Theodor Berggren

Berggren hung in until the second round in Baku, but once Donchenko's head kick landed the follow-up punches ended the fight quickly. The loss dropped him to 8-4 and halted the two-fight streak he had built through the Nordic regional scene before taking the UFC call.

Key moments

• The stoppage came at 1:35 of round two.
• Berggren fell to 8-4 with the defeat.
• The loss ended back-to-back TKO wins over Samedov and Battaglia.
• It served as his first UFC appearance and his first loss since March 2025.

Berggren's final win before the UFC came in Sweden, where he wore down Abdulatip Samedov and stopped him with punches in the third round. That result mattered because it showed he could carry his pressure beyond the first round and still find a finish late, not just sprint into early chaos.

Key moments

• The TKO came at 2:20 of round three.
• It was Berggren's second straight regional win before the Baku booking.
• The fight followed the second-round TKO of Daniele Battaglia from October 2025.
• The result restored momentum after the Damiani and Burlinson losses earlier in the run.

In Rome, Berggren put Daniele Battaglia away with punches late in the second round and kept his regional rebound moving. That was the sort of win that made the UFC signing understandable: clean finishing pressure against a credible opponent rather than another soft local knockout.

Key moments

• The finish came at 4:44 of round two.
• Berggren won by TKO punches for the second fight in a row by the time he met Samedov.
• It helped rebuild his record after the Damiani loss from March 2025.
• The result pushed him back toward the level where a UFC late-notice call made sense.

Leonardo Damiani outpointed Berggren over three rounds in March 2025, exposing the scoring-risk side of a fighter whose better nights usually end before the judges get involved. The loss mattered because it interrupted the early-run climb and forced Berggren to rebuild with the two stoppage wins that followed.

Key moments

• Damiani won a unanimous decision after 15 minutes.
• The loss came four months after the arm-triangle defeat to Justin Burlinson.
• Berggren answered it with back-to-back TKO wins over Battaglia and Samedov.
• It remained one of only four losses on his professional record entering Baku.

Justin Burlinson caught Berggren in an arm-triangle choke late in round three, a defeat that showed how risky Berggren's forward pressure can become when stronger grapplers survive the early exchanges. That setback still sits as an important hinge in the record because everything after it was either bounce-back aggression or the UFC loss to Donchenko.

Key moments

• The submission came at 2:44 of round three.
• Berggren lost by arm-triangle choke rather than by strikes.
• It was his last defeat before the Damiani decision and later rebound wins.
• The result underscored the difference between his finishing success and his defensive margin when fights extend.

Berggren headlined Fight Club Rush 21 as a heavy favorite and delivered quickly, grounding Moein Ahmadi and finishing with punches in the opening round. The Stockholm stoppage gave him a direct rebound after the Damiani and Burlinson losses that bracketed this run and reinforced how dangerous he remains once he gets on top early.

Key moments

• The fight served as the FCR 21 main event in Stockholm with Berggren installed as a heavy favorite
• Berggren forced the finish with ground-and-pound at 1:36 of the first round
• The quick TKO reestablished his momentum before the later Cage Warriors and FCR steps up

Berggren kept the all-finishes trend alive by taking Kristjan Toniste's back and choking him out in the first round at FCR 20. It came on the Västerås prelims and showed he could pivot from the one-shot chaos of the Kankava finish to a cleaner grappling kill when the opening presented itself.

Key moments

• The bout took place on the FCR 20 preliminary card in Västerås, Sweden
• Berggren secured the rear-naked choke at 2:35 of round one
• The submission made it back-to-back early finishes in 2024 after the Kankava knockout

After a late opponent change on the Battle of Botnia 9 main event, Berggren replaced withdrawn foe Dorin Paladi with Giorgi Kankava and still found an immediate knockout. The listed round-one punch finish in Boden kept his record's all-or-nothing identity intact and turned a disrupted booking into a clean local statement.

Key moments

• Berggren originally drew Dorin Paladi before Paladi withdrew from the Battle of Botnia 9 main event
• Replacement opponent Giorgi Kankava was stopped by punch in the opening round
• The sudden-finish result kept Berggren moving despite the late change in matchup

Berggren started his 2024 rebound by submitting Markus Maki-Ventela in the first round at Battle of Botnia 8. The rear-naked choke in Umea snapped the quiet period after the Stigenberg loss and put him back on the kind of finish-first trajectory that defines the rest of his file.

Key moments

• The fight landed on the Battle of Botnia 8 main card in Umea, Sweden
• Berggren secured a first-round rear-naked choke over the more experienced Maki-Ventela
• The win restarted his regional climb after more than a year without a pro appearance

Christian Stigenberg handed Berggren his first professional loss by taking a unanimous decision over three rounds at Fight Club Rush 12. The Swedish welterweight step-up forced Berggren into a full fifteen-minute fight he could not finish, exposing the other side of a record built mostly on early stoppages.

Key moments

• The matchup came on the Fight Club Rush 12 main card in Västerås
• Stigenberg pushed Berggren the full three rounds and won unanimously on the scorecards
• It was the first loss of Berggren's professional career after opening 2-0 with finishes

Berggren's second professional win came at Fight Club Rush 11, where he submitted Ebrima Faal with a first-round rear-naked choke. The result in Västerås kept his record perfect at the time and immediately established the submission threat that later showed up again against Toniste and Maki-Ventela.

Key moments

• The bout took place on the FCR 11 card in Västerås, Sweden
• Berggren closed the show in round one with a rear-naked choke
• The quick finish moved him to 2-0 before the first-career setback against Stigenberg

Berggren opened his professional career with a first-round knockout of Tobias Wallberg at Fight Club Rush 10. The 1:36 finish in Solna immediately set the tone for a record that, even years later, still has no decision wins and no low-event victories hiding in it.

Key moments

• The pro debut came on the Fight Club Rush 10 card in Solna, Sweden
• Berggren knocked out Wallberg 1:36 into the opening round
• The debut result launched the finish-only pattern that defines his professional record