{"id":24024,"date":"2026-08-03T00:57:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=24024"},"modified":"2026-08-03T00:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:57:44","slug":"dana-white-says-uros-medics-superstar-trajectory-is-trending-upwards-following-30-second-ufc-belgrade-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=24024","title":{"rendered":"Dana White says Uros Medic&#8217;s superstar trajectory is trending upwards following 30-second UFC Belgrade finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-label\">Trending:<\/span><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border\"\/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border-2\"\/>Colby Covington praises Arman Tsarukyan following RAF 11 match: \u201cYou\u2019re gonna be the UFC lightweight champ\u201d<span class=\"photo-credit\">Zuffa LLC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dana White liked what he saw from Uros Medic on Saturday, all 30 seconds of it.<\/p>\n<p>Medic took center stage for the main event of UFC Belgrade in front of the home crowd. \u201cThe Doctor\u201d had everything going in his favor, including an opponent who had just been released from prison back in April. Still, Daniel Rodriguez has been known for being a tough out for anyone, but Medic stopped him via TKO in half a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters during the UFC Belgrade post-fight presser, White said it\u2019s hard to make a bigger statement than what Medic was able to achieve on fight night (via MMAJunkie).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know how you can win more impressively than you did,\u201d White said. \u201cThe first shot pretty much knocked him out because the second one pretty much hit him on the chest, sort of a back head shot, and then some punches on the ground. He pretty much knocked him out with one punch.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As far as just how high Medic\u2019s stock can go, White believes the Serbian knockout artist is well on his way to becoming a big star if he continues to get quick finishes.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFirst of all, he has the most first-round KOs in the division\u2019s history. He\u2019s got the longest streak of KOs in the division\u2019s history. Third longest first-round KO streak in the sport, I think. The highest knockdown rate \u2013 he\u2019s got a ton of records in knocking people out in the first round,\u201d White said. \u201cIf he keeps coming in, and you work your way up the rankings, and fight for a world title, there\u2019s a lot things that it takes to become a superstar. He\u2019s definitely headed in the right direction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Medic has called out former UFC welterweight titleholder Leon Edwards. He said if that fight doesn\u2019t come to fruition, then he\u2019d like a worthy opponent in the 170-pound rankings. It\u2019ll be interesting to see who the UFC matchmakers believe could be a solid test for \u201cThe Doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Uros Medic destined for the top of the heap in the welterweight division, or do you think his momentum will cool off with tougher opposition? Sound off in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-uros-medics-superstar-trajectory-is-trending-upwards-following-30-second-ufc-belgrade-finish\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dana-white-says-uros-medics-superstar-trajectory-is-trending-upwards-following-30-second-ufc-belgrade-finish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:Colby Covington praises Arman Tsarukyan following RAF 11 match: \u201cYou\u2019re gonna be the UFC lightweight champ\u201dZuffa LLC Dana White liked what he saw from Uros Medic on Saturday, all 30 seconds of it. Medic took center stage for the main event of UFC Belgrade in front of the home crowd. \u201cThe Doctor\u201d had everything going<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[10612,4618,219,124,5081,986,10796,15,42,4818,110],"class_list":["post-24024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-30second","tag-belgrade","tag-dana","tag-finish","tag-medics","tag-superstar","tag-trajectory","tag-trending","tag-ufc","tag-uros","tag-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}