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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith
Aleksandar Rakic
Aleksandar Rakic
11-1 · AUT
VS
Jimi Manuwa
Jimi Manuwa
17-5 · GBR
June 1, 2019 · Stockholm, Sweden
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Aleksandar Rakic def. Jimi Manuwa by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 0:47
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:47
Rakic2/70/010:01
Manuwa2/30/000:00
Total
Rakic2/70/010:01
Manuwa2/30/000:00

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
RakicWin probabilityManuwa
80.4%19.6%
KO / TKO
67%
Submission
15%
Decision
19%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rakic80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO52%64%
Submission12%15%
Decision16%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 2
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Manuwa20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%77%
Submission2%12%
Decision2%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R213%
R342%
Distance19%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Rakic
63.9%-183
Manuwa
+18334.9%
Most takedownstie 57.9%
Rakic
30.3%-255
Manuwa
+25511.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rakic
Expected: 49.1
49
Over 49
41.9%
+135
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.7%
-135
062123
Manuwa
Expected: 35.6
35.5
Over 35.5
42.7%
+134
Under 35.5
57.3%
-134
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Rakic
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
33.2%
+201
Under 0.5
66.8%
-201
035
Manuwa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.7%
Exactly 0
84.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.7 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
Rakic80.4%69.4%+11.0-255
Manuwa19.6%30.6%−11.0+215

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
80.5Striking63.0
Rakic +17.5
56.1Grappling35.4
Rakic +20.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RakicManuwa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1571
Pound-for-pound
1552
1570
Divisional
1547
1512
Striking offense
1531
1522
Striking defense
1496
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
27 yrs
Age
39 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
78"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.31
Strikes landed / min
3.44
53%
Strike accuracy
54%
1.61
Strikes absorbed / min
3.99
51%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.32
Takedowns / 15 min
0.54
60%
Takedown accuracy
19%
88%
Takedown defense
71%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
55%
+3
Win/loss streak
-3
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
33%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Aleksandar Rakic
  • WDevin ClarkKO/TKO R1
    Close -5706mo before
  • WJustin LedetU-DEC R3
    Close -11510mo before
  • WFrancimar BarrosoU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 9mo before
Jimi Manuwa
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +1606mo before
  • LJan BlachowiczU-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 2mo before
  • LVolkan OezdemirKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 10mo before
  • WCorey AndersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1452y 2mo before
  • WOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R2
    Close +1252y 8mo before
Rakic — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Manuwa — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0

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
15 wins, 4 losses
W
88% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (91%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rakic
Manuwa
3
UFC fights
11
34.1 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
83.5 min · 7.6 avg
14y 9m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rakic
Manuwa
37W–7L · 84.1%
Overall
182W–48L · 79.1%
37W–7L · 84.1%
Wins
94W–27L · 77.7%
0W–0L
Losses
88W–21L · 80.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rakic
Manuwa
27W–34L · 44.3%
Overall
51W–32L · 61.4%
27W–34L · 44.3%
Wins
51W–32L · 61.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rakic
Manuwa
4.73
Landed / min
4.84
38.5%
Accuracy
44.8%
59.8%
Defense
57.1%
0.88
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.54
49.0%
Time at distance
44.0%
Grappling & control
Rakic
Manuwa
1.32
Takedowns / 15 min
0.54
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
18.8%
88.2%
Takedown defense
71.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.36
85.0%
Control share
38.4%
Strike target map
Rakic
  • Head67%(122)div 65%
  • Body14%(25)div 19%
  • Legs19%(34)div 16%
Manuwa
  • Head41%(118)div 65%
  • Body28%(80)div 19%
  • Legs31%(89)div 16%

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

Aleksandar Rakic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jimi Manuwa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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