Miljan Zdravkovic defends the FNC bantamweight title against Joaquin Vargas in the main event of FNC 35 on 7 November in Podgorica, Montenegro. The unbeaten Serbian champion puts a 10-0 record on the line, according to the promotion's athlete page and Croatian outlet Sportnet.
The title fight: when and where
FNC 35 takes place on 7 November at the Sportski centar Morača in Podgorica, as reported by Sportnet. The FNC site lists the show under the Meridianbet banner and names the Zdravkovic vs. Vargas bout as his next fight. The title fight is the top bout on a six-fight card in our database.
As for where to watch, the FNC page names FNC.tv as the promotion's official streaming platform. It does not specify a broadcaster for FNC 35, so check the promotion's channels closer to the date.
Zdravkovic's 10-0 record
Zdravkovic is 10-0-0 and ranked as champion in the FNC bantamweight division, according to Pugna MMA's data. Five of his wins came by KO or TKO, one by submission and four on the scorecards. The FNC site credits him with two fights in the promotion, both wins.
His most recent bout was a title fight at FNC 26 on 20 December 2025, where he beat Josh Hill by decision after five rounds. Before that, at FNC 23 in Belgrade on 24 May 2025, he submitted Bondo Kikadze in round two in a lightweight title fight. This will be his first bout listed in our database since the Hill win.
Who is Joaquin Vargas
Vargas, nicknamed "Kakaroto", is an Argentinian bantamweight. Pugna MMA's database lists his record as 10-3-0, with seven wins by KO or TKO, two by submission and one by decision. We have no recent bouts on file for him and he is not ranked in FNC, so this is his first fight in our data for the promotion. Sportnet's announcement did not give his record or background.
Vargas arrives with a clear finishing rate: nine of his ten wins ended before the judges. Zdravkovic has finished six of his ten, and his last title fight went the full five rounds. We have no fight history for Vargas beyond his totals, so any comparison of styles would be a guess. What the numbers do show is a champion who has won every fight he has taken, against a challenger with three losses who has mostly finished his opponents.
Tapology also lists the bout, but its page could not be opened in this session, so the Vargas record here comes from our own database and should be read as such.
What is at stake
For Zdravkovic, a win would keep his record clean at 11-0 and the bantamweight belt in his hands. For Vargas, it is a chance to take a championship in a promotion where our data shows no earlier bouts for him. The fight is the main event, so it closes the night in Podgorica.
FNC 35 is the middle of three FNC events in the space of about two months, between Skopje and Rijeka.
The rest of the FNC 35 card
According to our event data, the card also includes:
- Ivan Sicaja vs. Alan Villalba, catchweight
- Dalibor Dragojevic vs. Ahmed Abdulkadirov, catchweight
- Luka Bubanja vs. Stefan Dobrijevic, catchweight
- Tomislav Sicaja vs. Andrija Stankovic, welterweight
- Rade Opacic vs. Alexander Soldatkin, catchweight
Sportnet describes Opacic vs. Soldatkin as a heavyweight kickboxing bout.
FNC is also busy around this show. FNC 34 is in Skopje on 24 October, with Marko Bojković vs. Lom-Ali Eskiev for the lightweight title, and FNC 36 is set for Rijeka on 19 December, Sportnet reports.
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