UFC UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic Final

Jan Blachowicz vs Aleksandar Rakic

Jan Blachowicz
Poland

Jan Blachowicz

29-12-2

Winner

VS
Aleksandar Rakic
Austria

Aleksandar Rakic

“Rocket”

15-6

Winner

Jan Blachowicz

KO/TKO · Round 3 — 1:11

14 May 2022 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Jan Blachowicz beat Aleksandar Rakic by KO/TKO in round 3 at 1:11.
  • Jan Blachowicz landed 53 of 94 total strikes, with 0:01 of control time.
  • Aleksandar Rakic landed more total strikes — 61 to 53 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 19-19, 19-19, 19-19.
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Tale of the tape

Jan BlachowiczAleksandar Rakic
29-12-2Record15-6
39Age on fight night30
6′2″ (188 cm)Height6′4″ (193 cm)
78″ (198 cm)Reach78″ (198 cm)
205 lb (93 kg)Weight205 lb (93 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
WCA Fight TeamTeamGym 23
Cieszyn, PolandFromVienna, Vienna, Austria

Fight statistics

53of 94 · 56%Total strikes landed61of 125 · 49%
16of 40Head strikes26of 78
23of 35Body strikes23of 30
14of 19Leg strikes12of 17
0Takedowns1of 4
1Submission attempts0
0:01Control time4:33

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Jan BlachowiczRoundAleksandar Rakic
25/53strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR112/52strikes0/2TD0KD0:00control
23/26strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR244/59strikes1/2TD0KD4:33control
5/15strikes0/0TD0KD0:01controlR35/14strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control

Judges’ scorecards

Derek Cleary

10R199R210

19total19

Sal D'amato

10R199R210

19total19

Chris Lee

10R199R210

19total19

Form going into the fight

Jan Blachowicz

  1. LGlover Teixeirasubmission R2 3:022021
  2. WIsrael Adesanyaunanimous decision2021
  3. WDominick ReyesKO/TKO R2 4:362020
  4. WCorey AndersonKO/TKO R1 3:082020
  5. WJacare Souzasplit decision2019

Aleksandar Rakic

  1. WThiago Santosunanimous decision2021
  2. WAnthony Smithunanimous decision2020
  3. LVolkan Oezdemirsplit decision2019
  4. WJimi ManuwaKO/TKO R1 0:472019
  5. WDevin ClarkKO/TKO R1 4:052018

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