Blachowicz vs. Rakic reportedly finalized

Rakic has one loss in his last 15 fights, a split decision defeat against Volkan Oezdemir.

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March , Thats Past Valentines Day :slight_smile:

Good fight. Was hoping to see Jiri get it but I’m sure he will be next

Jiri will fight the Champ right?

I hope Jan smashes his face in.

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Rakic the early odds-on favorite, but only by a slight margin.

Aw, shit!

So I bought tickets to this same venue, January 2020, similar event date and Covid cancelled it. Bought tickets and have the same row section and seat and this happens, yay!

Those arent the same odds I saw on my site. Blacho was above +200 underdog, like plus 220 or something. Knew that because he was part of my betting plan. I suppose they could have changed due to dumping loads on blacho.

ya on my betting site (pokerstars) blacho is +210 underdog.

Rakic will win via stoppage.

Why? I welcome a chance to hate on a fighter for proper reasons.

Mostly because I’m a fan of Jan. I wasn’t a fan of Rakic vs Santos either, so there’s that.

Every fighter is so fucking generic looking. It’s like they just spammed “A” at the character selection screen to just “start the damn game already.”

An injury has forced former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz to withdraw from the UFC Columbus event, leaving the March 26 fight card without a scheduled headliner.

A person with knowledge of the promotion’s plans told MMA Fighting that Blachowicz’s fight with Aleksandar Rakic is expected to be rescheduled to a later date. MMA Cultura first reported the news. UFC Columbus takes place at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The nature of Blachowicz’s timetable for return is currently unknown. The bout was to be the ex-champ’s first appearance since a submission loss to Glover Teixeira cost him the title at UFC 267 this past October. Prior to that, he handed middleweight champ Israel Adesanya his first MMA loss in a light heavyweight title fight.

Rakic, meanwhile, will wait longer to get an opportunity to make his case for a title shot. The 29-year-old fighter from Vienna has won six of his seven UFC bouts including his two most recent fights in meetings with Anthony Smith and Thiago Santos, respectively.

Currently scheduled below Blachowicz vs. Rakic on the UFC Columbus card is a flyweight matchup between top contenders Kai Kara-France and Askar Askarov. It’s unclear whether the promotion will install a new fight atop the spring card or promote a matchup to top billing.