FNC 9: Bukvić knocked out Kosić with a high kick, Pejić made his debut with a big reversal

The last FNC show in 2022 brought a real fireworks to end the year. We saw a spectacular knockout in one of the most anticipated matches, and after a difficult situation, Filip 'Nitro' Pejić (30, 16-7-2) celebrated with a technical knockout against Marcos Vinicius Costa (23, 11-7).

Everything started with the victory of Pula fighter Erik Pletikos (20, 1-0) against local fighter Ermin Sali (28, 0-1) by technical knockout in the first round after ground and pound. Fighter from Osijek, Marin Mikulić (22, 3-0) won against Portuguese Luis da Silva (35, 5-12) by choking him with a rear naked choke in the first round. Marko Kisič (29, 8-3) presented himself in the best possible way in the FNC cage with a victory against Nemanja Milaković (31, 5-5) after the referee stopped the match at the end of the third round. Aleksandar Mihailović (24, 4-2) and Stanislav 'Pantera' Krofak (34, 9-7) closed the first part of the event with a tense fight in three rounds, in which the Montenegrin fighter won by unanimous decision of the judges.

After losing the fight for the middleweight title in front of the home crowd, Andi Vrtačić (28, 3-1) returned to winning ways with a convincing performance against the great Serbian MMA hope Matija Bosančić (22, 2-1) and celebrated with a unanimous by the judge's decision. Nikola Joksović (28, 9-1) showed why he deserved a brown BJJ belt in the last match at FNC, who put former UFC fighter Jorge 'Blade' de Oliveira (36, 9-5) to sleep with an arm triangle in the middle of the second round. Spectacular we watched the knockout directed by Đorđe Bukvić (23, 4-2), who knocked out Jakob Kosić (28, 2-3), who returned after a year and a half, with a superb high kick.

In the co-title fight of the evening, for the second time in a row in the FNC cage, we watched Matej Batinić (30, 18-5), who won by unanimous decision of the judges against Marcin Lazarz (39, 13-9). The sugar at the end was the exciting match of the mentioned 'Nitro' against the young Brazilian, in which the experienced Croatian fighter found himself in a difficult situation after the Brazilian fighter gave him a good shake, but he showed his class and came back into the match and ended everything with a technical knockout in the end. first round.

FNC 9 SISAK

Erik Pletikos def. Ermin Sali via TKO R1, 3:29
Marin Mikulić def. Luis da Silva via submission R1, 2:14
Marko Kisič def. Nemanja Milaković via TKO, R3 3:01
Aleksandar Mihailović def. Stanislav Krofak via unanimous judges decision

Andi Vrtačić def. Matija Bosančić via unanimous judges decision
Nikola Joksović def. Jorge de Oliveira via submission, R2 3:20
Đorđe Bukvić def. Jakob Kosić via KO R2, 1:59
Matej Batinić def. Marcin Lazarz via split judges decision
Filip Pejić def. Marcos Vinicius Costa via TKO, R1 3:16