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Matches to make after UFC Belgrade
The \nUltimate Fighting Championship brought a ton of action in its\nfirst-ever trip to Serbia. The historic \nUFC Belgrade card was headlined by a welterweight clash between\nthe rising contender Uros Medic\nand veteran mainstay Daniel\nRodriguez. The 14-fight lineup also had key fights in the\nheavyweight, light heavyweight and middleweight divisions that will\nimpact how the rest of the year will go.\n\nHere are the matches to make for the top five UFC Belgrade\nwinners.\n\nUros\nMedic vs. Belal\nMuhammad\nMedic (14-3) needed just 30 seconds to knock out Rodriguez in the\nmain event. It was a statement win for The Doctor, who is\nofficially a contender at welterweight after such a thrashing. The\n33-year-old is ready for big fights in the division and a UFC Fight\nNight headliner against Muhammad makes perfect sense to me."Remember the Name" (24-6, 1 NC) is coming off a deflating loss to\nGabriel\nBonfim. The 38-year-old American would get a chance to prove he\nis still a relevant prospect after losing his last three fights,\nwhile Medic gets the chance to get the biggest win of his career.\nHigh stakes and drama aplenty in what would be a great fight.\n\nNavajo\nStirling vs. Khalil\nRountree\nThe undefeated Stirling picked up the biggest win of his career by\nknocking out Jan\nBlachowicz with \nheavy ground and pound. Now 11-0 as a pro, the Kiwi is ready to\nfight more of the divisions best. Fresh off beating a former light\nheavyweight champion, the New Zealand fighter called out former\ntitle challenger Rountree (14-7, 1 NC). Im not one to turn down a\ngreat callout, so lets book it. The War Horse recently beat\nJamahal\nHill but came up short against Jiri\nProchazka. He's one of the top 205-pound fighters, and this\nclash will put the winner right in title contention.\nhttps://www.sherdog.com/news/news/UFC-Belgrade-Medic-vs-Rodriguez-playbyplay-results-round-scoring-202171\n\n\nRelated \nUFC Belgrade round-by-round scoring\n\nAleksandar\nRakic vs. Valter\nWalker\nRakic made a successful move to heavyweight by outworking Marcin\nTybura over 15 minutes. The former 205-pound contender is now\n15-6 as a professional mixed martial artist. Theres a lot of fun\nand fresh fights to make for Rocket at heavyweight, and one that\nshould excite a lot of fight fans is one against Walker (16-1). The\nBrazilian just submitted Thomas\nPetersen with a calf slicer last week and is known for his wild\nheel hooks, so lets see if The Foot Hunter can submit a more\nathletic opponent. Its a fun fight that will put the winner right\nin the thick of things as a contender.\n\nGilbert\nUrbina vs. Robert\nValentin\nBoth Urbina and Valentin impressed in their respective middleweight\nbouts on the UFC Belgrade main card. Urbina (8-4) showed off his\n\npowerful punches to secure a TKO win over Vlastislav\nCepo in just 61 seconds, while "Robzilla" used a \nslick guillotine choke to submit Dusko\nTodorovic inside a round. America's "RGV Bad Boy" looked great\nafter moving up from welterweight, and the more experienced\nValentin (12-6) would prove a great next test in the division. The\nSwiss fighter has now put together back-to-back wins, and putting\naway Urbina would secure him a much bigger fight in his next\nouting. Since they are on the same timetable, this fight makes\nsense as a solid next step for both men.
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