Rakić vs Manuwa

Who won Rakić vs Manuwa?

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

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Aleksandar Rakic.

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 September 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 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.

Rakić vs Manuwa form

Rakic had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jan Blachowicz at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had been beaten by 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.

He had defeated Jimi Manuwa at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Activity check

Rakic's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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