Unexpected turnaround in main event fight Blachowicz vs. Rakic resulted a KO victory for Blachowicz. Check full results here
Blachowicz vs. Rakic a long waited match between former champ and top contender, finished in round 3 by a knee injury. Rakic trued to throw combination of the punches but he just fell down because his knee just gave up.
Up until that point, the fight was more-less equal. Blachowicz landed a lot of nasty low leg kicks in first round, and in second Rakic dominated by putting and holding Blachowicz down for almost full round.
Official score was KO for Blachowicz at 1:11 in round 3.
UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic
14th May 2022, Las Vegas, NV United States
Main Card
Light Heavyweight
Main Event
winner
Jan Blachowicz
29-9-0
vs
Aleksandar Rakic
14-3-0
KO/TKO / time: 01:11 round:3
Light Heavyweight
winner
Ryan Spann
20-7-0
vs
Ion Cutelaba
16-7-1
Submission Guillotine Choke Head / time: 02:22 round:1
Bantamweight
winner
Davey Grant
14-6-0
vs
Louis Smolka
17-9-0
KO/TKO Punches Head / time: 00:49 round:3
Women’s Flyweight
winner
Katlyn Chookagian
18-4-0
vs
Amanda Ribas
11-3-0
Decision – Split 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 / time: 05:00 round:3
Lightweight
Frank Camacho
22-10-0
vs
winner
Manuel Torres
13-2-0
KO/TKO Punches Head / time: 03:27 round:1
Flyweight
winner
Allan Nascimento
19-6-0
vs
Jake Hadley
8-1-0
Decision – Unanimous 27-30, 27-30, 27-30 / time: 05:00 round:3
Preliminary Card
Women’s Flyweight
Andrea Lee
13-6-0
vs
winner
Viviane Araujo
11-3-0
Decision – Unanimous 29-28, 29-27, 29-27 / time: 05:00 round:3
Lightweight
winner
Michael Johnson
21-17-0
vs
Alan Patrick
15-4-0
KO/TKO Punch Head / time: 03:22 round:2
Women’s Strawweight
Angela Hill
13-12-0
vs
winner
Virna Jandiroba
18-3-0
Decision – Unanimous 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 / time: 05:00 round:3
Flyweight
Carlos Candelario
8-2-0
vs
winner
Tatsuro Taira
11-0-0
Decision – Unanimous 30-26, 30-27, 30-27 / time: 05:00 round:3
Middleweight
winner
Andre Petroski
8-2-0
vs
Nick Maximov
8-1-0
Submission Anaconda Choke Head / time: 01:16 round:1
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