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Aleksandar Rakic makes his debut on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to preview his
light heavyweight fight vs. Thiago Santos at UFC 259.
0:00 Rakic discusses why he’ll be wearing the Serbian flag on Saturday while still recognizing his fans in Austria.
6:04 Looks back at losing his first MMA fight and discusses the athletes he looked up to growing up.
9:02 What it was like to train with Mirko Cro Cop.
13:56 Rakic explains the limited amount of training he and Santos have had together.
15:18 What he expects from Santos, who is coming off a loss to Glover Teixeira.
17:17 Rakic breaks down Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya and what he hopes is next for him with a victory.
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Ajmo Balkanci,,,,,sad je : RAKIĆ'S TIME,,, AJMO BALKAN,,,,ZA RAKIĆA💪👍💯
Ask him about Petrak.
hope too see this happen soon rakic vs dominic reyes..that look matching..
Rakic legenda
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Ajmo Aco! Pozdrav iz Beca.🇭🇷🇷🇸🇦🇹
novak djokovic,nemanja vidic ,aleksandar rakic svetski priznati a nasi su ;)
Pitajte ga za Stošića
awesome interview, awesome fight, awesome personality. Me being Austrin didn´t like him not wearing our flag, but I understand it now - receiving zero appreciation from our country and being a superstar in serbia........
Rakic je buduci sampion
Real champion great example of the men and the fighter
Idemo Rakic
New Generation in LHW, let's go
Di je Petrak ovde? Koje ovaj?
Santos should've won
Event in Belgrade would be amazing. One of the best events for Sure. Rakic, Stipe, Medic, Camur and Todorovic should be on the card .
disgraceful performance vs santos that sparing match should have been scored a draw
Ariel Helwani's nose VS Marko Petrak's ears, people don't understand, when you look, what is more huuuuuuuge
Next UfC-CHAMPION! 👊👍 🇷🇸🇦🇹🇷🇸🇦🇹🇷🇸🇦🇹🇷🇸🇦🇹
im an austrian fan and im upset lmao
Bravo Rakic !!! And you were spot on with Jan prediction!!!
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Ajmo Rakicu.. samo jakoo 💪💪🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Do event in Belgrade
Ajmo Raketa
Makes me like this guy even more his hero is Crocop!
I hear Santos booked a room in intensive care in Vegas? RAKIC is sending him to a coma tonight
Cela Srbija,Rep.Srpska,Cg navija za tebe!
Ko prenosi veceras taj mec?
Srećno večeras matori!!!
Rakic du kannst dir sicher sein, ganzer balkan und deutschsprachige raum stehen hinter dir und supporten dich, hol dir den sieg und als nächstes den titel champ
Um wieviel Uhr gehts los?
Start of the video: Ariel: _We STAY 'Hello' now...._
Rakicu sretno, santos je opak lik
jimmy manual
...Aca Brate moj....
Uz tebe je CEO Balkan 👊
Brat je u fokusu 100%
For me, after Mirko, Rakic have the strongest legs in MMA. Their force is brutal. Smith said it after the fight that after 3 kicks, he didnt feel his legs
IDEMO RAKIĆU 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹
Ottakring!
Marko Petrak
Rakic will kill Santos
Aco srbine!! ❤️
Let s go champ!!
Imagine a fight between Aleksandar Rakic and Jiri Prochazka. That would be massive for the Austria, Czech Republic and Balkan region, not to mention that it would be an incredible fight 🔥
Marko Petrak on life support
Serbia
He is Rocket Bosnian Serb living in Austria he is all but first one he is man he is all what Young kids want to be !!!! Brateee sretnoooo
Aleksandar "Rocket" Rakic SRBIJA!
Idemo Yugoslavia .✌✌✌🙌💣💥🕶👔
SRBIJA
I'm kinda starstruck by crocop. At one time he was the most terrifying guy in the game to me.
People THIS IS THE NEW BALKAN KING IN THE MAKING...after Mirko and Stipe we have another 100% beast
Ovako kad ga gledam djeluje mi kao neki djecak iz komsiluka, ali kad udje u ring, da ti se krv sledi u zilama.. Koja transformacija!!
Ракетаааа 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Call Badun and Petrak. They are people that did a lot for this sport. Badun with his sok sak elbow and Petrak as interviewer who helped him to get noticed.
Idemo aco gasi ga💪💪👍
SERBIAN ROCKETTT
The historical road prognostically talk because giant endogenously bruise throughout a profuse veterinarian. versed, plastic bladder
Yugoslavians are just built different Stipe HW Champ, Alex FW Champ, and next Rakic is going to have the LHW belt wrapped around his waist by the end of 2021 💯 🇷🇸🇸🇮🇲🇪🇭🇷🇧🇦🇲🇰
Ufc in Belgrade would be maddd!!!
Sorry Santos, but rocket 🚀 time
ajmo Rakic✌️🇭🇷
Respect Ariel for this interview, you are interviewing future champion!
Awesome dude
Rakiću, ako pokažeš istu srčanost i snazu kao protiv Smifa pobjeda ti je zagarantirana! Sretno ratniče!
So a nice guy! Alles Gute für Samstag Aleks.. 🙏❤️
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IDEMOOOO...BRE
Udri Brus Li, cepaj Brus Li, pocepaj gi sviiiii iii iiiiii 😄
Raketaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ali što kaže brat YugoSLAVEia 😂😂😂
Rakic's reach is 78" while Jon Jones is 84".
Thanks for representing balkan druze
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scheiß österreich...wirklich
Marko aka "Klempavi" Petrak is on the recovery in the hospital... 🏥
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Wow the country you n family came FROM you don t support .pass on you
we support him clown
pitaj ga za Petraka je l ima klempave usi ili su samo velike kako on kaze?
Please invite Vedran Badjun and Marko Petrak, Vedran has greatest elbow tehnique called "sok-sak" and Marko Petrak is the best podcaster in Europe, you can ask rakic about them Thanks bro sok sak
Gdje je kruška i gdje je klempo sa kačketom
let's go rakic! his head kick KO against manuwa made me a fan
Aleksander maybe you should have both of your flags printed on your fighting shorts 🩳 on each legs 🦵
Thumbs up for Rakic's english.
Ask him about Marko Petrak
Rakić is very dangerous,he is naturaly strong and hard like rock, and he is very serius in training,very tough
Best fighter ever lived on this planet is Vedran Bađun aka "Vedran Lažun" aka "Bili šaman" aka " rozi kiboko" aka " Simba Mzungu" he never lost a fight in 28 years, he is champ in this world and beyond 🔥🐷
Can't forget the legendary "sok sak" elbow tehnique, he could easily knock out ngannou with that devastating strike😂
Ajde sine mojjj
unimportant fella, nobody cares
Great kid...Good luck Rakic!
idemoooooo
This guy looks like Manuel Ferrara
Gazda! 💪
Ganz Österreich steht hinter dir!!! 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹
Uz tebe smo!!! СРБИНЕ
Pitaj ga za Stošića
les goooo 🇦🇹
best wishes for Rakic in fight against Santos, hopefully win!
This fight can be a main event