Aleksandar Rakic

Light HeavyweightGrappler
7 - 5

12 UFC Fights | 58% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (29%)

Height
6' 4"
Reach
78"
Weight
205 lbs.
Age
34
Orthodox

Aleksandar Rakic UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Aleksandar Rakic is 7-5 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 2 wins by knockout and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 15-6, 8-1 of it outside the UFC. Rakic competes at light heavyweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 6'4" with a 78" reach at 34 years old. The last bout was a win over Marcin Tybura by unanimous decision in Aug 2026.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 79th percentile among 140 light heavyweight fighters (86%).

Aleksandar Rakic's UFC win rate is 58% (7 of 12 fights), and 29% of those wins came by finish. Rakic averages 0.5 takedowns per fight at 22% accuracy and stops 86% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
15-6
UFC Record
7-5
Height
6'4"
Reach
78"
Age
34
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
W vs Marcin Tybura · Decision - Unanimous · Aug 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Aleksandar Rakic's Last 5 Fights

Rakic is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Marcin Tybura · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez · Aug 2026
  2. Loss vs Azamat Murzakanov · KO/TKO · R1 3:11 · UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · Oct 2025
  3. Loss vs Magomed Ankalaev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway · Oct 2024
  4. Loss vs Jiri Prochazka · KO/TKO · R2 3:17 · UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · Apr 2024
  5. Loss vs Jan Blachowicz · KO/TKO · R3 1:11 · UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic · May 2022

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.1
+1.4x ratio
Accuracy
50%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.36

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.9
0.8x avg
Strike Differential
+1.3
Opp. Accuracy Against
49%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.5
Takedown Accuracy
22%
Takedown Defense
86%
elite
Control Time / Fight
3:23
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
18% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Aleksandar Rakic vs Average

Aleksandar Rakic's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (7-5), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WMarcin TyburaDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez2026-08-01
LAzamat MurzakanovKO/TKOR1 · 3:11UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane2025-10-25
LMagomed AnkalaevDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway2024-10-26
LJiri ProchazkaKO/TKOR2 · 3:17UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill2024-04-13
LJan BlachowiczKO/TKOR3 · 1:11UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic2022-05-14
WThiago SantosDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya2021-03-06
WAnthony SmithDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic2020-08-29
LVolkan OezdemirDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie2019-12-21
WJimi ManuwaKO/TKOR1 · 0:47UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith2019-06-01
WDevin ClarkKO/TKOR1 · 4:05UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega2018-12-08
WJustin LedetDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith2018-07-22
WFrancimar BarrosoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve2017-09-02

How Rakic Ranks at Light Heavyweight

Percentile among the 140 light heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.1 sig. strikes/min
72nd percentile
Striking accuracy50%
60th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.9/min
73rd percentile
Takedowns0.5/fight
46th percentile
Takedown defense86%
79th percentile
Knockdown power0.36/fight
71st percentile

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