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Aleksandar Rakic
“Rocket”
AustriaHeavyweightActiveage 34
15-6
71% win rate
W1 streak
Peak Vertex
2021-03-06 → 2021-03-0647held 2 bouts-47 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · U-Dec · 2021-03-06
Eased since the peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
7 wins5 losseslast 5: W L L L Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(12) | R2(9) | R3(8) | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 22.2 | 21.8 | 18.0 | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 12.7 | 19.1 | 13.1 | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.25 | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Control time | 0:54 | 1:36 | 1:59 | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez2026-08-01W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane2025-10-25L·KO·R1 · 3:11
- UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway2024-10-26L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill2024-04-13L·KO·R2 · 3:17
- UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic2022-05-14L·KO·R3 · 1:11
- UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya2021-03-06W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic2020-08-29W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith2019-06-01W·KO·R1 · 0:47
- UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega2018-12-08W·KO·R1 · 4:05
- UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith2018-07-22W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve2017-09-02W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Aleksandar Rakic is making a significant weight-class change, moving from light heavyweight to heavyweight for his next UFC appearance.
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Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
