Duško Todorović

Todorović finally halted the skid by submitting Jose Medina late in the opening round at Noche UFC. The result mattered because it followed back-to-back losses to Mansur Abdul-Malik and Zachary Reese and gave him his first UFC win since the Jordan Wright fight nearly three years earlier.

Key moments

• Submitted Medina with a rear-naked choke at 4:21 of round one.
• The finish ended Todorović's two-fight skid entering late 2025.
• It was his first UFC win since the October 2022 stoppage of Jordan Wright.

Reese took Todorović the distance and won a unanimous decision in a fight Todorović needed badly. The loss mattered because it came after the Mansur Abdul-Malik stoppage and left him without a UFC win for more than two and a half years.

Key moments

• Dropped a unanimous decision to Reese after fifteen minutes.
• The loss followed the first-round stoppage against Mansur Abdul-Malik.
• It pushed Todorović to five losses in his previous six UFC appearances.

Abdul-Malik caught Todorović early and ended the fight with knees and punches before the three-minute mark. That result is useful context because it showed the volatility of Todorović's style had not gone away even after the long gap from the Christian Leroy Duncan injury loss.

Key moments

• Abdul-Malik finished Todorović at 2:44 of the first round.
• The defeat was Todorović's fourth loss in his last five UFC fights at the time.
• It set up the following May's decision loss to Zachary Reese.

The Duncan fight ended in an awkward and abrupt first-round injury stoppage, extending Todorović's uneven UFC stretch instead of letting him build off the Jordan Wright win. It mattered because the nature of the loss made it feel more like an interruption than a clean technical answer, but it still counted the same on the record.

Key moments

• Lost to Duncan by first-round TKO after a knee injury at 1:52.
• The result came directly after Todorović had stopped Jordan Wright in October 2022.
• It left him 2-4 across his previous six UFC bouts at that stage.

Todorović answered the Chidi Njokuani knockout by wearing down Jordan Wright and finishing with punches and elbows in round two. The win mattered because it was the one clean reminder in the middle of his UFC turbulence that the pressure-and-finishing version of his game was still there when he could force the right exchanges.

Key moments

• Stopped Wright at 3:12 of the second round.
• The finish earned Fight of the Night honors.
• It snapped the two-fight skid that had included Chidi Njokuani and Gregory Rodrigues.

Njokuani survived Todorović's early pressure and produced one of the nastier late first-round finishes of Todorović's UFC run. The loss mattered because it closed a back-and-forth round with a clean elbow knockout and sent Todorović to a second straight defeat.

Key moments

• Njokuani knocked Todorović out with an elbow at 4:48 of the opening round.
• The defeat followed Todorović's unanimous-decision loss to Gregory Rodrigues earlier in 2021.
• It completed a two-fight skid before Todorović rebounded against Jordan Wright in October 2022.

Todorović steadied himself after consecutive losses by stopping Maki Pitolo late in the first round at the Font vs. Aldo card. The win mattered because it restored some momentum and showed he could still turn sustained pressure into a finish against UFC-level opposition.

Key moments

• Stopped Pitolo by first-round TKO at 4:34.
• The finish snapped Todorović's two-fight losing streak inside the promotion.
• It set up the May 2022 matchup with Chidi Njokuani.

Rodrigues handed Todorović a clear unanimous-decision loss over three rounds in the Brazilian's UFC debut. The result mattered because it denied Todorović a bounce-back performance after the Soriano stoppage and started the roughest stretch of his UFC tenure.

Key moments

• Dropped a unanimous decision after fifteen minutes with Rodrigues.
• The bout was Todorović's first fight after the January 2021 loss to Punahele Soriano.
• It left him heading into the Maki Pitolo fight needing to halt consecutive defeats.

Soriano stopped Todorović with punches late in the first round, giving Todorović his first professional defeat. It mattered because the loss ended the unbeaten start that had carried him from the regional scene through Contender Series and into the UFC.

Key moments

• Soriano finished Todorović with first-round punches at 4:48.
• The defeat was the first loss of Todorović's professional career.
• It moved his record from 10-0 to 10-1 before the Gregory Rodrigues fight.

Todorović wore Townsend down and finished him with second-round punches for his first UFC victory. The win mattered because it validated the Contender Series signing and pushed his unbeaten record to 10-0 before the first real turbulence of his UFC run.

Key moments

• Finished Townsend by TKO at 3:15 of round two.
• The bout marked Todorović's first official UFC win.
• It carried him into the January 2021 matchup with Punahele Soriano at 10-0.

Todorović went the full three rounds with Teddy Ash on Contender Series and won a unanimous decision to earn his UFC contract. The result mattered because it was the only decision victory of his career and served as the bridge from the Serbian circuit to the UFC roster.

Key moments

• Beat Ash by unanimous decision after three rounds on Contender Series.
• The win earned Todorović a UFC contract in August 2019.
• It was the lone decision win among his first nine professional victories.

Todorović scored one of the better regional wins on his record by stopping future UFC veteran Michel Pereira in Belgrade. The finish mattered because it strengthened his case as a legitimate prospect before the Contender Series call arrived the following year.

Key moments

• Stopped Pereira with punches at 4:32 of the first round.
• The result came against an opponent who later built his own UFC run.
• It was Todorović's seventh straight stoppage win at that stage of his career.

Todorović needed less than two minutes to stop Kazuo Takahashi with punches in Japan. The quick finish mattered because it extended his unbeaten regional climb and kept the run of early stoppages intact between the Shota Gvasalia and Michel Pereira bouts.

Key moments

• Finished Takahashi by first-round TKO at 1:41.
• The bout came seven weeks after the arm-injury stoppage against Shota Gvasalia.
• It preserved Todorović's unbeaten record heading into the Pereira fight.

The Gvasalia bout ended almost immediately when an arm injury forced the first-round stoppage after only eighteen seconds. The result mattered less as a showcase and more as another official win during the stretch when Todorović was stacking finishes on the regional circuit.

Key moments

• Won by TKO due to arm injury just 0:18 into round one.
• It was the shortest fight of Todorović's professional career.
• The result set up his July 2018 outing against Kazuo Takahashi.

Todorović pushed through deep into the second round before submitting Alexander Poppeck with a rear-naked choke in Linz. The victory mattered because it showed he could still close fights late and not just through quick early knockouts.

Key moments

• Submitted Poppeck with a rear-naked choke at 4:52 of round two.
• The finish was Todorović's third submission win as a professional.
• It preceded the rapid regional run that carried him through 2018 and onto Contender Series.

Micura lasted barely a minute before Todorović closed the show with punches at SBC 9. The win mattered because it kept the young middleweight moving quickly on the Serbian circuit and reinforced how often he was overwhelming opponents early.

Key moments

• Stopped Micura at 1:09 of the first round.
• The finish moved Todorović to 4-0 as a professional.
• It was his third knockout or technical-knockout win in four fights.

Todorović had to work longer than in his previous appearances, but he still finished Toni Markulev with punches in the second round. The bout mattered because it showed some composure beyond a pure blitz while extending his perfect start to 3-0.

Key moments

• Finished Markulev by second-round TKO at 1:54.
• The stoppage followed his first-round submission of Frantisek Boban six weeks earlier.
• It pushed Todorović to 3-0 as a professional.

After opening his career with a quick guillotine finish, Todorović showed a second submission route by armbarring Frantisek Boban in the first round. The result mattered because it established early that his finishing record would not be limited to one look.

Key moments

• Submitted Boban with an armbar at 1:37 of round one.
• The bout was Todorović's second professional fight.
• It gave him back-to-back first-round submission wins to start his career.

Todorović's professional debut lasted only forty-four seconds before he caught Srdjan Knezevic in a guillotine choke. The fight mattered because it set the tone for the kind of fast-starting finisher he would remain through most of his regional rise.

Key moments

• Won his pro debut by guillotine choke at 0:44 of the first round.
• The finish launched the unbeaten run that eventually reached 10-0.
• It was the first of four submission wins on Todorović's record.