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Exclusive! Here’s The Top BMF’s In European MMA
European BMF. Photo via Instagram and Stev Bonhage
The European MMA scene is better than ever! With promotions like KSW, OKTAGON MMA and Cage Warriors, many of the absolute world elite are now fighting on European soil.
Over the years, the continent has produced some of MMA’s top talents, and currently have some of the fiercest fighters in the world.
Are you ready to find out who are the baddest MMA fighters in Europe right now?
Click ”Next” to check out Frontkick’s European BMF list!
Tobias Harila
Photo: Dolly Clew/Cage Warriors
- Age: 30
- Weight class: Featherweight
- Record: 12-4
The Swedish Knockout King, Tobias ”Bad Intention” Harila is a fighter known for never backing down.
His 11 stoppage wins, crazy power and constant pressure backs up his name ”Bad Intention” and earns him a spot among the baddest fighters in Europe.
Patrik Kincl
Patrik Kincl. Photo via Instagram (@oktagonmma)
- Age: 34
- Weight class: Middleweight
- Record: 28-10
The longest-reigning champion in Oktagon MMA, Patrik ”Inspektor” Kincl, is a true veteran of the game and a given name on the list.
His 2023 rematch against Karlos Vémola is the most watched fight in Oktagon’s history. On June 8, he will return to action to take on the dangerous Matej Penaz.
Shem Rock
Shem Rock. Photo via OKTAGON MMA
- Age: 30
- Weight class: Featherweight/Lightweight
- Record: 10-1-1
With a 10-1 record, with all wins coming via stoppage, Shem Rock is as game as they come.
The former fugitive, who spent a decade in Asia on the run for a crime he didn’t commit, has landed his dream fight as he will face Rock Czech policeman Jaroslav Pokorny next.
”At first, it was a no-brainer, he’s a police officer,” Rock said about the fight. ”Who doesn’t want to punch a hole through a police officer’s face? It’s the dream. I never thought I’d ever get the chance to fight a police officer.”
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Toni Lampinen
Toni Lampinen and Andreas Gustafsson. Photo via FCR
- Age: 34
- Weight class: Welterweight
- Record: 8-7
Finland’s No. 1 tough guy is Toni Lampinen. His fight against Sweden’s Andreas Gustafsson will forever be remembered as one of the biggest BMF-moments in Europe.
Samuel Bark
Photo by OKTAGON MMA
- Age: 31
- Weight class: Featherweight
- Record: 9-2
The sheer fact that Samuel Bark fought seven times in 2022, winning six of them, is enough to guarantee him a spot on this list.
Bark is known for his heavy Muay Thai approach to MMA, and was in fact a WBC International champion in Muay Thai before turning to MMA.
Bark has his eyes set on the UAE Warriors featherweight title as he challenges former UFC fighter Ali Alqaisi at UAE Warriors 50.
Karlos Vemola
Photo via Instagram (@karlos_terminator_vemola)
- Age: 38
- Weight class: Middleweight/Light heavyweight
- Record: 36-8
UFC veteran Karlos Vemola has delivered a bunch first-round finishes throughout his career and been involved in some of the most violent MMA fights on European soil.
As one of the most popular fighters in central Europe, his fights against Attila Vegh in 2019 and the rematch with Patrik Kincl in 2023 broke all viewing records of OKTAGON MMA.
On June 8 he will face Vegh in ”The Rematch of the Century.”
Jordan Vucenic
Jordan Vucenic. Photo via Instagram (@jordanvucenicmma)
- Age: 28
- Weight class: Featherweight
- Record: 12-2
The British featherweight Jordan Vucenic has never been stopped in his 19 combined MMA fights. His combined 16 wins consist of 7 submissions and 4 KO/TKO’s.
Currently fighting in Cage Warriors, the former champion has three straight stoppage wins since losing his featherweight strap back in November 2022.
Andreas Gustafsson
Andreas Gustafsson. Photo Stefan Romare
- Age: 33
- Weight class: Middleweight
- Record: 10-2
Swedish powerhouse Andreas ”Bane” Gustafsson is one of the absolute toughest fighters out there. His war with Toni Lampine at FCR 16 was one of the bloodiest MMA fights we’ve ever seen. The fight was named as the Fight of the Year by Fight Pass Awards.
Andreas Berg Gustafsson and Toni Lampinen just had a bloody war at FCR in Sweden #FCR16 pic.twitter.com/AFIeGoBP3K
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) June 3, 2023
Losene Keita
European BMF. Photo via OKTAGON
- Age: 26
- Weight class: Featherweight/Lightweight
- Record: 13-1
OKTAGON champion Losene Keita is perhaps the biggest BMF of all fighters in Europe right now.
In fact, Keita is so badass that he proposed to his girlfriend inside the cage – as he was suffering from a broken leg!
Justa few months after the injury he returned with a second-round KO in his comeback fight.
Read Frontkick’s exclusive interview with Losene Keita!