UFC 259 : BLACHOWICZ VS ADESANYA

Event UFC 259 : BLACHOWICZ VS ADESANYA
Date Mar 6, 2021
Division Light Heavyweight
Status Completed
Venue UFC APEX
Broadcast PPV
L
Marreta | 22-13-0 Thiago Santos
W
Rocket | 14-6-0 Aleksandar Rakić

Thiago Santos vs Aleksandar Rakić

Method :Decision (unanimous)
Round :R3
Time :5:00
Time format :(5-5-5)
Referee :Pending
Details :(29–28, 29–28, 30–27)
Thiago Santos Marreta | 22-13-0 Thiago Santos vs Aleksandar Rakić Aleksandar Rakić Rocket | 14-6-0
🇧🇷Thiago Santos Marreta 22-13-0 Thiago Santos 🇧🇷

Fight Overview

RoundR3
Time5:00
MethodDecision (unanimous)
🇦🇹Aleksandar Rakić Rocket 14-6-0 🇦🇹 Aleksandar Rakić
Combat Edge Intelligence

Fight Intelligence

Thiago Santos owns a 18-point Elo edge (good). Thiago Santos shows more surface-level statistical edges across the tracked UFC categories. 3 shared opponents give extra context.

Recent form

Thiago Santos L L L L W · -42 Elo last 5
L L L L W
Aleksandar Rakić L L L L W · -28 Elo last 5
L L L L W

Elo edge

Thiago Santos 1694 -12 last move
Aleksandar Rakić 1676 -14 last move

Stat advantages

Takedown accuracy
33% vs 22%
Takedown average
0.88 vs 0.64
Takedown defense
66% vs 86%
Sig. strikes absorbed per min
2.57 vs 2.86

Finishing profile

Thiago Santos KO/TKO leads 68% of wins
Aleksandar Rakić KO/TKO leads 64% of wins

Common opponents

Magomed Ankalaev Thiago Santos: loss · Decision (Unanimous) · Mar 12, 2022 Aleksandar Rakić: loss · Decision (Unanimous) · Oct 26, 2024
Jan Błachowicz Thiago Santos: win · TKO (punches) · Feb 23, 2019 Aleksandar Rakić: cancelled · Cancelled Bout · Jan 20, 2024
Jan Błachowicz Thiago Santos: win · TKO (punches) · Feb 23, 2019 Aleksandar Rakić: loss · TKO (knee injury) · May 14, 2022
Thiago Santos Fight stats Aleksandar Rakić
0 Total strikes 0
0 Takedowns 0
0 Sub. attempts 0
0 Rev. 0
0 Sig. strikes 0
0 Knockdowns 0
0 Control time 0