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Marko Bojkovic record: 8 finishes in 11 wins before the FNC 34 title fight against Eskiev

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Marko Bojkovic record: 8 finishes in 11 wins before the FNC 34 title fight against Eskiev

Marko Bojkovic is 25 years old and has already finished eight of his 11 wins, a finish rate of 73 per cent. On 24 October he gets the biggest booking of his career: the FNC 34 main event in Skopje against Lom-Ali Eskiev, a lightweight title fight.

Marko Bojkovic's record and where he stands

The Serbian lightweight, known as "The Skull Crusher", trains at Ahilej Fighting Academy and stands 180 cm. His professional record is 11-2-0, and he is ranked number 2 in the FNC lightweight division, unchanged in the update of 7 Oct 2026. He made his professional debut on 3 Oct 2020.

He comes into the title fight on a two-fight win streak, and he is 3-2 over his last five. The stretch runs a win, two defeats, then the current two wins. The record wobbled, and he has answered it.

How the wins came

Finish rate here means the share of wins that came by KO, TKO or submission. For Bojkovic that is 73 per cent, built from five KO or TKO wins and three submissions. The other three wins went to the judges.

Neither route dominates, so he is not a pure striker or a pure grappler. The fastest evidence is from 2024: he stopped Julio Pereira with punches after 0:12 of the first round, submitted Arlen Ribeiro with an armbar in round one, and knocked out Sahil Siraj with punches in round one as well. Earlier, in November 2023, he took the rear-naked choke on Lucas Ananias in the first round.

Bojkovic's recent fights and form

Date Opponent Result Method Round
30 May 2026 Piotr Niedzielski Win Decision (unanimous) 3
28 Feb 2026 Ivan Vulchyn Win TKO (punches) 3
29 Nov 2025 Donovan Desmae Loss Decision (split) 3
24 May 2025 Milos Janicic Loss TKO (corner stoppage) 2
23 Nov 2024 Sahil Siraj Win KO (punches) 1

The two defeats were different in kind. Milos Janicic stopped him in round two when his corner called it off, his only loss by KO or TKO. Donovan Desmae then beat him on a split decision in November 2025, his only loss on the scorecards.

Four of those five fights were at catchweight, including both defeats. Only the Vulchyn fight was at lightweight, the division of the title fight.

Since the defeats he has changed how he wins. Against Vulchyn in February he needed until the third round and 10:33 of fight time to get the TKO. Against Piotr Niedzielski at FNC 31 he went the full distance and took a unanimous decision. Those two fights make up his current streak.

What the measured stats say

The fight-by-fight numbers cover 10 of his fights. Bojkovic lands 0.33 takedowns per fight and converts 100 per cent of his attempts, so when he goes for a takedown it works. He also averages 0.33 knockdowns and 0.33 submission attempts per fight.

Those are modest volume numbers, and that fits a fighter whose output is built on a few decisive moments rather than constant pressure. His fights have ranged from a first-round finish at 0:12 to a full three rounds.

FNC 34: Eskiev in Skopje

Eskiev arrives at 24-7-0 with one no contest, the longer record of the two. The fight takes place on 24 October in Skopje, North Macedonia, as the main event of FNC 34, with the lightweight title at stake.

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