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Two unranked middleweights headline in Belgrade with almost identical records — so pick the edge that matters and lock in your bracket.
UFC Fight Night lands at Belgrade Arena on Saturday, August 1, and the middleweight main event is a genuine coin-flip on paper. In the home corner: Duško “Thunder” Todorović of Serbia, riding a 13-6-0 record. Across from him: Robert “Robzilla” Valentin of Switzerland at 12-6-0. Neither man carries a divisional ranking, so this is a straight fight to climb — a clean stage where the only story is who looks better when the numbers line up side by side.
Start with the frame. Valentin is the bigger man in the cage — an inch taller and, more importantly, a full three inches longer in reach (77" to 74"). In a middleweight striking exchange, that range is real: it lets Robzilla plant his feet a step farther back and still touch his opponent, and it forces Thunder to close distance to do his work. Valentin is also the younger fighter by a year (31 to 32), a marginal edge but one worth noting over a five-round main event.
Todorović answers with the ledger. He owns one more professional win (13 to 12) and one more total bout on his record, which reads as a slightly deeper well of championship-rounds experience. Both men have tasted the same number of defeats — six losses each — so neither arrives unblemished, and both know what the back end of a hard fight feels like. And Thunder fights at home: a Serbian headliner inside Belgrade Arena, with the building behind him.
Both are orthodox, so there is no southpaw-versus-orthodox riddle to solve — this is a mirror-stance matchup where lead hands and jabs meet on the same side. That tends to make reach and timing the deciding currency rather than angles.
The fight hinges on a single question: can Todorović’s shorter reach become an advantage by turning this into a close-range, high-volume scrap, or will Valentin’s three inches keep Thunder fighting at the end of a long jab all night? Robzilla wants to fight tall and long; Thunder wants it tight and physical, with the home crowd rising every time he walks his man down. The records are nearly identical, the stances are identical, and both are chasing that first ranking — which is exactly why there is no safe pick here.
Track the range in round one. If Valentin is landing first and controlling the distance with his reach, the bigger man is dictating. If Todorović is getting inside, making it a phone-booth fight and leaning on his extra experience and the Belgrade energy, the edge swings home. It is 13 wins against 12, size against experience, Switzerland against Serbia — so before the walkouts, make your read: does the reach win, or does the home man’s mileage carry it? Call your winner and build your bracket.