Uros Medic Enters Welterweight Top 15
Uros Medic (13-3) brutally finished Geoff Neal and entered the welterweight rankings at #12, while Colby Covington rose in the rankings despite no wins since 2022. Sean Strickland maintained his middleweight #3 ranking with a KO win over Anthony Hernandez, dropping Hernandez to #6. In boxing, Josh Kelly scored a controversial IBF win and failed in his callout of Ryan Garcia.
- Uros Medic, nicknamed "The Doctor" due to his precision and surname, has a 100% finishing rate in his victories, with 11 knockouts and two submissions. His last three fights have all been first-round knockouts, each lasting less than 80 seconds. - The knockout of Geoff Neal earned Uros Medic a $100,000 "Performance of the Night" bonus. For Neal, this was a significant setback, dropping him four spots in the rankings to #21. - Colby Covington's last victory was a unanimous decision against Jorge Masvidal in March 2022. Since then, he has had two consecutive losses, a unanimous decision to Leon Edwards in a title fight in December 2023 and a TKO (doctor stoppage) loss to Joaquin Buckley in December 2024. - Former middleweight champion Sean Strickland earned a $100,000 "Performance of the Night" bonus for his third-round TKO of Anthony Hernandez. In his post-fight interview, Strickland called out current champion Khamzat Chimaev. - Josh Kelly's win for the IBF junior middleweight title came via a controversial majority decision, with one judge scoring the fight a 113-113 draw. Kelly was knocked down in the ninth round by Bakhram Murtazaliev but had also scored a knockdown of his own in the fourth. - Following his win, Kelly called for a fight with Ryan Garcia, who recently won the WBC welterweight title. A potential fight would require Garcia to move up two weight classes.
