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Mladen Kujundžić (born August 3, 1989) is a retired Croatian kickboxer and mixed martial artist fighting out of Opatija, Croatia.

In April 2017, he was ranked the #10 light-heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com. In June and July 2016, he was ranked the #9 heavyweight in the world by Combat Press.

Kickboxing career

Early career

Kujundžić had his first professional fight against Denis Marjanović, on September 25, 2010. He won the fight by unanimous decision. The two of them fought a rematch two months later, with Marjanović winning a unanimous decision. During the Bilić Erić Security Fight Night 5 event, Kujundžić fought Ivica Ivić. He won the fight by a second-round knockout, stopping Ivić with a low kick. He would go on to win his next three fights against Tom Van Duivenvoorde, Ivica Soldo and Jasmin Bečirović, before taking part in the Fight Code: Rhinos Series tournament. Kujundžić beat Anatoloy Nosyrev by TKO in the first fight, but lost to Freddy Kemayo in the quarterfinals.

After this tournament loss, Kujundžić was scheduled to fight Rok Štrucl at WFC 15. The fight went into an extra round, after which Štrucl won by decision. Bouncing back from the first losing streak of his career, Kujundžić won his next three fights. He won his first fight against Marin Došen by decision, and beat Srđan Seleš and Nermin Terzić by TKO. At the 8. Kickboxing Memorijal David Šain event, Kujundžić was scheduled to fight Igor Mihaljević. Igor Mihaljević won the fight by unanimous decision.

Final Fight Championship

In 2013, Kujundžić signed with Final Fight Championship. He made his organizational debut during FFC03, in a rematch with Rok Štrucl. He won the rematch by unanimous decision. At FFC06, Kujundžić fought Nikola Dimkovski, winning the fight by unanimous decision. He won his next two fight against Alija Tucak and Sanid Imamović by DQ and TKO respectively, extending his winning streak to four.

He made his Glory debut at Glory 14: Zagreb, when he was scheduled to fight Elmir Mehić. He won the fight by TKO, after the ringside doctor stopped the fight at the end of the second round. At FFC12, Kujundžić knocked out Dženan Poturak with middle kick in the first round. His winning streak was stopped by Alexandr Bodruchin at FFC15, who knocked him out in the first round.

K-1 and Tatneft cup

Kujundžić rebounded from this loss by winning his next two fights against Janos Koszfan and Andre Langen by decision. At WFL Laktaši, Kujundžić fought Fabio Kwasi for the first time. Kwasi won the fight by a second-round TKO.

Kujundžić once again rebounded from a loss by winning his next two fights, winning a decision against Vasil Ducar and knocking out Frank Muñoz. He next fought Maxim Bolotov in the 2016 Tatneft Cup selection tournament. Bolotov won the fight by an extra round decision.

At Respect World Series 1, Kujundžić achieved the highest profile win of his career up to that point, managing to knock out the former SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight champion Andrei Stoica.

Kujundžić took part in the 2016 K-1 Belgrade Heavyweight tournament, being scheduled to fight Fabio Kwasi. Kwasi once again won the fight by unanimous decision. Kujundžić further participated in the 2017 Tatneft Cup selection tournament. He knocked out Rustam Azimov in the first round of the tournament, but lost to Petr Romankevich in the second round by decision.

FEA

After a year long layoff, Kujundžić returned to fight Françesco Xhaja at Legends Collide. He lost by unanimous decision.

In 2019, Kujundžić signed with FEA. In his first fight with the organization, he fought Alexandru Burduja. The fight went into an extra round, after which he won a split decision. He won his next fight against Joao Chapas Silva by decision, as well.

He was scheduled to fight Mikhail Tyuterev in the semifinals of the 2020 FEA Heavyweight GP, but the fight never materialized.

Kujundžić challenged Alexandru Burduja for the FEA Light Heavyweight (-93 kg) championship at FEA Full Drive on December 17, 2022. He captured the title by split decision.

Kujundžić faced Arseniy Smirnov at RCC 16 on July 28, 2023. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

Kujundžić faced Ivan Petrenko at RCC 25 on February 3, 2024. He lost the fight by a second-round technical knockout.

Kujundžić announced his retirement from professional competition on February 4, 2024.

Awards, records, and honors

• Combat Press
  • 2016 Fight of the Year nomination (vs. Andrei Stoica)
• Fighting Entertainment Association
  • 2022 FEA Light Heavyweight (-93 kg) Championship

Professional kickboxing record

Mladen Kujundžić kickboxing record

28 Wins (11 (T)KOs), 13 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2024-02-03	Loss	Ivan Petrenko	RCC 25	Yekaterinburg, Russia	TKO (Referee stoppage)	2
2023-07-28	Loss	Arseniy Smirnov	RCC 16	Yekaterinburg, Russia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2022-12-27	Win	Alexandru Burduja	FEA Full Drive	Ciorescu, Moldova	Decision (Split)	5	3:00
Wins the FEA Light Heavyweight (-93 kg) title.
2022-05-22	Loss	Younes Benmalek	Alpha Fight League	Bruxelles, Belgium	Decision	3	3:00
2019-08-24	Win	Joao Chapas Silva	FEA World GP Odesa	Odesa, Ukraine	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2019-03-30	Win	Alexandru Burduja	FEN	Chișinău, Moldova	Ext. R. Decision (Split)	4	3:00
2018-11-17	Loss	Françesco Xhaja	Legends Collide	Slovenia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-07-20	Loss	Petr Romankevich	Tatneft Cup 2017 - 1st selection 1/4 final	Kazan, Russia	Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
2017-05-31	Win	Rustam Azimov	Tatneft Cup 2017 - 3rd selection 1/8 final	Kazan, Russia	KO (Low kicks)	2	2:10
2016-10-27	Loss	Fabio Kwasi	K-1 World GP 2016 -95kg Championship Tournament	Belgrade, Serbia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2016-03-19	Win	Andrei Stoica	Respect World Series 1	Madrid, Spain	KO (Left Hook)	1
2016-02-12	Loss	Maxim Bolotov	Tatneft Cup 2016 - 1st Selection 1/8 Final	Kazan, Russia	Decision	4	3:00
2015-11-27	Win	Frank Muñoz	FFC21: Rijeka	Rijeka, Croatia	KO (Right High Kick)	2	2:43
2015-10-31	Win	Vasil Ducar	Opatija Fight Night 6	Opatija, Croatia	Ext. R. Decision	4	3:00
2015-09-25	Loss	Fabio Kwasi	WFL Laktaši	Laktaši, BIH	TKO (Ref. Stoppage)	2
2015-09-04	Win	Andre Langen	Tatneft Cup 2015 Final	Kazan, Russia	Decision	4	3:00
2015-04-08	Win	Janos Koszfan	Oluja u ringu 7	Knin, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2014-11-21	Loss	Alexandr Bodruchin	FFC15: Poreč	Poreč, Croatia	KO (Straight Right)	1
2014-04-25	Win	Dženan Poturak	FFC12: Fabjan vs. Daley	Ljubljana, Slovenia	KO (Left Middle Kick)	1
2014-03-08	Win	Elmir Mehić	Glory 14: Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	2	3:00
2013-10-25	Win	Sanid Imamović	FFC08: Zelg vs. Rodriguez	Zagreb, Croatia	TKO	1	1:19
2013-09-13	Win	Alija Tucak	Fight For Glory	Banja Luka, BiH	DQ (Headbut)	3
2013-06-14	Win	Nikola Dimkovski	FFC06: Jurković vs. Poturak	Poreč, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2013-04-18	Win	Rok Štrucl	FFC03: Jurković vs. Cătinaș	Split, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2013-04-07	Loss	Igor Mihaljević	8. Kickboxing Memorijal David Šain	Poreč, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2012-10-27	Win	Nermin Terzić	Bajić Team & Ameno Fight Night Split	Split, Croatia	TKO (Low kick)	1	0:05
2012-07-21	Win	Srđan Seleš	Mega Fight	Umag, Croatia	TKO (Referee stoppage)	3
2012-03-10	Win	Marin Došen	Cro Cop Final Fight	Zagreb, Croatia	Ext.R.Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
2011-12-18	Loss	Rok Štrucl	WFC 15 - Olimp Sport Nutrition	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Ex.R.Decision	4	3:00
2011-10-22	Loss	Freddy Kemayo	Fight Code: Rhinos Series, Quarter Finals	Moscow, Russia	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2011-07-09	Win	Anatoloy Nosyrev	Fight Code: Rhinos Series, Final 16 (Part 2)	Istanbul, Turkey	TKO (Injury)
2011-04-09	Win	Jasmin Bečirović	Slovenian muay thai league	Brežice, Slovenia	Decision	3	3:00
2011-02-20	Win	Ivica Soldo	Opatija Fight Night 3	Opatija, Croatia
2010-12-10	Win	Tom Van Duivenvoorde	Podgorica Fight Night	Podgorica, Montenegro	KO	2
2010-11-28	Win	Ivica Ivić	Bilić Erić Security Fight Night 5	Zagreb, Croatia	KO (Low Kick)	2
2010-11-06	Loss	Denis Marjanović	Banja Luka Fight Night 2	Banja Luka, BIH	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2010-09-25	Win	Denis Marjanović	Fight Night	Viškovo, Croatia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	2:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

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• Croatian male kickboxers
• Croatian male mixed martial artists
• Heavyweight kickboxers
• 1989 births
• Living people
• People from Opatija
• Sportspeople from Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
• 21st-century Croatian sportsmen