Rakić vs Santos

Who won Rakić vs Santos?

Aleksandar Rakic beat Thiago Santos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 259, on Saturday 6th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Aleksandar Rakic.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Rakić vs Santos stats

Aleksandar Rakic stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Thiago Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Aleksandar Rakic's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Thiago Santos marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Aleksandar Rakic's UFC record stood at 6-4-0, while Thiago Santos' came in at 14-10-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over Rakic, with a 71% knock out percentage over Rakic's 69%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rakic had a slight advantage over Santos, with a 8% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Aleksandar Rakic was the younger man by 8 years, at 32 years old.

Rakic had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santos. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Rakic was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 10 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 45 less professional rounds, 37 to Santos' 82.

Rakić vs Santos form

Thiago Santos had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jon Jones at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Before that, he had beaten Jimi Manuwa at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

He had defeated Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 137 on 22nd September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Activity check

Rakic's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Santos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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