Can somebody find a link to that twitter update (?) where Rakic ducked Jiri?
I understand, though, why he declined to fight Jiri at the time. He wanted someone higher ranked than Jiri at the time, and Thiago Santos made more sense to him than Jiri.Rakic ducked Jiri after he beat Volkan and was ranked below him Rakic
He hasn’t done himself any favors with his last two performances either.
Rakic should fight Ankalaev for a title shot if he beats Volkan.
He's already almost there. Just let them bang.Rakic will never be close to that belt.
Yeah, but how? That's what I can't understand. Santos was coming off of back to back losses against jones and glover. Jiri came into the ufc with hype and huge winning streak and knocked out a former title contender, number 7 ranked. what rank would that make him? in a great fight, on a huge card that everyone watched. Jiri was CLEARLY the correct fight to take he was the only other contender that could get to the belt before him, the only fighter coming off wins. with jones gone, Jan newly crowned and fighting izzy, Smith, reyes and santos all coming off of losses the smart fight was Jiri.I understand, though, why he declined to fight Jiri at the time. He wanted someone higher ranked than Jiri at the time, and Thiago Santos made more sense to him than Jiri.
Here are the rankings from late last year:
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Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20201216124246/https://ufc.com/rankings
One top 5 contender calling out another is sad?
I still think that Rakic has a high upside, despite his last few performances.
However, this is just sad. There's literally nobody else clamoring for him to fight Jiri.