Aleksandar Rakic sees a fight with Jiri Prochazka as the perfect UFC light heavyweight title eliminator. Prochazka emerged as a top contender when he scored an incredible spinning back elbow knockout of former title challenger Dominick Reyes at UFC on ESPN 23, moving him one spot ahead of Rakic in the official UFC 205-pound rankings. Rakic (14-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) has been on a great run of his own, coming off back-to-back wins over former title challengers Anthony Smith and Thiago Santos. So with both contenders knocking on the door of title contention, Rakic thinks a fight between them makes perfect sense. “He did a great performance,” Rakic told MMA Junkie of Prochazka. “He knocked out Reyes.
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