Final Fight Championship
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| Private | |
| Industry | Martial arts promotion |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Orsat Zovko |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Key people
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Orsat Zovko , Chairman/President |
| Parent | Fight Channel Group |
| Website | www |
Orsat Zovko , Chairman/President
Final Fight Championship (FFC) is a European martial arts promotion company operating under and with the production support of the Fight Channel Group. The Fight Channel Group comprises a specialized European martial arts cable channel – Fight Channel, one of the most visited martial arts websites in South-East Europe – Fight Site, and several other business entities. The FFC (short for Final Fight Championship) has its headquarters, like the rest of the Fight Channel Group, in Zagreb, Croatia.
The owner of the Fight Channel Group and the President of the FFC is Orsat Zovko, globally known as the manager of the Croatian martial arts superstar Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović. Even though it started in 2003 as a promotion organization dedicated solely to kickboxing, the FFC in 2013 introduced MMA fights in its events. Due to its rapidly increasing popularity and an overwhelming public interest, the FFC is said to be the fastest growing martial arts promotion in Europe. The FFC has contracts with close to one hundred fighters from all over the world.
The first Final Fight event called "The Final Fight: Stars War" was held in 2003 (31 October) at the Ledena dvorana Doma sportova venue in Zagreb. It featured seven fights, two of which were for the WKA world title. The crowd enjoyed a full evening of watching the likes of Mike Bernardo, Sergei Gur, Phillip Trapani and Vitali Akhramenko, as well as local fighters who were given a chance to prove themselves on their own turf, namely Ivica Perković, Ante Bilić and Josip Bodrožić. A German fighter with Croatian roots, Stefan Leko, triumphed in front of his own crowd. In the final battle of the evening, great South African K-1 star Mike Bernardo defeated Belarusian Sergei Gur by TKO in the second round.
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