Joaquin Vargas has finished nine of his ten professional wins, and on 7 November 2026 the 25-year-old Argentine bantamweight headlines FNC 35 in Podgorica with a title on the line against the unbeaten Miljan Zdravkovic (10-0-0).
Vargas, nicknamed "Kakaroto", stands 168 cm and fights out of Invictus MMA. His record is 10-3-0 and he has gone 3-2 in his last five.
Joaquin Vargas record: how the wins came
Vargas turned professional on 19 May 2018 and has built his career on stoppages. Seven of his ten wins came by KO or TKO, two by submission, and only one went to the scorecards, a unanimous decision over Pablo Gallero in March 2023. That works out to a finish rate of 90 percent, counted here as the share of wins that ended by KO, TKO or submission.
The early finishes stand out. In his eight most recent fights, five of his wins ended in round one: Amauri Maia in 2:11, Alan Rollero at 4:50, Marcos Saavedra at 4:56 with a spinning back elbow, Matias Gutierrez in 2:01 and Gabriel Moyano in 1:59. That is a fighter who tends to settle a fight before the second round starts.
His three defeats are split evenly: one by KO or TKO, one by submission and one by decision.
The wins also came on different cards: at LATAMM 1, CAM 23, Champion 23 (billed as Bolivia vs. Argentina) and LATAMM 3, so Vargas has been finishing opponents on several shows, not just one.
Last fight and recent form
Vargas comes into the title fight off a win. At NDC 11 on 29 May 2026 he stopped Amauri Maia in the first round with a body kick and punches. It followed a defeat in January, when Matias Palma submitted him with a rear-naked choke at 4:28 of round two at LATAMM 4.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2026 | Amauri Maia | Win | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 |
| 10 Jan 2026 | Matias Palma | Loss | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 |
| 18 May 2025 | Alan Rollero | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 |
| 6 Dec 2024 | Carlos Tardio | Loss | Decision (split) | 5 |
| 10 Jul 2024 | Marcos Saavedra | Win | KO (spinning back elbow) | 1 |
The loss to Carlos Tardio at CCC 2 is the only one of his last eight fights in which Vargas went the distance and lost. It ran the full five rounds and ended in a split decision, so his longest fight on record also produced his only scorecard defeat.
Vargas vs. Zdravkovic: the next fight
Vargas meets Miljan Zdravkovic in the main event of FNC 35 on 7 November, with the bantamweight title at stake. Zdravkovic is 10-0-0, so he has the same number of wins as Vargas and no losses to his name.
The matchup sets two different records against each other. Vargas has the finishing numbers, with 90 percent of his wins ending before the judges, but he has also been stopped once and submitted once. Zdravkovic has never been beaten at all. For Vargas, the fight is a chance to carry that run of early stoppages from the Argentine regional circuit onto a championship stage in Podgorica.
His most recent result favours him on form: a first-round win in May, after a submission loss in January. Whether he can end this one early, as he has done so often, is the question the card answers on 7 November.
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