Darko Banovic “Face Smasher”

Photo of Darko Banovic
Age 34
Gender Male
Height 5' 9"
Weight Class Catchweight

Darko Banovic is a MMA fighter with a professional fight record of 12 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws

Professional Career Statistics

Pro Record 12-9-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 8 months, 20 days
Rounds Fought 39.2
Avg. Fights/Year 1.5
Longest Layoff 1 year, 11 months, 20 days
Quickest Turnaround 1 month, 4 days

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 6 3 3
Losses 3 1 5
Finish Rate 75.0%
Finished Rate 44.4%
Win by Decision Rate 25.0%
Loss by Decision Rate 55.6%
Win by KO Rate 50.0%
Loss by KO Rate 33.3%
Win by SUB Rate 25.0%
Loss by SUB Rate 11.1%
Win Method
Loss Method

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 31
Fastest KO 31
Fastest SUB 02:23
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 1.6
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 07:50
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 2.3
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 11:20
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Professional MMA Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
NRB 09/07/2024 W
(11-9-0) 		Bartosz Wojcikiewicz
(9-2-0) 		BW Submission (D'arce Choke)
Fight Nation Championship 19 		3 04:57
NRB 12/16/2023 W
(10-9-0) 		Marco Beltran
(12-9-0) 		CW Decision (Split Decision)
Fight Nation Championship 14 		3 05:00
NRB 06/25/2022 L
(10-8-0) 		Farbod Iran Zezhad
(12-4-1) 		BW Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Super League MMA 3 		5 05:00
OFF 10/10/2020 L
(10-7-0) 		Mads Burnell
(20-8-0) 		FTW
( 145.0 vs. 145.6 ) 		TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
BELLATOR MMA 248 		1 03:13
NRB 11/16/2019 W
(9-7-0) 		Gary Ellison
(0-9-0) 		TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Mack the Knife MMA - Probellum 2 		1 00:31
NRB 09/21/2019 W
(8-7-0) 		Radu Mihata
(0-1-0) 		TKO/RSC
Austrian Fight Challenge 11 		1 05:00
NRB 05/04/2019 L
(8-6-0) 		Carlos Henrique Rhuan
(6-2-0) 		KO (Strike)
Austrian Fight Challenge 10 		2 02:43
NRB 12/01/2018 W
(7-6-0) 		Alexandru Mezei
(5-9-0) 		TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Austrian Fight Challenge 8 		1 03:49
NRB 05/19/2018 L
(7-5-0) 		Lemmy Krusic
(13-8-0) 		Decision (Unanimous Decision)
World Freefight Challenge 22 - Pitbulls 		3 05:00
NRB 12/09/2017 W
(6-5-0) 		Tobias Huber
(13-23-0) 		TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Austrian Fight Challenge 6 		3 05:00
OFF 03/04/2017 W
(5-5-0) 		Davor Mitic
(0-1-0) 		FTW Submission (Kimura)
Austrian Fight Challenge 5 		1 05:00
NRB 03/18/2016 L
(5-4-0) 		Joey Kuiten
(7-1-0) 		TKO/RSC
Final Fight Championship 23 		1 03:38
NRB 10/24/2015 L
(5-3-0) 		Krzysztof Klaczek
(12-7-0) 		FTW Decision
Incredible Fighting Night 1 		3 05:00
NRB 06/20/2015 W
(4-3-0) 		Dragan Pesic
(7-27-0) 		FTW TKO/RSC
Austrian Fight Challenge 1 		1 02:30
NRB 06/07/2014 W
(3-3-0) 		Matija Blazicevic
(8-11-0) 		Decision
Final Fight Championship 13 		3 05:00
NRB 05/03/2014 W
(2-3-0) 		Milan Strnisko
(2-4-0) 		Decision (Unanimous Decision)
National Fighting Championships 1 - The Beggining (Austria) 		3 05:00
NRB 10/25/2013 L
(2-2-0) 		Francisco Barrio
(15-3-0) 		Decision
Final Fight Championship 8 		3 05:00
NRB 07/06/2013 W
(1-2-0) 		Robert Bona
(0-2-0) 		Submission (Arm Bar)
Vendetta (Austria): Rookies 2 		1 02:23
NRB 03/10/2013 L
(1-1-0) 		Nicolae Negrea
(5-4-0) 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Vendetta (Austria): Rookies 1 		1 02:30
NRB 12/08/2012 W
(0-1-0) 		Mohamed Mojahid
(0-1-0) 		FTW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Vendetta VI 		1 05:00
NRB 12/18/2010 L
(0-0-0) 		Ioannis Antonopoulos
(3-1-0) 		Decision
FFA: We Love MMA 		3 05:00

* Bouts marked with 'OFF' denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission. Bouts marked with an SB denote bouts overseen by a duly-recognized sanctioning organization. Bouts marked NRB denote non-regulated bouts.

* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record

* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class