Dusko Todorovic

Dusko Todorovic is a Serbian middleweight whose MMA journey reads like a tale of untapped potential colliding with inconsistency. Born in Kotor, Montenegro, and based in Serbia, Todorovic came up through traditional combat sports, earning black belts in both taekwondo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu and going a perfect 10-0 as an amateur before turning pro in 2015. He built a strong record outside the UFC, including a knockout win over future UFC welterweight Michel Pereira, and earned his promotional contract by winning convincingly on Dana White's Contender Series in August 2019. His early UFC career glowed with promise: he stopped Dequan Townsend in round two of his October 2020 debut, earning a Performance of the Night bonus and announcing himself as a legitimate finisher. That optimism, however, was short-lived. Between early 2021 and mid-2024, Todorovic lost far more than he won, stumbling through first-round KO losses to Punahele Soriano, Chidi Njokuani, and Mansur Abdul-Malik, punctuated by decision losses to Gregory Rodrigues and, most recently, Zachary Reese in May 2025.

Fighting Todorovic is a high-variance proposition. He boasts eight KO/TKO wins and four submissions, with eight of his thirteen career victories coming in the opening round. He is a genuine finisher with the grappling credibility to back up his striking, hunting submissions (particularly the rear-naked choke and guillotine) and mixing clinch work with ground-and-pound. His striking splits between standing, clinch, and ground domains, and he lands more than four significant strikes per minute, indicating aggression and volume. Yet that same profile has exposed fundamental vulnerabilities: his striking defense sits below 50 percent, his takedown accuracy is poor (2 landed on 47 attempts in the UFC), and his first-round losses suggest he can be caught early by precision strikers or explosive wrestlers. In September 2025, at Noche UFC in San Antonio, Todorovic finally broke through. Against Jose Daniel Medina, he landed a straight right that opened a cut, swiftly transitioned to the mat, and locked in a rear-naked choke at 4:21 of round one. That victory snapped a three-fight skid and reignited hope that the technical, finishing-minded fighter who earned a $50,000 Performance bonus four years earlier could still find a gear that leads to a sustained run. At 31 years old and sitting at 13-6 overall (4-6 in the UFC), Todorovic remains a fighter whose next 3-4 bouts will likely define whether he becomes a middleweight gatekeeper or a late-career resurgence story.