Rakic entered Saturday's main event on a two-fight winning run, with overwhelming decision victories over previous championship contenders Thiago Santos and Anthony Smith.
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Aleksandar Rakic is already planning a rematch as he recovers from a nasty injury suffered on Saturday. The Austrian light heavyweight contender was TKO’d in the third round by Jan Blachowicz as his right leg gave up in the main event at UFC Vegas 54. Rakic will get an MRI on Monday to evaluate how much damage was potentially done to his knee, especially his MCL and LCL. Rakic, who is ranked No. 6 at 205 pounds in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, issued a post on social media on Sunday, commenting on the fight and claiming that his injury was a reoccurring one from an incident in training three weeks ago.
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Rakic posted on instagram his picture and captioned, “A great battle took place in the octagon tonight but unfortunately it ended not the way Jan and I or the fans wanted,” Rakic wrote. “The same damn injury from 3 weeks ago in camp showed up again tonight. I felt I won both rounds, round one being close but round two was just mine then I opened up really good even in the third before my knee buckled. Knowing the fact that my cardio was off the chart ( with a heart beat at 36 in sleep ) I would start to picking him apart from third round on but it is what it is.
“Congratulation to Jan and I wish him the best. I will take care of this injury and come back like you never seen me before. This is a unfinished fight between Jan and I and I really hope [the UFC] gives me a REMATCH.”
Rakic entered Saturday’s main event on a two-fight winning run, with overwhelming decision victories over previous championship contenders Thiago Santos and Anthony Smith. Another victory would have catapulted him into the mix of title contenders, but it’s unclear when he’ll be ready to race again. Following the defeat, his UFC record now stands at 6-2. Blachowicz, a former UFC champion, bounced back from a championship defeat to Glover Teixeira at UFC 267 in October. He currently has six wins in his last seven fights.
