Aleksandar Rakić loses – How many times has the UFC star lost?

Aleksandar Rakić is indeed one of the strongest fighters to have graced the world of mixed martial arts. With a career record of 14-4-0, The Austrian fighter was not free from defeats. Three of his four losses came in the UFC and three light heavyweight fighters defeated him.

Rakić has lost his last two fights, one by a TKO and the other by injury. Nevertheless, let’s delve deep into the matter and find out how his last fights went.

Aleksandar Rakić’s last two losses were against Jan Blachowicz and Jiri Prochazka

Rakic ​​faced off in the main event of UFC Vegas 54 Jan Blachowicz for a 5 round fight. The fight began with a hard kick to Rakić’s calf, followed by an exchange of fists. The first round went to Blachowicz, while the second round was scored in the Austrian fighter’s favor. However, it was the third round where problems arose for “Rocket”.

After a brief exchange, one of Rakic’s jabs dislodged the Polish fighter’s mouthpiece. Seconds after fixing his mouthpiece, “John” sent an outside low kick. To avoid the momentum, Rakić stepped back and an accident occurred. His right leg gave way beneath him and the Austrian mixed martial artist fell to the ground in agony. Blachowicz immediately intervened, but refrained from attacking as the fight was already over. The fight ended with Blachowicz winning by a TKO in round 3 due to a leg injury.

It was later discovered that “Rocket” had a torn ACL and had to undergo surgery to repair it. Before his fight against Jiri Prochazkahe said“It’s happening, you know, what can I do?” God had other plans for me tonight. My knee is cracked, my right knee. I injured his knee three weeks ago during training in sparring. It happened. You know it’s not a lie, it happened. The knee wasn’t 100 percent. I thought it was like that. That oversight won him the match.”

Rakić returned from his injury after about two years and faced Prochazka at UFC 300. However, the “rocket” could not keep up with the striking power of the Czech fighter. While the first round went in favor of Rakić, the second round featured a stronger version of The Czech Samurai. Prochazka threw a barrage of punches after taking the fight to the ground, while Rakić simply stood up to protect his vital organs. Eventually, Herb Dean, the referee in charge of the fight, stopped the fight and Prochazka won the fight by TKO via punches.

Although the light heavyweight has lost the last two fights of his career, there was a time when he enjoyed a long winning streak. This has often left the MMA world wondering how Rakic ​​fared in his professional MMA career.

Aleksandar Rakićs other losses and overall MMA balance

Rakić began his professional mixed martial arts career with an unfortunate loss in 2011 while fighting against Christian Radke under the Rock The Cage banner. Before competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, he competed in several promotions including We Love MMA, Vendetta Austria, World Firefight Challenge and Final Fight Championship. And he won all 8 of his fights.

Rakić debuted in the UFC against Francimar Barroso at UFC Fight Night 115 in 2017. He won the fight via unanimous decision and went on to win three more fights in the Octagon. And then came his second pro MMA loss at UFC on ESPN+ 23. Rakić faced Volan Oezdemir and after three rounds of fighting, the fight ended in a split decision loss for the Austrian fighter.

With a record of 14 wins and 4 losses, “Rocket” is now ready to land against the team Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 308. While the Dagestan fighter looks to extend his ten-fight winning streak, Rakić will be desperate to end his two-fight losing streak. And all fight fans have to do is wait and watch as the story unfolds.

What do you think about the fight between Rakić and Prochazka and Blachowicz? Let us know in the comments below if you think he can win against Ankaraev.