Jan Blachowicz beat Aleksandar Rakic in the main event of UFC Vegas 54. The fight was a very fun back and forth but things ended in the third round after the Austrian suffered a knee injury that saw him unable to continue.

Both fighters spoke out after the fight and Aleksandar revealed he had suffered a knee injury in the lead up to the fight. Jan Blachowicz was satisfied with the win and believes it showed off his toughness.

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“It’s better when you win by TKO, KO, submission, clean,” Blachowicz said after UFC Vegas 54 (ht MMA Fighting). “But my body was tougher tonight, that’s it. End of story. I was ready for third, fourth, five rounds — he was not.

“I see that his chin was much bigger and he was slowing down and he was changing positions. So I knew that he was starting to feel the kicks. That was one of my game plans. I wanted to kick these legs because his position is very low and he has long legs and it’s hard when you’ve got low position to block it. I want to focus him on my hands and kicks, to make him slow down — he also has power in his legs, so I want to take it away. I think that was working very good.”

Jan Blachowicz is hoping the UFC books him in the next title fight at light heavyweight so he can get his title back. It will have to be seen what happens after Glover Teixeira defends his title in June.