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Petrovic Wins Super-Heavyweight Tournament as Kaplan Claims Main Title at Fame Fighting 3 in Essen

Next year’s card already includes a Petrovic–Cilingir title bout alongside MckyTV vs Tommy Pedroni.

Overview

  • Aleksandar Petrovic defeated Tobias Pietrek on points to win the four-man Super-Heavyweight tournament after his semifinal with Yasin Cilingir ended without a decision.
  • Can Kaplan beat Filip Pavlovic by unanimous points in the headline fight, with Pavlovic later confirming a broken hand and posting an image of his arm in a cast.
  • Yasin Cilingir fell out of the ring during the semifinal and suffered a shoulder dislocation that required hospital treatment before he returned to the arena with a bandage.
  • Security intervened more than once, including during a weigh-in scuffle between Petrovic and Cilingir and a ringside confrontation between trainers in the tournament final.
  • Other results included Daymian Weiß stopping Marco Cerullo by TKO, while organizer Eugen Lopez announced 2026 plans featuring Petrovic vs Cilingir and MckyTV vs Tommy Pedroni.