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Aleksandar Rakić - Crunch Time for Light Heavyweight's New Hope (Patreon)

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2019-12-19 16:49:53

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2026-06

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Hey guys,

Got a Rico vs Badr article coming tomorrow but I wanted to touch on Rakic because I get asked about him a fair amount (especially since that Manuwa head kick.) As he's fighting Volkan Oezdemir next, Rakic is in the same spot Dominick Reyes was recently, running into his first elite opponent.

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Aleksandar Rakić - Crunch Time for the Next Light Heavyweight Hope - The Fight Primer

Aleksandar Rakić is a low flying prospect in the light heavyweight division. Dominick Reyes is still the thinking man's challenger for Jon Jones, and Johnny Walker is still distracting those who like shiny, spinning things, but Rakic made a bit of a splash for himself in June when his shin bone clacked off Jimi Manuwa's head to score one of the nastiest head kick knockouts since Mirko Filipovic's PRIDE days.