Bogdan Grad

Grad was on top of this one early and hunted the finish throughout. He got it late in the second, locking an arm-triangle that ended the fight at 4:33 — although Buzukja protested the stoppage the moment the referee waved it off.

Key moments

• Grad dominated the early going and chased the finish.
• He secured an arm-triangle choke late in the second round.
• Buzukja protested immediately after the stoppage at 4:33.

Grad's latest appearance ended quickly in the second round when Luke Riley knocked him out 30 seconds after the restart.

Key moments

• Riley stopped Grad by knockout 30 seconds into round two.
• The loss came directly after Grad had scored his first UFC win over Lucas Alexander.
• It left his opening UFC stretch at one win and two losses.

Naimov took Grad the full distance and won a unanimous decision in Grad's second UFC outing.

Key moments

• Dropped a unanimous decision after three rounds with Naimov.
• The bout followed Grad's February 2025 stoppage of Lucas Alexander.
• It set up the later November matchup with Luke Riley.

Grad's first UFC win came when he wore down Lucas Alexander and finished with elbows and punches late in round two. The result mattered because it turned the Contender Series contract into a real Octagon breakthrough after the earlier Tom Nolan setback.

Key moments

• Stopped Alexander at 4:22 of the second round.
• The finish gave Grad his first UFC victory.
• It followed the split-decision Contender Series win over Michael Aswell.

Grad's first attempt to earn a UFC deal ended abruptly when Tom Nolan finished him in the opening round at the APEX.

Key moments

• Lost by first-round knockout at 1:23 after Nolan landed a left hook and follow-up strikes.
• The bout was contested at lightweight and was close to even on the betting line.
• Grad answered the defeat with the Breno Marinho flying-knee knockout and the Caiona Batista guillotine finish.

Grad showed he could bank rounds when he needed to, beating Renzo Mendez by unanimous decision at Cage Fight Series 13. The result mattered because it came between the highlight finishes around him and kept his 2022-23 regional stretch moving toward the first Contender Series opportunity.

Key moments

• Won a unanimous decision over Mendez after three full rounds in Graz.
• The fight followed the October 2022 spinning-wheel-kick stoppage of Tudor Dermenji.
• It stood as the last win before the August 2023 Contender Series loss to Tom Nolan.

Grad stayed dangerous in the clinch as well as on the feet, catching Christian Mach with a standing guillotine late in the second round at Cage Fight Series 11.

Key moments

• Submitted Mach with a standing guillotine choke at 4:05 of round two.
• The result came on the Cage Fight Series 11 main card in Wiener Neustadt.
• It helped set up the later 2022 main-event stoppage of Tudor Dermenji.

Grad nearly emptied the opening round before breaking Gokhan Aksu with ground-and-pound at Innferno Fighting Championship 5.

Key moments

• Stopped Aksu by TKO at 4:57 of round one with ground-and-pound.
• The bout took place at lightweight on an Innferno Fighting Championship main card in Innsbruck.
• It bridged the April 2022 TKO of David Tecer and the September 2022 submission of Christian Mach.

Grad opened the Blood Fight League tournament by blowing through Darius Betean in just over two minutes. The quick first fight is important context for the later Caraus loss because it shows he advanced through the bracket before dropping the second bout of the night.

Key moments

• Stopped Betean by TKO at 2:10 of round one with ground-and-pound.
• The win came in the opening stage of an 8-man MMA tournament in Timișoara.
• Grad fought again later the same night and lost a decision to Andrei Caraus.

The decision mattered because it broke up the string of early finishes and added evidence that he could keep his pace together when a fight stayed structured.

Key moments

• Won a unanimous decision over Jovanovic after three rounds in Wiener Neustadt.
• The fight followed his October 2019 submission of Ion Voda at Innferno 4.
• It stood as the final 2019 result before the long gap to the 2021 tournament appearances.

Grad's second listed pro win was another first-round finish, this time a knockout of Bence Niedermayer at Mix Fight Night 8.

Key moments

• Knocked out Niedermayer with a punch at 3:43 of round one.
• The bout took place in Austria only one month after the Mirko Jovanovic stoppage.
• It set up the October 2019 submission win over Ion Voda.

The stoppage mattered because it showed he could dismantle an opponent without needing a head-shot knockout or scramble-based submission.

Key moments

• Stopped Jovanovic by TKO from leg kicks at 1:35 of round one.
• The finish came on the Traiskirchen Fight Night Round 1 card in Austria.
• It was followed one month later by the first-round knockout of Bence Niedermayer.