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Aleksandar Rakic Shares Details Of Jimi Manuwa’s Sucker Punch At UFC London

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2 years ago

July 25, 2022

This past weekend at UFC London, it wasn’t only fights inside the cage that stole the headlines, an altercation between old foes, Aleksandar Rakic and Jimi Manuwa has also surfaced after “Rocket” Rakic shared a video detailing the situation.

The two Light Heavyweight’s fought back in 2019 in what resulted in Manuwa’s final fight. The bout didn’t go as the “Poster Boy” planned, and he was knocked out with a heavy head kick in just the first round. Since then, the Brit has been transparent that if he could get one fight back to change the outcome, it’d be his fight with Rakic as in October of last year, Manuwa tweeted, ‘One fight I want back is Rakic’.

(Credit: MMAJunkie.usatoday.com): Rakic KO’s Manuwa at UFC Fight Night 153

Despite that, the two didn’t revisit their feud until this past weekend at UFC London, and Rakic’s detail of things doesn’t paint Manuwa in the best picture. Aleksandar Rakic said: “Jimi Mauwa you piece of sh*t, you son of a bi*ch man, what a pus*y move you did last night on me. Guys I just want to let you know that after the event at UFC London, the security was escorting me to the hotel and Mr Still Sleep was sitting at the end of my row so I needed to pass him. As I passed by he talked to me something but I didn’t pay attention, I have nothing to do with this guy.

“But as I turned away he sucker punched me and even in that close range he couldn’t catch my head I think he hit me with a forearm to the neck and the security were so fast they separated us. You knew that i’d be alone in London by myself, you knew that I had surgery 9 weeks ago and you did this, man you’re such a bad loser.”

Since Rakic released a video sharing his side of the story, Manuwa has also issued a response. Speaking to BJ Penn.com, Manuwa wanted to make it clear he believes he didn’t sucker punch Rakic, but in fact slapped him over comments made. “Poster Boy” explained that since his loss to Rakic, the Austrian has been dm’ing him asking if he needs to borrow some of the $50k earned by winning KO of the night.

“I told him I was going to slap him when I saw him and that’s what I did.” Manuwa said.

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CW 171: Final Card & Broadcast Details

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1 day ago

April 15, 2024

VM Staff

It’s fight week for Glasgow! Cage Warriors – Europe’s Leading MMA Organisation – heads to Scotland for the first time since 2013 with the stacked CW 171 card pitting the nation’s finest against elite opposition from the UK, Europe and beyond!

With the home nation represented in all six of the main card bouts, the atmosphere is set to be electric in the Braehead Arena as CW presents one of its biggest fight nights of all time.

In the main event, blistering KO artist Dumitru Girlean returns to face home favourite Chris ‘The Bad Guy’ Bungard in what is sure to be an electrifying lightweight contest.

Also featuring in high-stakes bouts are title hopefuls Reece McEwan and Aidan Stephen, who face UFC veteran Cameron Else and Italy’s Gianluca Scottoli respectively.

Elsewhere on the card, former title challenger Scott Malone is back in the famous yellow gloves, as he takes on surging contender Nicolas Leblond, while hot prospect Sean Clancy Jr looks to keep his unbeaten run alive against Lucas Rodriguez.

The final CW 171 card is as follows…

Cage Warriors 171: Glasgow | LIVE on UFC Fight Pass

Main Card – 12:30 (PT) | 15:30 (ET) | 20:30 (BST) | 21:30 (CEST)

Lightweight: Dumitru Girlean vs Chris Bungard
Bantamweight: Cameron Else vs Reece McEwan
Welterweight: Lucas Rodrigues vs Sean Clancy Jr
Bantamweight: Gianluca Scottoli vs Aidan Stephen
Flyweight: Nicolas Leblond vs Scott Malone
Bantamweight: Kaique Modesto vs Keir Harvie

Prelims – 08:30 (PT) | 11:30 (ET) | 16:30 (BST) | 17:30 (CEST)

Lightweight: Konstantinos Ntelis vs Jan Quaeyhaegens
Featherweight: Alberth Dias vs Paul McBain
Bantamweight: Jack Eglin vs Daan Duijs
Lightweight: Jordan Little vs Jordan Stronge
Welterweight: Wallison Henrique vs Carlo Pedersoli Jr
Light Heavyweight: Nell Ariano vs Jamie Macdonald
Catchweight (167lbs): Diego Dikson vs Ieuan Davies
Lightweight: Dec Dean vs Michael Blair
Flyweight: Ronal Siahaan vs Igor Wojtas
Featherweight: TBC vs Damon Donald
Bantamweight: Pav Sahota vs Iain Postlethwaite
Welterweight: Mush Aslani vs Khadim Dia
Featherweight: Cornellius Aritonang vs Thomas Hepburn

Cage Warriors 171: Glasgow will air live on UFC Fight Pass and international broadcast partners.

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UFC 300 – Live Results | Pereira vs Hill

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3 days ago

April 13, 2024

Jake Davis

It’s fight day! The milestone event UFC 300 is finally upon us, bringing with it one of the strongest cards ever put together. In the main event, Alex Pereira will defend his light heavyweight belt against former titleholder Jamahal Hill.

For the full results as they happen, look no further!

Note: any point deductions will be denoted with an asterisk and explained at the bottom of the page.

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Main card (3am GMT+1 – TNT Sports)

(#1) Charles Oliveira vs (#4) Arman Tsarukyan – lightweight title eliminator

Bo Nickal vs Cody Brundage – middleweight bout

Prelims (1am GMT+1 – TNT Sports/UFC Fight Pass)

(#2) Jiri Procházka vs (#5) Aleksandar Rakic – light heavyweight bout

(#7) Calvin Kattar vs (#1 – BW) Aljamain Sterling – featherweight bout

(#5) Holly Holm vs Kayla Harrison – bantamweight bout

(#13) Sodiq Yusuff vs Diego Lopes – featherweight bout

Early prelims (11pm GMT+1 – UFC Fight Pass)

(#10) Jalin Turner vs (#13) Renato Moicano – lightweight bout

(#4) Jessica Andrade vs (#6) Marina Rodriguez – strawweight bout

(#14) Bobby Green vs Jim Miller – lightweight bout

(#8) Deiveson Figueiredo vs Cody Garbrandt – bantamweight bout

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ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova Full Card Announced

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3 days ago

April 13, 2024

VM Staff

A plethora of combat sports action will take over Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Boxing Stadium once again when ONE Championship returns to the fabled striking venue with ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova next month.

The thrilling event will take place live in U.S. primetime on Saturday, 4th May, and feature four fighting disciplines across the star-studded card.

ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion Smilla Sundell will make the second defense of her crown when she takes on dangerous contender Natalia Diachkova in the headlining bout.

The Swedish teen has been unstoppable so far in her ONE tenure, piecing up every opponent to amass a perfect 4-0 run that includes winning the inaugural women’s strawweight Muay Thai strap against Jackie Buntan in April 2022.

Sundell was arguably at her best last time out when she put down the challenge of ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion Allycia Hellen Rodrigues at ONE Fight Night 14 last September.

The 19-year-old used her sheer size and striking abilities to repeatedly hurt Rodrigues before she ended proceedings with a monumental finish in the third round.

At ONE Fight Night 22, Sundell will face a foe with as much finishing threat as she has, meaning fans are in for a firefight. Diachkova has scored three knockouts in her first four promotional bouts, with her latest coming just last month at ONE Friday Fights 55.

The Russian wrecker has impressed again and again, and she’ll be coming for gold on 4th May.

The event will also see the return of former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Hiroki Akimoto, who is set to battle hot new arrival Wei Rui elsewhere on the card.

The Japanese star will hope to get right back into the World Title conversation in his first appearance since parting with the gold in 2022. But Wei knows he’ll have a perfect opportunity to announce himself in style in ONE’s stacked bantamweight kickboxing ranks against Akimoto, and his astonishing 20-fight winning streak already identifies him as no slouch.

ONE Fight Night 22 Full Card:

(c) Smilla Sundell vs. Natalia Diachkova (ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship)
Akbar Abdullaev vs. Halil Amir (MMA – featherweight)
Sinsamut Klinmee vs. Dmitry Menshikov (Muay Thai – lightweight)
Hiroki Akimoto vs. Wei Rui (kickboxing – bantamweight)
Maurice Abevi vs. Zhang Lipeng (MMA – lightweight)
Reece McLaren vs. Hu Yong (MMA – flyweight)
Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong vs. Bogdan Shumarov (kickboxing – lightweight)
Chihiro Sawada vs. Noelle Grandjean (MMA – atomweight)
Thongpoon PK Saenchai vs. Zakaria El Jamari (Muay Thai – strawweight)
Nanami Ichikawa vs. Bianca Basilio (submission grappling – 132-pound catchweight)
Sean Climaco vs. Josue Cruz (Muay Thai – flyweight)