Maro Perak

Maro Perak (born September 23, 1982) is a Croatian professional mixed martial artist and the current MFC Heavyweight Champion. Perak trains at Gladijator Croatia in Dubrovnik alongside teammates Antun Racic, Ante Delija, Hrvoje Slade and his brother Kristijan Perak.

Strength and Honor Championship
Perak fought Jeff Monson for SHC Heavyweight title and lost the match by unanimous decision. The two was set to face each other again, but fight was postponed as Perak got pneumonia and Monson signed the contract with Strikeforce.

Millenium Fighting Challenge
Maro Perak participated a one day tournament in Hungary "Cage Fight - The Strongest Man in Hungary" where he defeated Serbian mixed martial artist Miodrag Petković called Pele, at that time MFC Heavyweight Champion. The win over champion earned him a title shot. Pele previously won the championship by knocking out James Thompson, former PRIDE fighter. Mean Machine was too fast for Petković tactically outplaying him and eventually winning the match by unanimous decision.

He defended his MFC Heavyweight title beating Bob Sapp in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 16 December 2011.

Abu Dhabi Warriors
Maro made his debut in new formed "Abu Dhabi Warriors" organisation. Perak suffered an thumb injury few days before the fight, but that didn't effect on his fighting spirit, he made his career victory against Travis Wiuff in the main fight of the night after 3 rounds by split decision.

It was announced that he will fight Brett Rogers on second ADW tournament but Perak injured collateral ligament of the knee. Despite that fight against Rogers should happen at the begining of the summer.

On April 4, 2013 popular American sports portal Bleacherreport.com published a list of 5 heavyweight prospects that UFC should sign, Maro Perak was one of them.

After many problems with cancellations finaly he fought at Final Fight Championship 4: Perak vs. Joni event in Zadar, Croatia on May 10, 2013 against hungarian Tibor Joni. Much more experienced Perak dominated the fight, referee stopped the fight due to numerous stomps, soccer kicks and punches early in first round.

Titles

 * 2011 MFC - Millenium Fighting Championship Heavyweight champion (1 title def.)
 * 2010 XC-1 - Xtreme MMA Championship Light Heavyweight champion