Bojan Velickovic

“Serbian Steel”

MMA · Active

25-13-2RECORD

8KO / TKO WINS

11SUBMISSION WINS

6DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Bojan Veličković
Nickname	Serbian Steel
Date of birth	18 Dec 1988
Nationality	Serbian
Birthplace	Novi Sad, Serbia
Lives in	Denver, USA
Division	Welterweight
Team	Elevation Fight Team
Height	182 cm (6′0″)
Reach	192 cm (76″)
Stance	Southpaw
Years active	since 2010
Status	Active
Pro debut	28 Aug 2010
Last fight	Loss vs Ronald Paradeiser, 14 Jun 2025

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Titles and honours

Former RFA Welterweight Champion
Former Tesla FC Middleweight Champion
Former SBC Welterweight Champion
2023 Oktagon Welterweight Tournament winner
Performance of the Night (x1, UFC)

Background

Serbian welterweight from Novi Sad, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, who fought in the UFC from 2016 to 2017 and later competed in the PFL and Oktagon MMA, winning Oktagon's 2023 welterweight tournament. He trains with Elevation Fight Team in Denver.

Fight history

40 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Ronald Paradeiser	TKO (leg injury)	1	1:31	Oktagon 72	14 Jun 2025	Prague, Czech Republic
Win	Andreas Michailidis	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	3:21	Oktagon 51	29 Dec 2023	Prague, Czech Republic	Won the Oktagon Welterweight Tournament
Win	David Kozma	KO (punches)	1	3:45	Oktagon 46	16 Sep 2023	Frankfurt, Germany	Tournament semi-final; Performance of the Night
Win	Christian Jungwirth	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Oktagon 44	17 Jun 2023	Oberhausen, Germany	Tournament quarter-final
Win	Ion Surdu	Submission (anaconda choke)	1	1:55	Oktagon 40	4 Mar 2023	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Tournament round of 16
Loss	Leandro Silva	Decision (split)	3	5:00	Oktagon 36	15 Oct 2022	Frankfurt, Germany
Win	Máté Kertész	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Oktagon Prime 5	26 Mar 2022	Šamorín, Slovakia
Loss	David Kozma	TKO (punches)	4	3:16	Oktagon 29	4 Dec 2021	Ostrava, Czech Republic	For the Oktagon Welterweight Championship
Win	Carlo Prater	TKO (body kick)	1	2:44	Oktagon 27	11 Sep 2021	Bratislava, Slovakia
Win	Emmanuel Dawa	TKO (corner stoppage)	1	5:00	Oktagon 25	19 Jun 2021	Brno, Czech Republic
Win	Vladislav Kanchev	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Serbian Battle Championship 29	7 Nov 2020	Novi Sad, Serbia	Won the SBC Welterweight Championship
Win	Danillo Santos	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	0:59	Serbian Battle Championship 27	14 Mar 2020	Vrbas, Serbia
Loss	João Zeferino	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	PFL 4 (2019)	11 Jul 2019	Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Loss	Handesson Ferreira	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	PFL 1 (2019)	9 May 2019	Uniondale, New York, USA
Loss	Magomed Magomedkerimov	TKO (punches)	2	3:13	PFL 10 (2018)	20 Oct 2018	Washington, D.C., USA	PFL welterweight tournament semi-final
Draw	Abubakar Nurmagomedov	Draw (unanimous)	2	5:00	PFL 10 (2018)	20 Oct 2018	Washington, D.C., USA	PFL welterweight tournament quarter-final; advanced on tiebreaker
Loss	Magomed Magomedkerimov	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	PFL 6 (2018)	16 Aug 2018	Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Win	Jonatan Westin	TKO (punches)	2	2:50	PFL 3 (2018)	5 Jul 2018	Washington, D.C., USA
Loss	Jake Matthews	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura	18 Nov 2017	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Loss	Darren Till	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve	2 Sep 2017	Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Win	Nicholas Musoke	KO (punches)	3	4:37	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira	28 May 2017	Stockholm, Sweden	Performance of the Night
Loss	Sultan Aliev	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson	17 Dec 2016	Sacramento, California, USA
Draw	Michael Graves	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley	30 Jul 2016	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Win	Alessio Di Chirico	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos	10 Apr 2016	Zagreb, Croatia	UFC debut
Win	Benjamin Smith	Submission (guillotine choke)	3	1:51	RFA 34	15 Jan 2016	Broomfield, Colorado, USA	Won the vacant RFA Welterweight Championship
Win	Vardan Sholinian	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	RFA 31	9 Oct 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Catchweight (175 lb)
Win	Charles Byrd	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	RFA vs. Legacy FC 1	8 May 2015	Robinsonville, Mississippi, USA
Win	Chris Hugh	TKO (punches)	1	4:40	RFA 24	6 Mar 2015	Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA
Loss	Gilbert Smith	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	RFA 20	7 Nov 2014	Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Win	Nikolay Aleksakhin	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	2:35	Tesla FC 4	14 Jun 2014	Pančevo, Serbia	Won the Tesla FC Middleweight Championship
Loss	Krzysztof Jotko	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	MMA Attack 3	27 Apr 2013	Katowice, Poland
Win	Tomáš Kužela	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2		Heroes Gate 9	28 Dec 2012	Prague, Czech Republic
Win	Jiří Procházka	TKO (punches)	1		Supreme FC 1	9 Dec 2012	Belgrade, Serbia	Catchweight (200 lb)
Loss	Svetlozar Savov	Decision (split)	3	5:00	World Freefight Challenge 17	21 Oct 2012	Ljubljana, Slovenia	For the WFC Middleweight Championship
Win	Marko Lukačić	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1		Tesla FC 2	24 Dec 2011	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	Jason Lee	KO (punches)	1	1:39	Ring of Fire 41	20 Aug 2011	Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Win	Nemanja Uverić	Submission (guillotine choke)	2		Tesla FC 1	19 Jun 2011	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	Svetislav Nikolajev	Submission (armbar)	2		Tesla FC 1	19 Jun 2011	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	Marko Ignjatović	Submission (heel hook)	1	2:57	Ring of Fire Europe 2/3	28 Aug 2010	Subotica, Serbia
Win	Vladimir Jovanović	Submission (armbar)	1	3:59	Ring of Fire Europe 2/3	28 Aug 2010	Subotica, Serbia	Pro debut