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Aleksandar Rakic Ready to Make an Impact on UFC's Light Heavyweight Rankings

Aleksandar Rakic was on the fringe of the UFC’s light heavyweight rankings coming into his co-headlining bout with Jimi Manuwa on Saturday. Now he’s just outside the Top 10.

Rakic sent the capacity crowd inside the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, into a frenzy when he destroyed Manuwa in just 42 seconds at UFC Fight Night 153. The Austrian shattered Manuwa’s consciousness with a crushing left head kick that would make Mirko Filipovic proud, and it was something he has worked on tirelessly for many years.

“This was a short fight and I do this combination a lot because of my kickboxing background,” Rakic said after his triumph.