List of FFC champions explained

Final Fight Championship (FFC) champions are fighters who have won FFC championships.[1]

Current champions

The FFC is currently using six weight classes for its MMA fights and five weight classes for its kickboxing fights. Non-title fights have a one-pound leniency.

Mixed martial arts

Weight class name Current Champion Title Defenses
Heavyweight Shelton Graves @ (FFC 32) 0
Light Heavyweight - -
Middleweight - -
Welterweight Ben Egli @ (FFC 31) 0
Lightweight - -
Featherweight Filip Pejic @ (FFC 26) 1

Kickboxing

Weight class name Current Champion Title Defenses
Heavyweight Mladen Brestovac @ (FFC 24) 5
Light Heavyweight Pavel Zhuravlev @ (FFC 27) 0
Middleweight Andi Vrtacic @ (FFC 28) 0
Welterweight Shkodran Veseli @ (FFC 31) 0
Lightweight Samo Petje @ (FFC 27)0

MMA championship history

Heavyweight Championship

Weight more than 205 lb (93 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Dion Staring
def. Ricco Rodriguez

Opatija, Croatia
Dec 20, 2015279 days1. def. Andreas Kraniotakes at FFC 21 on Nov 27, 2015
2 Darko Stošić
FFC 26
Linz, Austria
Sep 23, 2016277 days1. def. Dion Staring at FFC 27 on Dec 17, 2016
2. def. Emil Zahariev at FFC 28 on Mar 11, 2017
Stošić was stripped of the title on June 26, 2017, after he decided to fight for another organisation.[2]
3 Shelton Graves
def. Carl Seumanutafa
FFC 32
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Oct 19, 2018? days

Light heavyweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 205 lb (93 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Marcin Prachnio
def. Tomislav Spahovic
FFC 21
Rijeka, Croatia
Nov 27, 2015335 days
Prachnio was stripped of the title on October 26, 2016, after he decided to drop to the middleweight division.[3]
2 Jeremy Kimball
def. Marko Perak
FFC 27
Zagreb, Croatia
Dec 17, 2016? days
Kimball was stripped of the title.

Middleweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 185 lb (83.9 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 David Mitchell
def. Andy Manzolo
FFC 27
Zagreb, Croatia
Dec 17, 2016? days
Mitchell was stripped of the title.

Welterweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 170 lb (77.1 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Laszlo Senyei
def. Ivan Gluhak
FFC 23
Vienna, Austria
Mar 18, 2016223 days
Senyei was stripped of the title on October 26, 2016, after he decided to go to the middleweight division.
2 Roberto Soldić
def. Ivica Truscek
FFC 27
Zagreb, Croatia
Dec 17, 2016? days
Soldić was stripped of the title.
3 Ben Egli
def. Roberto Neves
FFC 31
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Oct 12, 2018? days

Lightweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 155 lb (70.3 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Viktor Halmi
def. Matej Truhan
FFC 15
Poreč, Croatia
Nov 21, 2014? days
Halmi was stripped of the title.
2 Luka Jelčić
def. Danilo Belluardo
FFC 27
Zagreb, Croatia
Dec 27, 2016? days1. def. Roberto Pastuch at FFC 29 on Apr 22, 2017
Jelčić was stripped of the title.

Featherweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 145 lb (65.7 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Antun Račić
def. Lemmy Krušič
FFC 14
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Oct 3, 2014476 days
Račić was stripped of the title on January 21, 2016, when he left the FFC for M-1.[4]
2 Ahmed Vila
def. Viktor Halmi
FFC 23
Vienna, Austria
Mar 18, 2016190 days
3 Filip Pejić
FFC 26
Linz, Austria
Sep 23, 2016? days1. def. James Brum at FFC 27 on Dec 17, 2016

Kickboxing championship history

Heavyweight Championship

Weight more than 205 lb (93 kg)

Light Heavyweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 205 lb (93 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Igor Jurković
def. Dennis Stolzenbach
FFC 15
Poreč, Croatia
Nov 21, 2014427 days
Jerković was stripped of the title on January 21, 2016 due inactivity.
2 Pavel Zhuravlev
def. Brian Douwes
FFC 22
Athens, Greece
Feb 19, 2016? days

Middleweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 185 lb (83.9 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Denis Marjanovic
def. Rene Wimmer
FFC 27
Zagreb, Croatia
Dec 17, 201685 days
2 Andi VrtacicFFC 28
Athens, Greece
Mar 11, 2017? days

Welterweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 170 lb (77.1 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Eyevan Danenberg
def. Skhodran Veseli
FFC 26
Linz, Austria
Sep 23, 2016212 days1. def. Ivan Bilic at FFC 28 on Mar 11, 2017
2FFC 29
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Apr 22, 2017? days
Petje was stripped of the title.
3 Shkodran Veseli
def. Francois Ambang
FFC 31
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Oct 12, 2018? days

Lightweight Championship

Weight less or equal to 155 lb (70.3 kg)

No.NameEventDateReign
(Total)
Defenses
1 Samo Petje
def. Teo Mikelić
FFC 14
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Oct 3, 2014505 days1. def. Valentin Rybalko at FFC 18 on Apr 17, 2015
2. def. Tigran Movsisyan at FFC 21 on Nov 27, 2015
2 Meletis KakoubavasFFC 22
Athens, Greece
Feb 19, 2016270 days
Kakoubavas was stripped of the title, because refused to defend his belt in a period of one year.[5]
3 Samo Petje (2)
def. Tigran Movsisyan
FFC 27
Zagreb, Croatia
Dec 17, 2016? days

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FFC Champions. FFC. March 19, 2017.
  2. Web site: Iz FFC-a tvrde: O tome da Stošić više neće nastupati, saznali smo iz medija! (Croatian). fightsite.hr. June 26, 2017. October 21, 2018.
  3. Web site: FFC temporarily vacates three titles in mma. ffcpro.com. October 26, 2016. March 19, 2017.
  4. Web site: FFC Vacated two titles (Croatian). fightsite.hr. January 21, 2016. March 19, 2017.
  5. Web site: The armenian tiger ahead of his ffc title bout. ffcpro.com. November 17, 2016. March 19, 2017.