Rakić vs Manuwa

Who won Rakić vs Manuwa?

Aleksandar Rakic beat Jimi Manuwa by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 11, on Saturday 1st June 2019 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Rakić vs Manuwa stats

Aleksandar Rakic stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jimi Manuwa made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Aleksandar Rakic's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Aleksandar Rakic's UFC record stood at 6-3-0, while Jimi Manuwa's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Manuwa had an advantage in power over Rakic, with a 88% knock out percentage over Rakic's 73%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rakic had a slight advantage over Manuwa, with a 9% submission rate over Manuwa's 6%.

Aleksandar Rakic was the younger man by 12 years, at 32 years old.

Rakic had a height advantage of 3 inches over Manuwa. Despite this, Manuwa had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Rakic was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 2 months later than Manuwa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 34 to Manuwa's 35.

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Manuwa's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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