UFC on ESPN 36 live results: Jan Blachowicz vs. Aleksandar Rakic

Welcome to F4WOnline.com's live coverage of UFC On ESPN 36: Blachowicz vs. Rakic, emanating from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The UFC is back in their home base this weekend with a light heavyweight main event that could play a hand into who is the top contender in the division.

Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz returns for the first time since losing the title as he takes on Aleksandar Rakic in the five-round headline bout. They were scheduled to meet in March, but the fight was pushed back after Blachowicz had to pull out due to neck issues. Blachowicz was last seen in October, when Glover Teixeira submitted him to win the light heavyweight title. Rakic hasn't fought in 14 months as he's coming off a win over Thiago Santos at UFC 259 in March 2021.

In the co-main event, it's another light heavyweight battle as Ryan Spann takes on Ion Cutelaba. The rest of the main card sees a bantamweight bout between Davey Grant and Louis Smolka, a women's flyweight fight between Katlyn Chookagian and Amanda Ribas, a lightweight fight pitting Frank Camacho against the debuting Manuel Torres, and undefeated flyweight prospect Jake Hadley debuts against Allan Nascimento.

Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time with preliminary action all the way through the main card.

ESPN PRELIMS | 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT

> Middleweights- Nick Maximov (8-0, 2-0 UFC) vs. Andre Petroski (7-1, 2-0 UFC)

> Flyweights- Tatsuro Taira (10-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Carlos Candelario (8-1, 0-0 UFC)

> Women's Strawweights- #12 Virna Jandiroba (17-3, 3-3 UFC) vs. #13 Angela Hill (13-11, 8-11 UFC)

> Lightweights- Michael Johnson (19-17, 11-13 UFC) vs. Alan Patrick (15-3 1 NC, 5-3 1 NC UFC)

> Women's Flyweights- #8 Viviane Araujo (10-3, 4-2 UFC) vs. #9 Andrea Lee (13-5, 5-3 UFC)

ESPN2 MAIN CARD | 10 PM ET/7 PM PT

> Flyweights- Jake Hadley (8-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Allan Nascimento (18-6, 0-1 UFC)

> Lightweights- Frank Camacho (22-9, 2-5 UFC) vs. Manuel Torres (12-2, 0-0 UFC)

> Women's Flyweights- #1 Katlyn Chookagian (17-4, 10-4 UFC) vs. #9 (WSW) Amanda Ribas (11-2, 5-1 UFC)

> Bantamweights- Davey Grant (13-6, 4-5 UFC) vs. Louis Smolka (17-8, 8-8 UFC)

> Light Heavyweights- #13 Ryan Spann (19-7, 5-2 UFC) vs. Ion Cutelaba (16-6-1 1 NC, 5-5-1 UFC)

> Light Heavyweights- #1 Jan Blachowicz (28-9, 11-6 UFC) vs. #3 Aleksandar Rakic (14-2, 6-1 UFC)