UFC Vegas 54 Results – Blachowicz vs. Rakic

Mild heavyweights headline this weekend’s UFC card on the UFC Apex whereas MMASucka gives UFC Vegas 54 Outcomes all through the night. Making his first look since he misplaced the UFC mild heavyweight championship, Jan Blachowicz will face off towards third-ranked Aleksandar Rakic.

UFC Vegas 54 Outcomes – Predominant Occasion

Jan Blachowicz gained the UFC mild heavyweight championship in 2020 at UFC 253 when he defeated Dominick Reyes by spherical two TKO to safe the vacant title. Blachowicz earned his shot on the title with a 7-1 document in his final eight outings earlier than he met Reyes. He snapped a two-fight dropping streak in 2017 when he put collectively 4 straight wins over Devin Clark, Jared Cannonier, Jimi Manuwa, and Nikita Krylov. Sadly, that win streak was snapped when Blachowicz suffered a third-round TKO loss to Thiago Santos in the primary occasion of UFC Fight Night 145.

After that loss, Blachowicz went on the run that may grant him his title shot. He bounced again from the loss by selecting up a second-round knockout win over former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 239. Following that win, Blachowicz gained his second straight combat by defeating Ronaldo Souza by cut up resolution after their essential occasion matchup at UFC Fight Night 164. His remaining win earlier than getting a shot on the title was a first-round knockout win over Corey Anderson of their essential occasion assembly at UFC Fight Night 167.

After he gained the UFC Mild Heavyweight championship, Blachowicz was capable of efficiently defend the belt as soon as earlier than he misplaced it. That title protection occurred at UFC 259 when he confronted UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Blachowicz held Adesanya from profitable a second UFC championship as Blachowicz gained the combat by unanimous resolution. In his subsequent tried protection of the title, Blachowicz would lose his belt as present champion Glover Teixeira submitted him in spherical two of their assembly at UFC 267. Blachowicz seems to be to climb again to a different title shot whereas he tries to maintain Rakic from reaching a shot of his personal.

Coming into this combat, Rakic has gained his final two in a row. Since getting into the UFC in 2017, Rakic has put collectively a document of 6-1. He began his UFC profession off with 4 straight wins as he defeated Francimar Barroso and Justin Ledet by unanimous resolution. These wins have been adopted by a first-round TKO win over Devin Clark at UFC 231 adopted by a forty-two second KO over Jimi Manuwa at UFC Fight Night 153.

Rakic suffered his first loss within the UFC and first loss since he started his profession in his subsequent outing when he misplaced to Volkan Oezdemir by cut up resolution at UFC Fight Night 165. Since then, Rakic has put collectively back-to-back unanimous resolution wins over Anthony Smith in the primary occasion of UFC Fight Night 175 and Thiago Santos at UFC 259. Rakic seems to be to earn his first title shot within the UFC if he could make it by the previous champion.

UFC Vegas 54 Outcomes – Co-Predominant Occasion

Within the co-main occasion, mild heavyweight fighters face off as Ryan Spann takes on Ion Cutelaba. Spann will probably be getting into into this combat with a 1-2 document in his final three fights after starting his UFC profession 4-0. These 4 wins included a UD win over Luis Henrique at UFC Fight Night 137, a first-round KO win over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC 237, a second-round submission win over Devin Clark at UFC Fight Night 161, and eventually a cut up resolution win over Sam Alvey at UFC 249.

Spann suffered his first loss within the UFC when he took on Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night 178. Spann misplaced that combat within the first spherical after Walker completed him by knockout. Spann rebounded from that loss in his subsequent outing when he defeated Misha Cirkunov by first-round TKO at UFC Vegas 21. Sadly, Spann will probably be coming into this combat coming off a loss as he suffered a first-round submission loss to Anthony Smith in Spann’s first UFC essential occasion at UFC Vegas 37.

As for Cutelaba, he holds an analogous document of 1-2 over his previous couple of outings with a draw added in, so over his final 4 outings, Cutelaba stands at 1-2-1. In 2020, Cutelaba confronted one opponent two separate occasions as he suffered back-to-back losses to Magomed Ankalaev that yr, getting completed by TKO at UFC Fight Night 169 and by KO at UFC 254.

Following the sequence of fights with Ankalaev, Cutelaba fought Dustin Jacoby to a cut up draw throughout their assembly at UFC Vegas 25. In his most up-to-date outing, Cutelaba has been capable of bounce again from his latest troubles with a unanimous resolution win over Devin Clark at UFC Vegas 37.

UFC Vegas 54 Outcomes – Predominant Card

Kicking off Saturday’s essential card will probably be a combat within the flyweight division as Jake Hadley takes on Allan Nascimento. Hadley will probably be making his UFC debut with an 8-0 document coming off a profitable outing on Dana White‘s Contender Sequence during which he submitted Mitch Raposo in spherical two of their assembly final Fall. As for Nascimento, he seems to be to select up his first win within the octagon after he suffered a loss in his UFC debut throughout his final combat towards Tagir Ulanbekov at UFC 267.

Following that combat will probably be a matchup within the light-weight division as Frank Camacho takes on Manuel Torres. Camacho will probably be getting into the combat on a two-fight dropping streak together with his final combat occurring in 2020. Each these losses occurred within the first spherical as Beneil Dariush submitted him at UFC Fight Night 162 adopted by a TKO loss to Justin Jaynes at UFC on ESPN 11. Torres will probably be making his UFC debut after ending Kolton Englund by first-round TKO final Fall throughout the Contender Sequence to earn a contract.

After the light-weight matchup, the primary contender within the ladies’s flyweight division, Katlyn Chookagian, takes on Amanda Ribas. Chookagian brings a three-fight win streak together with her into this combat as she has picked up three straight UD wins over Cynthia Calvillo at UFC 255, Viviane Araujo at UFC 262, and Jennifer Maia at UFC Vegas 46. As for Ribas, she enters the combat with only one latest win behind her as she defeated Virna Jandiroba by UD at UFC 267.

Lastly, earlier than the co-main occasion kicks off, bantamweights Davey Grant and Louis Smolka face off. Coming into this combat, Grant will try to snap a two-fight dropping streak as he has suffered consecutive resolution losses to Marlon Vera at UFC Vegas 29 and Adrian Yanez at UFC Vegas 43. Smolka can even be trying to bounce again from a loss as he suffered a first-round knockout loss to Vince Morales at UFC Vegas 44 in his final outing.

Observe together with MMASucka as we give you UFC Vegas 54 Outcomes all through the cardboard.

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MAIN CARD (ESPN 2/ESPN+ – 10 p.m. EST/7 p.m. PST)

Jan Blachowicz vs. Aleksandar Rakic
Ryan Spann vs. Ion Cutelaba
Davey Grant vs. Louis Smolka
Katlyn Chookagian vs. Amanda Ribas
Frank Camacho vs. Manuel Torres
Jake Hadley vs. Allan Nascimento

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+ – 7:30 p.m. EST/4:30 p.m. PST)

Viviane Araujo def. Andrea Lee by way of Unanimous Determination (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)
Michael Johnson def. Alan Patrick by way of Knockout (Punches) at 3:22 of Spherical Two
Virna Jandiroba def. Angela Hill by way of Unanimous Determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Tatsuro Taira def. Carlos Candelario by way of Unanimous Determination (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Andre Petroski def. Nick Maximov by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke) at 1:16 of Spherical One

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