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SportsMoney UFC Tonight: What Time Does The UFC Belgrade Fight Card Start? By Trent Reinsmith ,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Trent Reinsmith is a Baltimore-based writer who covers MMA and hockey. Follow Author Aug 01, 2026, 03:15am EDT --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . Summary UFC Belgrade makes its historic debut in Serbia today, Saturday, August 1, 2026, live from the Belgrade Arena. The event, featuring 14 bouts, kicks off with an early start, streaming exclusively on Paramount+. The main event showcases a pivotal welterweight clash between Serbia's own Uros Medic, ranked No. 14 and riding a three-fight win streak, and Daniel Rodriguez, who also enters on a three-fight surge after a challenging period, including an eight-month prison stint. Both fighters are vying to solidify their positions in the top-15. The co-main event features former light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz taking on the undefeated Navajo Stirling.
The UFC makes its first appearance in Serbia today for the UFC Belgrade fight card. The event, which features 14 bouts, has an early start time. In the main event, two fighters looking to remain in the top 15 of the UFC’s welterweight division face off. That matchup pits Uros Medic against Daniel Rodriguez. In the evening’s co-main event, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz faces the undefeated Navajo Stirling.
Preliminary Card Start Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Location: Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia
Uroš Medić vs. Daniel Rodriguez Jan Błachowicz vs. Navajo Stirling Aleksandar Rakić vs. Marcin Tybura Duško Todorović vs. Robert Valentin Vlasto Čepo vs. Gilbert Urbina Miloš Janičić vs. Noah Gugnon
Ľudovít Klein vs. Tofiq Musayev Oban Elliott vs. Michael Oliveira Borislav Nikolić vs. Mark Vologdin Dennis Buzukja vs. Bogdan Grad Mateusz Rębecki vs. Kyle Prepolec Nina Nikolija Milošević vs. Hailey Cowan Jovan Leka vs. Alexander Poppeck Marina Spasić vs. Stephanie Luciano
Uros Medic (13-3) is the No. 14 fighter in the UFC’s welterweight division rankings . The 33-year-old Serbian has not fought in his home country during his professional career, which began in Alaska in 2016.
Medic signed with the UFC in 2020 after winning a contract on a Dana White’s Contender Series fight card via first round TKO. Medic cut to lightweight for that contest. With that victory, Medic’s record stood at 6-0 with six finishes (four KOs, two submissions).
Medic has had an up-and-down run with the UFC. He sports a 7-3 record with all of his wins coming via knockout. Five of those finishes have come in the first stanza. Medic’s three setbacks have also been via stoppage (two submissions, on KO). He is currently riding the longest winning streak of his UFC career with victories in his past three outings.
Medic is coming off a February first-round knockout of Geoff Neal.
Daniel Rodriguez (20-5) has been with the UFC since 2020. He joined the promotion after winning the SMASH Global welterweight title.
He opened his UFC career with a 7-1 mark, but hit a rough patch in 2022 when he moved up to face tougher opponents. Rodriguez lost three in a row between November 2022 and June 2024, falling to Neil Magny, Ian Machado Garry and Kelvin Gastelum.
The 39-year-old bounced back from those losses with a three-fight winning streak. He is coming off a July 2025 decision win over Kevin Holland at UFC 318.
Rodriguez’s return was delayed by an eight-month stint in a Mexican prison after he was caught at the border with marijuana.
We will have more on UFC Belgrade on fight day.
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