Skip to content

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · 6 Mar 2021, 00:00 · completed

Thiago Santos vs Aleksandar Rakic

No forecast available for this bout yet.

No validated model has produced a forecast. See Model Lab.

red corner
light heavy weight
Illustrated avatar
24 UFC bouts · last fought 6 Aug 2022

Thiago Santos

“Marreta”
UFC rec14-10-0
Elo1594
Strike acc48%
Strike def54%
TD defence66%
KO · SUB11 · 0
Age37
Reach193 cm
Orthodox
Last 5LossLossWinLossLoss
blue corner
light heavy weight
Illustrated avatar
12 UFC bouts · last fought 1 Aug 2026

Aleksandar Rakic

“Rocket”
UFC rec7-5-0
Elo1630
Strike acc51%
Strike def55%
TD defence87%
KO · SUB2 · 0
Age29
Reach198 cm
Orthodox
Last 5LossLossLossLossWin

Head to head

14-10-0
UFC record (2013 on)
7-5-0
Unavailable
Pro record (ESPN)
Unavailable
11
Wins by KO/TKO
2
0
Wins by submission
0
1594
Elo rating
1630
48%
Striking accuracy
51%
54%
Striking defence
55%
3.72
Landed per min
4.20
2.57
Absorbed per min
2.78
66%
Takedown defence
87%
0.88
Takedowns per 15
0.57
Unavailable
Country
Unavailable
37
Age
29
193 cm
Reach
198 cm
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox

Same sources and limits as each card’s full stats: UFC fights since 2013, strike rates from the bouts that carry strike data. Bars show each fighter’s share of the pair’s combined value; a longer bar is not always better (absorbed strikes, for example).

Odds Intelligence

Research benchmark only. Bookmaker prices never feed the prediction model.

Bookmaker odds currently unavailable.

Forecast revisions

None recorded.