Renato Vidovic expects tough title fight at FCR 16: “We have many similarities”

Renato Vidovic is one of the best flyweights in Scandinavia. Photo: Stefan Romare

On Saturday Swedish flyweight Renato Vidovic will enter the cage at FCR 16 with the intention to become the promotion’s first flyweight champion.

MMA fans from all over Scandinavia will keep their eyes on the historic FCR title bout as he takes on the dangerous Amir Malekpour in the co-main event of the evening.

Recently visiting Sweden’s leading podcast about fighting, Käftsmällspodden, the flyweight opened up on his biggest fight to date.

“He’s a great fighter,” Vidovic said. “We have many similarities, we have parallel paths in the amateur scene and the National Team. He has also won the Swedish Championships and European Championships.”

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Renato Vidovic has big respect for his opponent

Both fighters are explosive and physically strong flyweights, who actually met in the early days of their amateur careers.

“I went up a weight class and got the shit beaten out of me in the two-three first minutes,” Vidovic said.

Eventually, he managed to turn things around and won the fight via KO.

“I had to take my chance,” Vidovic said and continued. “Both of us have developed enormously since then.”

Both flyweight contesters have mutual respect for each other going into the title fight at FCR 16 this Saturday, and Vidic has no intention whatsoever of making it a grudge match.

“The staredowns and interviews where you talk shit about each other is so incredibly uninteresting in my world,” Vidovic sighed.

But make no mistake, with four straight wins, three via stoppage, a well-prepared Vidovic will do everything in his power to get the FCR flyweight strap around his waist as soon as the cage door closes.

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