Aleksandar Rakic reveals he had staph an infection main into his UFC 300 combat in opposition to Jiri Prochazka.
Rakic was ending his almost two-year layoff at UFC 300 as he was dealing with the previous champ in Prochazka in a vital combat for the sunshine heavyweight division. Finally, it was Prochazka who received by second-round TKO as he had Rakic harm and swarmed him till the ref stopped the combat.
Following the loss, Aleksandar Rakic took to his YouTube channel to disclose he was coping with staph an infection which impacted his efficiency.
🚨 Aleksandar Rakic reveals he was coping with a staph an infection on his elbow within the week main as much as #UFC300:
“[It was] Wednesday/Thursday when the elbow acquired contaminated… I used to be actually in ache on Wednesday. I used to be actually afraid that the physician from the UFC would cancel my combat.… pic.twitter.com/EfWXcCTwHv
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) April 15, 2024
“[It was] Wednesday/Thursday when the elbow acquired contaminated… I used to be actually in ache on Wednesday. I used to be actually afraid that the physician from the UFC would cancel my combat. I used to be given very robust antibiotics. Friday night after we educated I felt a bit of completely different than final time. A couple of occasions I acquired drained faster… on Saturday I began to really feel that my legs have been getting drained a bit of faster than regular. Congratulations to Jiri, and I actually don’t wish to say that the an infection was an excuse, nevertheless it clearly affected me a bit and that I can’t 100% exploit my full potential,” Rakic stated.
In line with Rakic, the plan was to push the tempo within the second spherical and try to drown Prochazka. Nevertheless, because of the staph, he says his cardio and legs began to go, which didn’t permit him to implement his sport plan.
With the loss, Aleksandar Rakic fell to 14-4 as a professional and is now on a two-fight shedding skid. Earlier than the loss to Prochazka at UFC 300, he tore his ACL within the third spherical of his primary occasion combat in opposition to Jan Blachowicz. The loss to Blachowicz snapped his two-fight profitable streak as he beat Thiago Santos and Volkan Oezdemir by resolution. Rakic is 6-3 within the UFC and in addition holds wins over Jimi Manuwa and Devin Clark.
