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UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
Volkan Oezdemir
Volkan Oezdemir
16-4 · CHE
VS
Aleksandar Rakic
Aleksandar Rakic
12-1 · AUT
December 21, 2019 · Busan, South Korea
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Volkan Oezdemir def. Aleksandar Rakic by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oezdemir12/390/000:29
Rakic23/471/400:47
R2
Oezdemir21/400/000:00
Rakic22/390/200:31
R3
Oezdemir30/650/000:03
Rakic30/610/301:20
Total
Oezdemir63/1440/000:32
Rakic75/1471/902:38

Scorecards

Oezdemir vs Rakic

RdAnthony DimitriouEvan FieldMark CollettCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-99-1010-99.4-9.7
R310-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total29-2828-2929-2828-29.1

Media (8 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 8 Oezdemir · 0 Rakic

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Oezdemir-Rakic.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
OezdemirWin probabilityRakic
32.9%67.1%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
6%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Oezdemir, blue toward Rakic. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Oezdemir33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%38%
Submission2%6%
Decision18%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (3068)act 63
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Rakic67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%33%
Submission4%6%
Decision41%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 75
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R214%
R35%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Oezdemir
47.2%+110
Rakic
-11051.7%
Most takedownstie 60.3%
Oezdemir
15.6%+154
Rakic
-15424.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oezdemir
Expected: 52.4
52.5
Over 52.5
42.4%
+136
Under 52.5
57.6%
-136
066132
Rakic
Expected: 55.0
55
Over 55
41.9%
+136
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
56.9%
-136
069138
Takedowns — over/under
Oezdemir
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.2%
+422
Under 0.5
80.8%
-422
035
Rakic
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.4%
+265
Under 0.5
72.6%
-265
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.1 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Oezdemir32.9%39.1%−6.2+145
Rakic67.1%60.9%+6.2-175

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
69.4Striking79.8
Rakic +10.4
33.8Grappling56.0
Rakic +22.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OezdemirRakic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1561
Pound-for-pound
1586
1559
Divisional
1585
1510
Striking offense
1519
1498
Striking defense
1519
1490
Grappling offense
1506
1506
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
30 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'4"
75"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.04
Strikes landed / min
5.25
46%
Strike accuracy
53%
3.93
Strikes absorbed / min
1.63
57%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.29
22%
Takedown accuracy
60%
76%
Takedown defense
88%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Volkan Oezdemir
  • WIlir LatifiKO/TKO R2
    Close -1904mo before
  • LDominick ReyesS-DEC R3
    Close +2209mo before
  • LAnthony SmithSUB R3
    Close -1601y 2mo before
  • LDaniel CormierKO/TKO R2
    Close +2851y 11mo before
  • WJimi ManuwaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1552y 5mo before
Aleksandar Rakic
  • WJimi ManuwaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2557mo before
  • WDevin ClarkKO/TKO R1
    Close -5701y before
  • WJustin LedetU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 5mo before
  • WFrancimar BarrosoU-DEC R3
    Close -1452y 4mo before
Oezdemir — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
12 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Rakic — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Oezdemir
Rakic
7
UFC fights
4
62.1 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
34.9 min · 8.7 avg
15y 11m
Career length
14y 9m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Oezdemir
Rakic
123W–33L · 78.8%
Overall
54W–12L · 81.8%
63W–19L · 76.8%
Wins
54W–12L · 81.8%
60W–14L · 81.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oezdemir
Rakic
37W–32L · 53.6%
Overall
27W–34L · 44.3%
31W–29L · 51.7%
Wins
27W–34L · 44.3%
6W–3L · 66.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Oezdemir
Rakic
5.31
Landed / min
4.64
42.2%
Accuracy
38.2%
59.6%
Defense
58.9%
0.72
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.29
70.4%
Time at distance
50.1%
Grappling & control
Oezdemir
Rakic
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.29
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
76.5%
Takedown defense
88.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
62.0%
Control share
85.0%
Strike target map
Oezdemir
  • Head65%(205)div 65%
  • Body17%(54)div 19%
  • Legs17%(54)div 16%
Rakic
  • Head67%(123)div 65%
  • Body14%(25)div 19%
  • Legs19%(35)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Volkan Oezdemir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Aleksandar Rakic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.