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Aleksandar Rakic

Aleksandar Rakic

1068 ELO #323

"Rocket"

MMA 15-6-0 · UFC 7-5-0 · Heavyweight · Last fought 37 days ago

Aleksandar Rakic "Rocket" - UFC Fighter Profile

Career Highlights: Aleksandar Rakic has 7 wins in the UFC. Aleksandar Rakic lands an average of 4.2 significant strikes per minute and averages 0.57 takedowns per 15 minutes.

Sensible Hypothetical Matchups

No fight is booked yet. These active Heavyweight fighters are a similar age (within 8 years) and ELO (closest to 1068), and have not fought Aleksandar Rakic before.

Opponent UFC Age ELO Δ Age Δ ELO
Kennedy Nzechukwu 8-7-0 34 1065 0.0 3
Martin Buday 7-1-0 34 1060 0.0 8
Rizvan Kuniev 2-1-0 34 1043 0.0 25
Waldo Cortes Acosta 10-3-0 34 1130 0.0 62
Denzel Freeman 1-1-0 34 1000 0.0 68
Sergei Pavlovich 9-3-0 34 1142 0.0 74

Fight Results Breakdown

12
Total Fights

Biggest Win

Thiago Santos in 2021
Opponent ELO: 1144

Biggest Upset Loss

Jiri Prochazka in 2024
Your ELO: 1095 · Opponent ELO: 1059 · Favored by 36

Physical & Background Stats

Height
6' 4'
Weight
Heavyweight
Reach
78'
Stance
Orthodox
Date of Birth
Feb 06 1992
Age
34
Peak ELO
1110
ELO Rank
323 of 2748
Strength of Schedule
266-100-4
Combined record of UFC opponents
Avg ELO of Opponents
1067.5
Avg ELO of Defeated Opponents
1033.7

Performance Statistics

SLpM
4.2
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute
Str. Acc.
50%
Significant Striking Accuracy
SApM
2.78
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute
Str. Def.
54%
Significant Strike Defence
TD Avg.
0.57
Average Takedowns per 15 minutes
TD Acc.
21%
Takedown Accuracy
Sub. Avg.
0.1
Average Submissions per 15 minutes

Aleksandar Rakic Fight History

No defeats in this fight history.

Date Event Opponent Method Round Time Result Odds
2026-08-01 UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez Marcin Tybura U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -333
2025-10-25 UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane Azamat Murzakanov KO/TKO Punch 1 3:11 Loss -105
2024-10-26 UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway Magomed Ankalaev U-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2024-04-13 UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill Jiri Prochazka KO/TKO Punches 2 3:17 Loss -
2022-05-14 UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic Jan Blachowicz KO/TKO 3 1:11 Loss -
2021-03-06 UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Thiago Santos U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2020-08-29 UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic Anthony Smith U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2019-12-21 UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie Volkan Oezdemir S-DEC 3 5:00 Loss -
2019-06-01 UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith Jimi Manuwa KO/TKO Kick 1 0:47 Win -
2018-12-08 UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega Devin Clark KO/TKO Spinning Back Fist 1 4:05 Win -
2018-07-22 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith Justin Ledet U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2017-09-02 UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve Francimar Barroso U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -

ELO Progression Over Time

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Aleksandar Rakic ELO Rating Calculation

Fight # Date Opponent Name Opponent ELO Result ELO Gained ELO
12 2026-08-01 Marcin Tybura 1074 Win +17 1068
11 2025-10-25 Azamat Murzakanov 1101 Loss -14 1051
10 2024-10-26 Magomed Ankalaev 1169 Loss -12 1065
9 2024-04-13 Jiri Prochazka 1059 Loss -18 1077
8 2022-05-14 Jan Blachowicz 1122 Loss -15 1095
7 2021-03-06 Thiago Santos 1144 Win +18 1110
6 2020-08-29 Anthony Smith 1101 Win +17 1092
5 2019-12-21 Volkan Oezdemir 1046 Loss 0 1075
4 2019-06-01 Jimi Manuwa 1043 Win +20 1075
3 2018-12-08 Devin Clark 1014 Win +20 1055
2 2018-07-22 Justin Ledet 1036 Win +17 1035
1 2017-09-02 Francimar Barroso 1045 Win +18 1018

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