{"id":38890,"date":"2026-06-20T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Light-heavyweight-contenders-set-for-rematch-at-UFC-Belgrade-201588"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:07:53","slug":"light-heavyweight-contenders-set-for-rematch-at-ufc-belgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/light-heavyweight-contenders-set-for-rematch-at-ufc-belgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Light heavyweight contenders set for rematch at UFC Belgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/light-heavyweight-contenders-set-for-rematch-at-ufc-belgrade.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Jan<br \/>\nBlachowicz and Bogdan Guskov fought to a majority draw in their<br \/>\nfirst meeting. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jan-Blachowicz-25821\">Jan<br \/>\nBlachowicz<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bogdan-Guskov-229253\">Bogdan<br \/>\nGuskov<\/a> have a little bit of unfinished business to handle.<\/p>\n<p>The light heavyweights will square off in a rematch at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-283-Aug-1-112723\">UFC<br \/>\nBelgrade<\/a> on Aug. 1, the promotion recently announced.<br \/>\nBlachowicz and Guskov initially battled to a majority draw at UFC<br \/>\n325 this past December. A rematch was slated for UFC 328 on May 9,<br \/>\nbut Blachowicz was forced to withdraw from the bout due to<br \/>\ninjury.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Belgrade \u2014 also known as UFC Fight Night 283 \u2014 takes place at<br \/>\nBelgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, and is headlined by a<br \/>\nwelterweight showdown pitting <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Uros-Medic-272505\">Uros Medic<\/a><br \/>\nagainst <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Daniel-Rodriguez-500805\">Daniel<br \/>\nRodriguez<\/a>. The card will air in its entirety on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<h2>A Difficult Road<\/h2>\n<p>A former light heavyweight champion, Blachowicz is just 1-3-2 in<br \/>\nhis last six Octagon appearances dating back to October 2021.<br \/>\nHowever, the 43-year-old Pole has squared off against only the<br \/>\ndivision\u2019s best during that stretch, dropping fights to the likes<br \/>\nof <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Carlos-Ulberg-84291\">Carlos<br \/>\nUlberg<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alex-Pereira-224511\">Alex<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Glover-Teixeira-4655\">Glover<br \/>\nTeixeira<\/a> while earning draws against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Magomed-Ankalaev-170785\">Magomed<br \/>\nAnkalaev<\/a> and Guskov.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to facing Blachowicz, Guskov had compiled a four-fight<br \/>\nfinishing streak in <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> competition, besting <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Zac-Pauga-343389\">Zac Pauga<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ryan-Spann-68057\">Ryan<br \/>\nSpann<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Billy-Elekana-250351\">Billy<br \/>\nElekana<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Nikita-Krylov-110937\">Nikita<br \/>\nKrylov<\/a> in succession. The 33-year-old Uzebkistan native has<br \/>\nfinished all 18 of his professional triumphs inside the distance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan Blachowicz and Bogdan Guskov fought to a majority draw in their first meeting. | Getty\/UFC Jan Blachowicz and Bogdan Guskov have a little bit of unfinished business to handle. The light heavyweights will square off in a rematch at UFC Belgrade on Aug. 1, the promotion recently announced. Blachowicz and Guskov initially battled to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}