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‘Just cemented himself as a contender’: Pros react to Navajo Stirling’s stunning knockout over Jan Blachowicz at UFC Belgrade

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‘Just cemented himself as a contender’: Pros react to Navajo Stirling’s stunning knockout over Jan Blachowicz at UFC Belgrade

Navajo Stirling has arrived.

The undefeated light heavyweight contender made a major statement in Saturday's UFC Belgrade co-main event, scoring a first-round knockout over former UFC champion and current top 10 contender Jan Blachowicz. Stirling entered Belgrade Arena as a significant favorite, but still had a tall hill to climb given that Blachowicz represented a considerable step up in competition for the New Zealand prospect.

However, Stirling made it look easy, needing less than three minutes to hurt Blachowicz on the feet and finish him with heavy ground-and-pound. Stirling looks like the real deal at 205 pounds, though his title hopes are complicated by the UFC light heavyweight title currently being around the waist of City Kickboxing teammate Carlos Ulberg.

Pros were wowed by Stirling's win and no matter who he faces next, he does so as a legitimate threat to win the gold.

“Dang, Stirling just cemented himself as a contender,†former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad wrote on Twitter.

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PFL Tampa ‘Cyborg vs. Vieira’ play-by-play, results & round scoring

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Sherdog’s live
PFL Tampa coverage will begin Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Cris Cyborg's
final MMA bout headlines PFL Tampa: Tune in on Saturday, Aug. 22 at
9 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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PFL Women's Featherweight Title Fight:
Cris
Cyborg (145) vs. Ketlen
Vieira (152.2: Missed Weight)

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UFC Sacramento ‘Hernandez vs. Rodrigues’ play-by-play, results & round scoring

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Sherdog’s live
UFC Sacramento coverage will begin Saturday at 5 p.m. ET. The
event is also known as
UFC Fight Night 285.

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Rolly vs. Teofimo Results: Live updates of the undercard and main event

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August 22, 2026

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MMA Fighting has Rolly vs. Teofimo results for the Rolly Romero vs. Teofimo Lopez fight card and more for one of the most highly anticipated events of the year at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on Saturday night.

When the main event begins around 11 p.m. ET, check out our Rolly vs. Teofimo live round-by-round updates for our live blog of the main event. Rolly Romero puts his WBA welterweight championship on the line against Teofimo Lopez Jr., who has won six of his past seven fights.

Check out Rolly vs. Teofimo results below.

Rolly vs. Teofimo Main Card (DAZN PPV at 8 p.m. ET)

Rolly Romero vs. Teofimo Lopez

Yoenli Hernandez vs. Francisco Daniel Veron

Victor Santillan vs. Gary Antonio Russell

Carlos Utria vs. Israel Mercado

Rolly vs. Teofimo Prelims (MMA Fighting at 6 p.m. ET)

Marco Romero vs. Khalil Mitchell

Joseph Brown vs. Alton Wiggins

Aldo Blancas vs. Ricky Mamome

For more on Hernandez vs. Veron, check out the live blog below.

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