Blachowicz vs Rakic

Who won Blachowicz vs Rakic?

Jan Blachowicz beat Aleksandar Rakic by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 14th May 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Blachowicz vs Rakic stats

Jan Blachowicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Aleksandar Rakic made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Aleksandar Rakic marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Jan Blachowicz's UFC record stood at 12-7-1, while Aleksandar Rakic's came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Rakic had a massive power advantage over Blachowicz, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a large advantage over Rakic, boasting a 32% submission rate over Rakic's 7%.

Jan Blachowicz was the older man by 9 years, at 41 years old.

Rakic had a height advantage of 2 inches over Blachowicz. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Blachowicz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Rakic, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 61 more professional rounds, 95 to Rakic's 34.

Blachowicz vs Rakic form

Blachowicz had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Glover Teixeira at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight.

Previous to that, he had won against Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dominick Reyes at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Corey Anderson at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho, United States.

He was victorious against Ronaldo Souza at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Aleksandar Rakic had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Jiri Prochazka at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Jan Blachowicz at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Thiago Santos at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Anthony Smith at UFC Vegas 8 on 29th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Volkan Oezdemir at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on 21st December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sajik Arena, Busan, South Korea.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Aleksandar Rakic had been fighting more than Jan Blachowicz.

Going to this contest, Jan Blachowicz had last fought 2 years, 6 months and 5 days ago, while Aleksandar Rakic's last outing had been 22 days ago.

Blachowicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Rakic's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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