Uros Medic impressed the boss.
Saturday, Medic (14-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) stopped veteran Daniel Rodriguez (20-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) just 30 seconds into the first round in their main event bout at UFC Fight Night 282 in Belgrade, Serbia. It was Medic’s first UFC main event, and he got to do so on home soil. UFC CEO Dana White was taken away by Medic’s statement win.
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“I don’t know how you can win more impressively than you did,” White told reporters at the UFC Fight Night 282 post-fight press conference. “The 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.”
Medic is now on a four-fight winning streak, with all wins coming by KO in the first round. He’s angling for a big fight following his first headliner. Medic called out former UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards and current title contender Carlos Prates.
White was not only impressed with Medic’s performance on Saturday, but also his overall body of work and what he’s starting to become in the UFC’s welterweight division.
“First of all, he has the most first-round KOs in the division’s history. He’s got the longest streak of KOs in the division’s history. Third longest first-round KO streak in the sport, I think. The highest knockdown rate – he’s got a ton of records in knocking people out in the first round,” White said. “If he keeps coming in, and you work your way up the rankings, and fight for a world title, there’s a lot things that it takes to become a superstar. He’s definitely headed in the right direction.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Dana White: Uros Medic ‘definitely headed in the right direction’
