The Octagon headed to Serbia for today's UFC Belgrade event, and four fighters wound up taking home performance bonuses.

This afternoon's event was headlined by a welterweight matchup between surging division contenders Uros Medic and Daniel Rodriguez. The contest proved to be a short-lived affair. Medic was able to rock Rodriguez in the early seconds with a 3-punch combination and then sent him crashing to the canvas with a body kick. From there, ‘The Doctor' proceeded to land another kick to the body of ‘D-Rod', this before ultimately finishing the contest with ground and pound. The fight itself lasted just 30-seconds and marked Uros Medic's fourth straight first-round stoppage victory.

UFC Belgrade was co-headlined by a highly anticipated light heavyweight bout featuring former champion Jan Blachowicz taking on Navajo Stirling. The high-stakes matchup resulted in a coming out party for the rising contender Navajo Stirling. The undefeated 28-year-old was able to rock Jan Blachowicz with a massive right hand early in the opening round and quickly proceeded to finish the former champion with some nasty punches and elbows. The impressive first-round finish improved Stirling's undefeated record to 11-0 and puts him right into title contention at 205lbs.

Following the conclusion of today's event, UFC officials announced at the post-fight press conference that four fighters would be taking home $100k performance bonuses.

Performance of the night: Uros Medic earned an extra $100k for his sensational 30-second TKO victory over Daniel Rodriguez in today's UFC Belgrade main event (see that here).

Performance of the night: Navajo Stirling pocketed an extra $100k for his impressive first-round TKO victory over former division champion Jan Blachowicz in today's co-headliner (see that here).

Performance of the night: Gilbert Urbina earned an extra $100k for his first-round TKO victory over Vlasto Cepo (see that here).

Performance of the night: Nina Milosevic pocketed an extra $100k for her first-round body shot finish of Hailey Cowan (see that here).

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Today's UFC Belgrade event is headlined by a welterweight contest featuring Uros Medic taking on Daniel Rodriguez.

Medic (13-3 MMA) will enter today's main event on a three-fight winning streak, this after scoring first-round finishes over Gilbert Urbina, Muslim Salikhov and Geoff Neal in his most recent efforts. The surging Serbian has gone 4-1 over his past five Octagon appearances overall.

Meanwhile, Daniel Rodriguez (20-5 MMA) will also enter today's headliner on a 3-fight winning streak. ‘D-Rod' most previously competed inside of the cage last July at UFC 318, where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Kevin Holland. That triumph was preceded by a TKO win over Santiago Ponzinibbio in May of 2025.

YOUR #UFCBelgrade MAIN EVENT 🤩@Urketaraketa vs @DRODUFC

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— UFC (@ufc) August 1, 2026

Round one of the UFC Belgrade main event begins and Uros Medic lands a good low kick to start. Daniel Rodriguez returns fire with one of his own. A nice front kick from Medic. ‘The Doctor' charges forward with a combination. He stuns ‘D-Rod' with a 3-punch combination. Now a kick to the body and Rodriguez goes down. Another kick to the body from Medic. He leaps on his opponent with ground and pound. The referee has seen enough, this one is all over! WOW!

Uros Medic absolutely destroys D-Rod

Insane combo pic.twitter.com/5BgvOB3elh

— 🌴ᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛá´êœ°á´¡á´€Ê€ðŸŒ´ (@TheArtOfWar6) August 1, 2026

AS REAL AS IT GETS 😤@Urketaraketa earns the TKO finish in just 30 seconds!

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— UFC (@ufc) August 1, 2026

UROS MEDIC KOS DROD IN THE FIRST MINUTE! #ufcbelgrade pic.twitter.com/0Dx4Dsuqwi

— DrunkenFist ™ (@drunkenfistmma) August 1, 2026

Official UFC Belgrade Results: Uros Medic def. Daniel Rodriguez via TKO (soccer kick to the body and punches) at 0:30 of Round 1

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Today's UFC Belgrade event was co-headlined by a highly anticipated light heavyweight bout between Jan Blachowicz and Navajo Stirling.

Blachowicz (29-12-2 MMA) was returning to the Octagon for the first time since his majority draw with Bogdan Guskov at UFC 323 this past December. The former title holder has gone 0-2-2 over his previous four fights, suffering losses to Carlos Ulberg and Alex Pereira during that stretch.

Meanwhile, Navajo Stirling (11-0 MMA) was looking to keep his perfect record intact this afternoon in Serbia. The 28-year-old was most previously seen in action 6 weeks ago, where he scored a second-round TKO victory over Ion Cutelaba (see that here). Prior to that triumph, Stirling was coming off a TKO win against Bruno Lopes this past March.

Today's UFC Belgrade co-main event resulted in a coming out party for the rising contender Navajo Stirling. The undefeated 28-year-old was able to rock Jan Blachowicz with a massive right hand early in the opening round and quickly proceeded to finish the former champion with some nasty punches and elbows. The impressive first-round finish improved Stirling's undefeated record to 11-0 and puts him right into title contention at 205lbs.

Official UFC Belgrade Results: Navajo Stirling def. Jan Blachowicz via TKO (punches and elbows) at 2:56 of Round 1

Check out how the pros reacted to ‘Blachowicz vs. Stirling' below:

What a shot by Navajo!!

— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) August 1, 2026

Brutal win, 11-0 for @navajostirling ðŸ‘

— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) August 1, 2026

Dang sterling just cemented himself as a contender

— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 1, 2026

That's a statement performance from Navajo Stirling

He's the real deal

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) August 1, 2026

Navajo Stirling is the NOW. Gruesome finish. That's a gnarly cut #UFCBelgrade

— Nolan King (@mma_kings) August 1, 2026

That was an overhand right missile from Stirling

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 1, 2026

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