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Aleksandar Rakic has lost four straight UFC outings. | Getty/UFC
Aleksandar Rakic is officially headed to the big man’s division.
The former light heavyweight contender will square off against Marcin Tybura at UFC Belgrade, the Las Vegas-based promotion announced on Monday. UFC Belgrade takes place on Aug. 1 at Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, and is headlined by a welteweight showdown between Uros Medic and Daniel Rodriguez. A middleweight tilt pitting Dusko Todorovic against Robert Valentin was also confirmed for the card.
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Rakic, 34, has lost his last four Octagon appearances at 205 pounds. In his lone appearance of 2025, “Rocket” suffered a first-round TKO defeat to Azamat Murzakanov at UFC 321 this past October. The Austrian fighter won six of his first seven outings to emerge as a contender in the light heavyweight division before his current skid, which also includes setbacks to Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka and Magomed Ankalaev.
A former M-1 Global title holder, Tybura is 15-10 over the course of a UFC tenure that began in 2015. The 40-year-old Pole is coming off back-to-back losses against Ante Delija and Tyrell Fortune. His ledger includes triumphs over the likes of Andrei Arlovski, Stefan Struve, Serghei Spivac, Ben Rothwell and Tai Tuivasa, among others.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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