FNC 36 takes place on Saturday, December 19, 2026, at Dvorana mladosti in Rijeka, Croatia, starting at 19:00 local time (18:00 GMT, 1 p.m. ET), with two title fights: Jakob Nedoh defends the light heavyweight belt against Tom Breese in a rematch, and Kamil Kraska defends the welterweight title against Laureano Staropoli.
The FNC 36 card
According to FNC, the event is powered by SuperSport and the announced main card is:
- Jakob Nedoh vs. Tom Breese, light heavyweight title
- Kamil Kraska vs. Laureano Staropoli, welterweight title
- Tiriel Luka Abramović vs. Bartłomiej Gładkowicz, light heavyweight
Rijeka Danas reports that this is the first time Rijeka hosts a major FNC event and that FNC 36 closes the promotion's 2026 season. Tickets are sold through Entrio, with prices from 45 to 420 euros, per Rijeka Danas. FNC says the event streams live on pay-per-view through FNC.tv, and in a post on X the promotion said 95 percent of the seats in the stands sold within a few hours.
Nedoh vs. Breese II
The rematch has history. Pugna MMA's database shows Breese submitted Nedoh with a heel hook at 1:39 of the first round at FNC 22 in April 2025, which Rijeka Danas describes as a finish after about 99 seconds.
Since then Nedoh (10-4) has won the light heavyweight title, beating Matej Batinić by split decision in the five-round main event of FNC 29 on April 11, 2026. He is 2-1 in FNC, per the FNC event page. Breese, a former UFC fighter from the United Kingdom, is listed at 21-8 on the FNC page and is ranked sixth in FNC's light heavyweight division in our data. He lost to Emiliano Sordi at FNC 25 in November 2025, then earned this shot with a first-round submission of Marcin Prachnio at FNC 32 on June 20. FNC lists him at 2-2 in the promotion.
Kraska vs. Staropoli
Kraska (15-3, Poland) is 4-0 in FNC, and our data lists all four of those wins as title fights: Jovan Marjanović at FNC 20, Stefan Negucić at FNC 23 in Belgrade, Igor Cavalcanti at FNC 25 and, most recently, a second-round TKO of Ivica Trušček at FNC 31 on May 30.
Staropoli (15-7, Argentina) is the number one contender in FNC's welterweight rankings, according to our database, and is 2-0 in the promotion. In his last two fights he knocked out Wahed Nazhand in round one at FNC 30 and Jakub Bahník in round two at FNC 32.
The local bout
Abramović, a Rijeka native, is 5-0 with all five fights in FNC, per the FNC page, and gets to fight in front of his home crowd. Gładkowicz (Poland) is listed at 13-5 on the FNC page and is 1-0 in FNC. Our data shows he beat Andres Ramos by second-round submission at FNC 29.
FNC has not yet published the full card, and Rijeka Danas notes that organizers have announced additional bouts without naming them.
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