranked contender, Jan Blachowicz, and the surging Austrian-born standout, the #3 rated challenger, Aleksandar Rakic. Rescheduled following a […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 54: Blachowicz vs. Rakic results throughout the night (Sat. May 14. 2022) live from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A light heavyweight headliner between former undisputed division champion, the #1 ranked contender, Jan Blachowicz, and the surging Austrian-born standout, the #3 rated challenger, Aleksandar Rakic.

Rescheduled following a failed UFC Fight Night Columbus main event last month, Blachowicz will make his first Octagon outing since October of last year, where he headlined UFC 267 against Glover Teixeira, dropping his undisputed title in a one-sided second round rear-naked choke defeat.

For Rakic, the Vienna native has landed two victories since his sole Octagon loss, rebounding with a pair of unanimous decision wins over both one-time title challengers, Anthony Smith, and common-foe, Thiago Santos. Rakic has been out of action since March of last year where he defeated Brazilian striker, Santos on the main card of UFC 259.

UFC Vegas 54: Blachowicz vs. Rakic – Results

UFC Vegas 54 Main Card Results: (ESPN2/ESPN+ 10 p.m. ET)

Light Heavyweight: Jan Blachowicz vs. Aleksandar Rakic

Light Heavyweight: Ryan Spann vs. Ion Cutelaba

Bantamweight: Davey Grant vs. Louis Smolka

Flyweight: Katlyn Chookagian vs. Amanda Ribas

Lightweight: Frank Camacho vs. Manuel Torres

Flyweight: Jake Hadley vs. Allan Nascimento

UFC Vegas 54 Preliminary Card Results: (ESPN/ESPN+ 7:30 p.m. ET)

Flyweight: Viviane Araujo vs. Angela Lee

Lightweight: Michael Johnson vs. Alan Patrick

Strawweight: Virna Jandiroba vs. Angela Hill

Flyweight: Tatsuro Taira vs. Carlos Candelario

Middleweight: Nick Maximov vs. Andre Petroski

Aleksandar Raki? Would Rather Fight Teixeira For Title Than Procházka

UFC light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Raki? has a preference for who he’d like to face for a title between Glover Teixeira and Jiri Procházka. Raki? will face former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz in the UFC Vegas 54 headliner this weekend. The winner of the matchup is expected to get the next light heavyweight…

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UFC light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Raki? has a preference for who he’d like to face for a title between Glover Teixeira and Jiri Procházka.

Raki? will face former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz in the UFC Vegas 54 headliner this weekend. The winner of the matchup is expected to get the next light heavyweight title shot against the Teixeira/Procházka winner.

Teixeira, who upset Blachowicz for the title at UFC 267, will make his first title defense against Procházka at UFC 275. While Raki? has had his fair share of beef with Prochazka, he’d much rather test himself against the current champion.

During his UFC Vegas 54 pre-fight press conference, Raki? revealed that he’d like to fight Teixeira for the belt instead of the upstart Procházka.

“I honestly would love to fight Glover because he is a bigger name, he is a champion, he (has been) in the business for a while,” Rakic said. “I think he has not so much time left in his career like Ji?í does. Ji?í’s still young, I think he’s the same age as me. I think he is gonna be at the top for a while, like me. Sooner or later, I’m gonna fight him once or twice, or even three times.”

Raki? has won back-to-back fights over Thiago Santos and Anthony Smith in the Octagon. His lone UFC defeat came in a split-decision loss to Volkan Oezdemir in Dec. 2019.

Blachowicz was the pick in many fans’ eyes to defeat Teixeira at UFC 267. However, now Teixeira has become the top target of rising light heavyweight contenders such as Raki?.

Do you think Aleksandar Raki? is a future UFC light heavyweight champion?

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Jan Blachowicz vs. Aleksandar Raki? – LowKick MMA Staff Predictions

Jan BlachowiczThis weekend’s UFC main event features two elite light heavyweights clashing in what could well be a No.1 contender bout, with the victor likely to go on and face the winner of Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka. Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will take on surging contender Aleksandar Rakic. The two European giants […]

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This weekend’s UFC main event features two elite light heavyweights clashing in what could well be a No.1 contender bout, with the victor likely to go on and face the winner of Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will take on surging contender Aleksandar Rakic. The two European giants are known for their finishing ability, and will undoubtedly put on an exciting and dynamic performance as they attempt to assert dominance over the 205lb landscape.

Who will pick up the win and take that next step towards title contention? Let’s see what the LowKickMMA staff have to say:

LowKick MMA Staff Predictions for Jan Blachowicz vs. Aleksandar Rakic

Frank Bonada

Excellent matchmaking here from the UFC between two elite contenders both hailing from Europe – If only the fight were taking place in Poland or Austria. Regardless, it still has the makings of an extremely competitive bout. I am currently leaning towards Blachowicz. Rakic has a reputation for being a lethal knockout artist, but since his split decision loss to Volkan Oezdemir in 2019, ‘Rocket’ has become considerably more tentative in his approach. This did allow him to pick up wins over Thiago Santos and Anthony Smith, but against the ferocious tenacity of Blachowicz, I believe this approach will crumble. Blachowicz has demonstrated the ability to keep a high pace throughout and has a number of additionally damaging attacks in his arsenal. Blachowicz by decision or late stoppage.

Prediction: Blachowicz

Ross Markey

Former champion, Jan Blachowicz has been sidelined since losing the undisputed UFC light heavyweight championship last October to Glover Teixeira – and appears to be entering this weekend’s UFC Vegas 54 rescheduled headliner against Aleksandar Rakic with a certain chip on his shoulder. Suffering a surprising submission loss to the Brazilian, a combination of age and the fact that he’s surrounded by surging contenders at 205lbs, the Pole is faced with somewhat of a crossroads fight at light heavyweight. Experience will likely play a sizeable factor in his fight with Austrian-born upstart, Rakic – as well as a certain technical edge which will force Rakic to consider all means of offense beyond his composed striking, rangy shots, and the eventual utilization of his wrestling game. Blachowicz can, however, take solace in the fact that he’s faced the likes of fellow athletic strikers such as Israel Adesanya, and former champion, Luke Rockhold – and has emerged with victories in both. I’m expecting Blachowicz to land a decision victory over Rakic in a composed outing, without an overabundance of risking taking over the course of five rounds.

Prediction: Blachowicz

Michael Gringich

Rakic is ready to take that next step and will walk away with his hand raised. He’s been lights out since his loss to Volkan Oezdemir. I see Rakic fighting a smart fight and staying along the outside while technically picking Blachowicz apart. Although, one thing that is worrisome is Rakic’s long absence from the cage. With that being said, I believe youth prevails in this one and Rakic will most likely fight the winner of Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka for the title.

Prediction: Rakic

Olli Brockett

The main-event show at UFC Vegas 54 is set to be an interesting affair. Aleksander Rakic will be looking to further establish himself in the Lightweight division, with a win over the former champion Jan Blachowicz. However, despite the fact that Blachowicz is in the latter stages of his career. I believe the 39-year-old still has miles in the tank and will aim to utilize his high-level wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu to reduce Rakic’s ability to use his length and come out with a convincing decision victory this Saturday evening.

Prediction: Blachowicz

Who do you see winning this weekend?