Mladen Brestovac

Brestovac participated in the 2008 K-1 Fighting Network Austria tournament. He achieved stoppage victories against Andreas Peters in the quarterfinal and Renato Sini in the semifinal, before winning the tournament through a unanimous decision against Roman Kleibl in the final.^[6]

After winning the tournament, Brestovac had three fights in the regional circuit, scoring knockouts of Armin Zahirović, Janos Rafief-Arifov and Attila Mathe,^[7] before taking part in the 2009 K-1 Rules Tournament in Budapest. He won a unanimous decision against Joachim Thomas in the quarterfinal, knocked Máté Zentai out with a head kick in the semifinal and won the tournament with an extra round decision against Sebastian Ciobanu.^[8] In his next fight he won the K-1 ColliZion 2009 Mladá Boleslav tournament, despite winning only the semifinal bout Libor Polách, as the other finalist, Lubomir Šuda, was unable to fight due to an injury.^[9]

In October 2014, Brestovac defeated Koos Wessels by unanimous decision, to qualify to the 2009 K-1 ColliZion Final Tournament.^[10] Brestovac scored knockouts of Mihaiţă Golescu in the quarterfinal and Coco Rus in the semifinal, before facing Roman Kleibl in the final. The final went into two extra rounds, before Kleibl won the decision.^[11]

Brestovac then went on a 4–0–1 run, notably defeating Jan Soukup and winning the rematch with Roman Kleibl.^[12]

He subsequently signed with SUPERKOMBAT, and was immediately placed in the 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II. He defeated Mighty Mo by a body kick KO in the semifinals, but lost the final bout against Ismael Londt by TKO, after the ringside doctor stopped the fight in the first round.^[13]

After a TKO win against Mourad Bouzidi, in March 2012, Brestovac fought the first match, of what would be their trilogy, against Benjamin Adegbuyi. Adegbuyi won the semifinal bout of the 2012 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III by unanimous decision.^[14]

Brestovac was scheduled to fight Chinese giant Taishan in a non-tournament bout at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Zagreb, Croatia on March 15, 2013. However Taishan was replaced, and Brestovac defeated Frank Muñoz via unanimous decision.^[15][16]

He took unanimous decision win against Sergei Lascenko, after being the better and more active fighter during the fight. Brestovac achieved effective damage with punch&kick combinations, with his left kick doing lots of damage to Lascenko's body. Lascenko, who replaced Michael Duut, had moments of danger during the fight, but not enough to take the victory. The fight was held at the Final Fight Championship 3 event in Zadar, Croatia on May 10, 2013.^[17][18] He beat Ali Cenik by decision at Final Fight Championship 8 in Zagreb, Croatia on October 25, 2013. ^[19]

In November, 2013 Brestovac signed for world top promotion, Glory. He made his debut in his hometown Zagreb at the Glory 14: Zagreb event facing Jahfarr Wilnis, defeating him with left high kick in the first round.^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]}

تغلب على توماس باكوتينسكاس في بطولة FFC Futures 2 بتاريخ 5 مايو 2014 بعد تعرضه لإصابة في ذراعه في بداية الجولة الأولى. كان توماس بديلاً متأخراً عن فيسواف كواشنيفسكي. وفي 24 يونيو 2014، خاض نزالاً في سلوفينيا ضد توماز سيمونيتش، الذي حل محل نيكولاي فالين. حقق بريستوفاك فوزاً آخر بالنقاط، مسجلاً ضربة قاضية في الجولة الثالثة بركبة طائرة. ^{[ 26 ]} كان من المقرر أن يواجه نيكولاي فالين في يونيو 2014، لكن فالين انسحب لاحقاً وحل محله توماز سيمونيتش. ^{[ 27 ]} هزم بريستوفاك سيمونيتش بقرار إجماعي. عند عودته إلى FFC، حقق فوزاً بالضربة القاضية الفنية على لوكا بانتو، الذي تعرض لإصابة في ذراعه في الجولة الأولى. ^{[ 28 ]}

تُوِّج  بطلاً لوزن فوق 100 كجم في بطولة "ليلة الأبطال" للملاكمة (K-1) بفوزه على نيكولاس وامبا في 22 نوفمبر 2014 في مرسيليا، فرنسا . وقد أُعلن فوز وامبا مرتين قبل نهاية الجولة الثانية، عندما ألقى مدربه المنشفة بسبب الإصابة. ^{[ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ]}

خاض بريستوفاك نزالاً ضد فيسواف كفاشنيفسكي في بطولة FFC: سوبر فاينال على لقب الوزن الثقيل الشاغر. ^{[ 32 ]} هزم بريستوفاك كفاشنيفسكي بالضربة القاضية الفنية في الجولة الثانية. ^{[ 33 ]} كان من المقرر أن يدافع عن لقبه بعد أربعة أشهر ضد كولين جورج. ^{[ 34 ]} فاز بريستوفاك بالنزال بعد 27 ثانية فقط من بدايته، حيث كسر ذراع جورج أثناء محاولته صد ركلة موجهة إلى جسده. ^{[ 35 ]}

كان من المفترض أن يحل محل بنيامين أديبويي لمواجهة أندرسون سيلفا في 8 مايو 2015 في حدث غلوري 21: سان دييغو، إلا أن البرازيلي فشل في الفحص الطبي، وتم إلغاء النزال. ^{[ 36 ] [ 37 ]} بدلاً من ذلك، شارك في بطولة غلوري للمنافسين على لقب الوزن الثقيل لعام 2015، حيث واجه بنيامين أديبويي في نصف النهائي. ^{[ 38 ]} فاز أديبويي بالنزال بالضربة القاضية الفنية، بعد أن أسقط بريستوفاك ثلاث مرات في الجولة الثالثة. ^{[ 39 ]}

بعد خسارته الأولى منذ أكثر من ثلاث سنوات، كان من المقرر أن يدافع بريستوفاك عن لقبه في بطولة NDC ضد فابريس أورينج في نوفمبر 2015. ^{[ 40 ]} فاز أورينج بالنزال بقرار إجماعي. ^{[ 41 ]}

Despite the two fight losing skid, Brestovac was nonetheless scheduled to fight Rico Verhoeven at Glory 28 for the Glory Heavyweight title.^[42] Brestovac lost the fight by unanimous decision (49–46, 50–45, and 50–45).^[43]

After these three losses, Brestovac defended his FFC title against Steve Banks.^[44] Brestovac snapped his losing streak with a second round head kick knockout of Banks.^[45]

Brestovac participated in the 2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender tournament, being scheduled to fight Jahfarr Wilnis in the semifinals.^[46] He knocked Wilnis out with a head kick in the first round, and advanced to the finals, where he was to fight a rematch with Benjamin Adegbuyi. Adegbuyi won the fight by unanimous decision.^[47]

He was scheduled to defend the FFC title for the second time against Daniel Lentie at FFC 27.^[48] Brestovac won the fight by unanimous decision.^[49] He then defended his title for the third time against Dževad Poturak at FFC 29,^[50] winning by unanimous decision.^[51]

After two consecutive title defenses, Brestovac fought Hesdy Gerges at Glory 45. He knocked Gerges out with a head kick, after 36 seconds of the first round.^[52] He then challenged Rico Verhoeven at Glory 54 for the second time, but would once again lose by unanimous decision with 50–45 on all five scorecards.^[53][54]

He defended the FFC title for the fourth time against Jhonata Diniz at FFC 31, who he knocked out with a head kick in the third round.^[55]

Brestovac wouldn't fight in 2019, as in January of the same year, it was announced by GLORY that Brestovac was one of four fighters to have failed their doping tests, testing positive for meldonium.^[56][57] He was given a 19 month suspension, applied retroactively from the Glory 54 event, which effectively ended on December 1, 2019.^[58]

Brestovac faced Karim Dian at Glory 95 for a retirement bout on September 21, 2024. He won by first round KO with a left body kick. ^[59]

• Final Fight Championship
  • FFC Heavyweight Championship (one time, current) (5 Title Def.)^[60]
• Glory
  • 2016 Glory Heavyweight (+95 kg/209.4 lb) Contender Tournament Runner-up
• Nuit des Champions
  • 2014 NDC K-1 Rules Heavyweight +100 kg Champion
• SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
  • 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II Runner-up
• K-1
  • 2009 K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Tournament Runner-up
  • 2009 K-1 ColliZion 2009 Mladá Boleslav Tournament Champion
  • 2009 K-1 Rules Tournament in Budapest Champion
  • 2008 K-1 Vienna Tournament Champion

• 2013 Croatian K-1 Fighter of the Year