Rakim Talley vs Darius Parker

Aug 28, 2026 · Vice TV

Combat Edge model forecast50%Rakim Talley50%Darius ParkerFull forecast

DateAug 28, 2026

DivisionFight card

StatusScheduled

VenueF&M Bank Arena

BroadcastVice TV

Start times & how to watch

Start time & how to watch

Main card starts Friday, August 28, 2026 — watch on Vice TV.

US East (ET): Fri 6:00 PM
US West (PT): Fri 3:00 PM
United Kingdom: Fri 11:00 PM
Central Europe: Sat 12:00 AM
Australia (Sydney): Sat 8:00 AM
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Rakim Talley1-1-0Rakim Talley vs Darius ParkerDarius Parker1-0-0

Rakim Talley1-1-0

Fight Overview

Round3

Time5:00

1-1-0Record1-0-0

33Age26

6'1"HeightTBD

75"Reach-

185 lbsWeight185 lbs

Fight cardWeight ClassFight card

Darius Parker1-0-0

Combat Edge Intelligence

Fight Intelligence

Darius Parker owns a 30-point Elo edge (average). Tracked UFC stat edges are limited for this matchup. There are no clean shared-opponent matches in tracked pro MMA history.

Compare Rakim Talley and Darius Parker across their careers →

Elo Recent career Elo trajectory

Recent three-year Elo paths for both fighters. Ratings shown here are current career context; the event-specific prediction or verified result remains on this Fight page.

Rakim TalleyDarius Parker

Recent form

Rakim TalleyL W · -7 Elo last 2

Darius ParkerW · +23 Elo last 1

Elo edge

Rakim Talley1493-31 last move

Darius Parker1523+23 last move

Why they are ranked here

Rakim TalleyNot on the active ladder · 1493 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Santino Zurita (rated 1500 at the time): +24.
Costliest loss: Lost to Kyler Fairchild (rated 1500 at the time): -31.
Last 2 fights: 1 win, 1 loss, -7 Elo in total.
Inactivity: Placed on 1417, not 1493: 76 points are held back after more than 18 months without a fight, until the next one.

Darius Parker#252 of 279 active Middleweight fighters · 1523 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Ralston Thomas (rated 1434 at the time): +23.
Next places: 2 points behind #251 Dmitrii Ceacusta, 0 ahead of #253 Mauricio Barbosa.
Opposition: Opponents averaged 1434 Elo over the last 1 fight. Beating higher-rated opponents is worth more.
Sample: Only 1 rated fight, so each result still moves this rating more than a veteran's.

Every rated fight moves a rating by an amount set by the opponent's rating at the time, the result and how it ended. Places are counted among fighters active in the last 24 months. How the rating is calculated

Fight intelligence

Model forecast and your pick

Inspect the model’s probability and Elo baseline, then make your own call before the card starts.

Combat Edge Model

Fight forecast

Frozen pre-fight · v0.7-2026-08-28

50%Rakim Talley50%Darius Parker

Model favoriteRakim Talley

Elo baseline46% for Rakim Talley

Matchup adjustment+4 pts vs Elo

Win probability computed before the fight from point-in-time Elo, records, and matchup data. The baseline shows what Elo alone expected; the adjustment is not a certainty. Analytics, not betting advice.

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Forecast context

What separates the fighters

Model + Elo agree

Darius Parker leads the full model at 50%. Elo agrees, and the complete matchup model softens that lean by 4 points.

Current Elo ratings1493 · 1523Darius Parker leads by 30 rating points.

Recent opponent quality1500 · 1434Rakim Talley faced the stronger recent schedule (2 vs 1 sampled fights).

Elo record depth2 · 1 fightsRakim Talley has the deeper counted Elo history.

Largest tracked stat edgesNot enough comparable dataNo advantage is inferred when the underlying records are incomplete.

What's at stake

Rakim TalleyNow 1493

Wins by decision+26→ 1519

Loses by decision-22→ 1471

Darius ParkerNow 1523 · #252 Middleweight

Wins by decision+22→ 1545

Loses by decision-26→ 1497

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Projected with the same rules as the rankings, at today's ratings. Split decisions move ratings less and finishes more.

Stat advantages

Rakim TalleyvsDarius Parker

No tracked UFC stat edge yet.

Finishing profile

Rakim Talleydecision leads 100% of wins

Darius ParkerKO/TKO leads 100% of wins

Common opponents

No clean shared-opponent match found in tracked pro MMA history.

Tale of the tape

Rakim TalleyDarius Parker

Tracked UFC statistics may not cover a fighter's full career. Unavailable measurements are not zero.

Not availableSig. strikes landed per minNot available

UFC middleweight average : 3.93

Not availableSig. strike accuracyNot available

UFC middleweight average : 48%

Not availableSig. strikes absorbed per minNot available

UFC middleweight average : 3.82

Not availableSig. strike defenseNot available

UFC middleweight average : 52%

Not availableTakedown averageNot available

UFC middleweight average : 1.62

Not availableTakedown accuracyNot available

UFC middleweight average : 30%

Not availableTakedown defenseNot available

UFC middleweight average : 59%

Not availableSubmission averageNot available

UFC middleweight average : 0.68

0Wins by knockout1

0Wins by submission0

1Wins by decision0

0Losses by knockout0

1Losses by submission0

0Losses by decision0

Rakim Talley vs Darius Parker is a scheduled Fight card fight on LFA 240 : SANDERS VS GOMEZ. Rakim Talley enters with a 1-1-0 record and Darius Parker enters with a 1-0-0 record. Combat Edge tracks the matchup preview, UFC stats, Elo edge, shared opponents, event date, venue, and full fight card.