Aleksandar Rakic makes heavyweight debut vs. Marcin Tybura at UFC Belgrade

Farah Hannoun, MMA JunkieMon, May 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC

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Aleksandar Rakic makes heavyweight debut vs. Marcin Tybura at UFC Belgrade

Aleksandar Rakic will seek new life at heavyweight.

Rakic (14-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) takes on perennial contender Marcin Tybura (27-11 MMA, 14-10 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 283 on Aug. 1 from Belgrade Arena in Serbia, promotion officials announced Monday.

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Rakic has lost four straight – the first skid of his career. The 34-year-old Serbian fighter is coming off a TKO loss to Azamat Murzakanov at UFC 321 this past October. His prior three losses came to former UFC champions Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka and Magomed Ankalaev. He hasn't won a fight in more than five years.

Tybura has split his past four appearances. After picking up wins over Jhonata Diniz and Mick Parkin, the 40-year-old dropped two straight against Ante Delija, and most recently Tyrell Fortune at UFC Fight Night 271 in March.

The current lineup for UFC Fight Night 283 includes: -

Uros Medic vs. Daniel Rodriguez

Aleksandar Rakic vs. Marcin Tybura

Dusko Todorovic vs. Robert Valentin

Max Gimenis vs. Jovan Leka

Vlasto Cepo vs. Gilbert Urbina

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