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September 2, 2017 · Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Aleksandar Rakic def. Francimar Barroso by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rakic11/340/000:13
Barroso9/160/400:10
R2
Rakic20/540/000:00
Barroso10/232/601:26
R3
Rakic15/620/000:00
Barroso5/160/400:00
Total
Rakic46/1500/000:13
Barroso24/552/1401:36

Scorecards

Rakic vs Barroso

RdBen CartlidgePaul SutherlandTakeo KobayashiCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27.1

Media (13 cards) · avg 3027 · 13 Rakic · 0 Barroso

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

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 probabilityBarroso
85.2%14.8%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
28%
Decision
18%
Expected fight time: 9.1 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 Barroso. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Rakic85%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO48%56%
Submission24%29%
Decision13%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 46
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Barroso15%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%39%
Submission4%25%
Decision5%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 24
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 2
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R210%
R338%
Distance18%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Rakic
63.1%-179
Barroso
+17935.2%
Most takedownstie 54.5%
Rakic
25.6%-129
Barroso
+12919.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rakic
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
41.8%
+135
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.4%
-135
04691
Barroso
Expected: 26.4
26.5
Over 26.5
42.3%
+136
Under 26.5
57.7%
-136
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Rakic
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.4%
+229
Under 0.5
69.6%
-229
035
Barroso
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.4%
+294
Under 0.5
74.6%
-294
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 9.1 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
Rakic85.2%57.1%+28.1-145
Barroso14.8%42.9%−28.1+125

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RakicBarroso
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1562
1521
Divisional
1563
1500
Striking offense
1487
1533
Striking defense
1517
1494
Grappling offense
1505
1500
Grappling defense
1486
Physical
25 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
78"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.60
Strike accuracy
52%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.74
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
2.65
Takedown accuracy
27%
Takedown defense
83%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
57%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Aleksandar Rakic
No prior UFC fights.
Francimar Barroso
  • WDarren StewartU-DEC R3
    Close +1756mo before
  • LNikita KrylovSUB R2
    Close +1701y 4mo before
  • WElvis MutapcicU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 8mo before
  • WRyan JimmoU-DEC R3
    Close +2352y 3mo before
  • LHans StringerS-DEC R3
    Close -1353y 5mo before
Rakic — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Barroso — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0, 1 NC

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
10 wins, 3 losses
W
53% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
15win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (7%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Rakic
Barroso
0
UFC fights
7
Octagon time
84.8 min · 12.1 avg
Career length
21y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rakic
Barroso
Overall
94W–17L · 84.7%
Wins
54W–8L · 87.1%
Losses
40W–9L · 81.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rakic
Barroso
27W–34L · 44.3%
Overall
75W–43L · 63.6%
27W–34L · 44.3%
Wins
46W–29L · 61.3%
0W–0L
Losses
29W–14L · 67.4%
Distance striking
Rakic
Barroso
Landed / min
3.64
Accuracy
43.8%
Defense
68.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
42.2%
Grappling & control
Rakic
Barroso
Takedowns / 15 min
2.65
Takedown accuracy
26.8%
Takedown defense
83.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
52.7%
Strike target map
Rakic
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Barroso
  • Head44%(96)div 65%
  • Body20%(44)div 18%
  • Legs36%(80)div 16%

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

Aleksandar Rakic

No UFC fights on record.

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

Francimar Barroso
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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