Uros Medic delivered another devastating first-round finish but this one bigger than any other for him personally as he did it in front of his home audience in the UFC Belgrade main event.
The always exciting welterweight needed just 30 seconds to deliver an emphatic knockout after he caught Daniel Rodriguez with a lightning quick left followed by a nasty right behind it that put the American down on the canvas. Medic continued dropping bombs from the top until referee Jason Herzog had to rescue Rodriguez to end the fight.
The official stoppage came at just 30 seconds into the opening round.
Afterwards, Medic was understandably emotional as the crowd chanted his name after the stunning victory.
“It’s been a really rough couple of weeks since I arrived,” Medic explained after the win. “I couldn’t feel like home even though I was on home soil. Now we got the job done and I just want to cry. I missed home so much.
“I’m going to cook the rest of this division. With you guys by my side, we are going to bring the belt to Serbia!”
Quickly becoming one of the most must-see fighters in the UFC, Medic looked calm and poised to strike as soon as the fight started. He set up his combination as he stepped into throw the left hand that clipped Rodriguez and he immediately had the right hand cocked behind it.
Once that right hand landed, Rodriguez went down and there was little chance he was getting up again. Medic just unloaded on him with punches and the referee had no choice but to stop the fight before Rodriguez suffered further damage.
Now riding a five-fight win streak — all by first round knockout — Medic has designs on taking out a former champion in his next fight, which is the same opponent he called for after he knocked out Geoff Neal in his last outing.
“Listen there’s guys I’d love to fight like Carlos Prates, he’s way ahead of me in the division but that would be a fight to remember,” Medic said. “I asked for Leon Edwards, I think he’s still in hiding. If he decides to come out of the hole he shoved himself into, I’ll gladly be next to knock him out.”
No matter who is next, Medic has clearly announced himself as a real player at welterweight and if he can continue this win streak, he’s going to be knocking on the door of title contention sooner than later.
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