Light Heavyweight 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
Thiago Santos v Aleksandar Rakic
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya, Sat, Mar 6, 2021, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Referee Herb Dean
Referee Herb Dean
Aleksandar Rakic won by Unanimous decision, R3 5:00. Eric Colon 28 - 29. Dave Hagen 28 - 29. Ron McCarthy 27 - 30.
“Marreta”
Height 6'2", Reach 76", Stance Orthodox, Age 37 on the night
Coming in 13-7-0 in the UFC over 20 fights
“Rocket”
Height 6'4", Reach 78", Stance Orthodox, Age 29 on the night
Coming in 5-1-0 in the UFC over 6 fights
01/Round by round
3 of 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
| Thiago Santos | Aleksandar Rakic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | |
| Round 15:00 | 15 of 27 | 0 of 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 14 of 30 | 0 of 0 | 0:00 | 0 |
| Round 25:00 | 11 of 31 | 0 of 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 15 of 35 | 0 of 0 | 1:11 | 0 |
| Round 35:00 | 23 of 39 | 0 of 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 7 of 24 | 0 of 2 | 1:21 | 0 |
| Fight, 15:00 | 49 of 97 | 0 of 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 36 of 89 | 0 of 2 | 2:32 | 0 |
Landed of attempted in each round, control time as recorded, and knockdowns scored. The fight ran 15.0 minutes. Total strikes are held and not printed; they count the pitter-patter on the ground. A round where control reads “not recorded” is one the source did not time, not one with no control.