Jan Blachowicz

At the top of the UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic fight card was a crucial light heavyweight matchup between Aleksandar Rakic and former 205-pound ...

As a result, Blachowicz was declared the winner of the contest. Rakic put his grappling skills to use in the second round and took Blachowicz to the ground. The 39-year-old lost his UFC title in that fight.

In the main event of the UFC Fight Night, Jan Blachowicz was awarded the TKO victory following a knee injury to Aleksandar Rakic.

Cutelaba was taking Spann down at will, however, Spann was consistently able to escape as well, and eventually, Cutelaba was just a bit careless as he attempted to return to his feet following a Spann scramble, and Spann immediately capitalized on the moment, catching Cutelaba with the fight-ending front choke. Once again, Ribas was able to take Chookagian down with a head and arm throw, and she began to work from the guard of Chookagian. Chookagian made it back to her feet with a minute remaining in the round and landed a strong right hand before time expired. I thought Hadley did his best work in the third round, but he was in need of a finish, and that desperation resulted in Hadley taking risks on the ground that Nascimento was able to capitalize on, ultimately taking the final round on the scorecards as well. Grant was really putting a beating on Smolka in the first round, but Smolka came back to win the second round, and it felt as though the momentum had swung going into the third. Chookagian landed the better shots on the feet throughout the remainder of this round, which I actually thought was enough to steal her back the round, but this was a close one. Lee followed her to the ground as she attempted to finish the fight, but Araujo showcased an insane level of recovery, and she was able to return to her feet, pick Lee up, and slam her down to the ground hard. Hadley returned to his feet in the final seconds of the round, but there was not enough time remaining for him to mount a round-stealing comeback. Johnson recovered and tagged Patrick with a left hand down the middle, before Patrick connected with a spinning attack, which resulted in the fighters going to the ground, where Johnson began to work from the guard of Patrick. Johnson landed some decent elbows from this position, and I thought he did enough damage here to steal back the round. Still, Hill was unable to escape from under Jandiroba until the final seconds of the round, and in all likelihood, this was another round for Jandiroba. 30-27 Jandiroba. Hill was clearly in pain from Jandiroba’s kneebar attempt, but Hill was able to escape and returned to the feet with just over two minutes remaining in the round. Taira followed him to the ground and quickly took his back as he looked to end the fight with a rear-naked choke. Taira changed levels and attempted to take Candelario down with a single leg, but Candelario defended the attempt before shooting for a takedown of his own that was also stopped.

UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira offered Jan Blachowicz the next shot at the title after his fight at UFC 275.

Currently lined as the underdog, the 42-year old Teixeira will defend his title against Czech finisher Jiří Procházka. Procházka has only fought twice in the UFC but won both fights by second-round knockout, and he’s currently on a 12-fight win streak dating back to 2015. The fight was quickly called off, and Blachowicz was awarded the TKO win. That matchup was Teixeira’s second shot at UFC gold after the Brazilian lost a unanimous decision to longtime light heavyweight king Jon Jones in 2014.

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Chookagian, meanwhile, gutted out a split decision win over a very tough Amanda Ribas to earn her fourth straight win in the Flyweight division. While Grant may not have been a recipient of a post-fight bonus — which would have been his fifth straight — following his knockout win over Louis Smolka, both he and his foe put it all on the line in one of the more entertaining fights of the night. Spann improved to 6-2 so far inside the Octagon and could be eyeing a Top 10 ranking soon following his impressive finish over “The Hulk.”

Jan Blachowicz was successful in his UFC return on Saturday, but confirmed that he will undergo eye surgery on Monday following his victory over Aleksandar.

It was in the beginning of the first round, one of the first punches. “I hope so, that the UFC gives me another title shot, that I’m going to be next one,” Blachowicz said. Blachowicz recalls the injury happening early in the bout, but was uncertain if it was the result of a punch or an unintentional eye poke.

Jan Blachowicz thinks he's in line for a title shot after his win over Aleksandar Rakic in the UFC on ESPN 36 main event.

“I was looking for this answer,” Blachowicz said. Rakic was No. 3. The Polish fighter said he will need surgery to repair the damage, and it’s possible it could be a “big” issue. “I was No. 1. He was not.” He suffered a cut directly under his left eye just minutes into the first round, and was forced to fight through it until the end.

Jan Blachowicz wants a chance to regain the light heavyweight title after a win in the UFC Vegas 54 main event.

“That I feel the same before I fought Glover or before I fought Israel [Adesanya] or Dominick Reyes. I’m just happy. “I have to check it [how it happened]. I don’t know. “It’s OK, but I’m going to have some small surgery Monday on this eye,” Blachowicz said. I wanted to kick these legs because his position is very low and he has long legs and it’s hard when you’ve got low position to block it. “Of course, I’m a fighter, I’m a warrior,” Blachowicz said at the post-fight press conference. The bout was stopped immediately, with Blachowicz earning the TKO victory due to injury.

Aleksandar Rakic got a raw deal when he suffered a knee injury against Jan Blachowicz at UFC Vegas 54 and he's issued a statement.

Congratulations Jan Blachowicz. Now on to the road of recovery.” A great battle took place in the octagon tonight but unfortunately it ended not the way Jan and I or the fans wanted. The same injury from 3 weeks ago in camp showed up again tonight.