UFC Belgrade delivered a night to remember for Serbian fans, setting a new promotional record for total finishes and first-round finishes in a single event. But it was the main event that had the Štark Arena on its feet, as home favourite Uros Medic produced the finest performance of his career to send the crowd into raptures.
Medic needed just 30 seconds to dispatch American opponent Daniel Rodriguez, ending the contest almost as soon as it began. The lightning finish capped a night of high-octane action and instantly became the highlight of the card, with the roar inside the arena underscoring what the win meant to Medic and his countrymen.
The result cements Medic’s rise within the UFC’s lightweight ranks and adds fresh momentum to a career already on the up. Combined with the event’s record-setting pace of finishes, UFC Belgrade has offered another reminder of how quickly the promotion’s international fan base is growing, and how much appetite there is for the sport beyond its traditional American strongholds.
Source: sports.yahoo.com
