Anton Turkalj biography: 13 things about UFC fighter from Gothenburg, Sweden

Anton Turkalj is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist born in Gothenburg, Sweden. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
2. His fight name is The Pleasure Man.
3. He competes in the light heavyweight division.
4. Before joining the UFC, he competed in Real Xtreme Fighting, Fight Club Rush, Bulldog Fight Night, Excellence Fighting Championship and BRAVE Combat Federation.
5. He is 6’4″ tall.
6. He holds a professional MMA record of 8 wins and 4 losses.
7. As an amateur MMA fighter, he defeated Glebs Rogoza, Karolis Kaupas, Gabriele Bartoni, Pawel Zakrzewski, Kudaibergen Toleubaev, Robin Enontekiö, Yi Chong Jing, Ajit Negi and Thomas Knudsen but lost to Imad Hoayek and Pavel Pahomenko in 2017.
8. At the 2018 International Mixed Martial Arts Federation European Championships, he defeated Vladislav Ilin on June 20, 2018 and Pahomenko on June 21, 2018 but lost to Murtaza Talha Ali on June 22, 2018.
9. On December 10, 2018, he made his professional MMA debut.
10. On December 11, 2019, he lost to Alexander Gustafsson via decision in an exhibition grappling match at “AK Fighting Championship 3” at The Theatre in Gothenburg.
11. On July 26, 2022, he defeated Acacio dos Santos via unanimous decision at “Dana White’s Contender Series 2022” Week 1 in Enterprise, Nevada.
12. On September 10, 2022, he made his UFC debut.
13. On June 10, 2023, he turned 27.

TIMELINE

2018

• On December 10, 2018, he defeated Marius Pislariu via technical knockout via punches at “RXF MMA 33” in Bucharest, Romania.

2019

• On January 27, 2019, he knocked out Filip Vujic via punches at “Fight Club Rush 4” in Västerås, Sweden.
• On April 19, 2019, he submitted Julian Borisov via rear-naked choke at “Bulldog Media: Fight Night 2.0” in Gothenburg.
• On October 12, 2019, he defeated Felix Polianidis via technical knockout at “Excellence Fighting Championship 2” in Linkoping, Sweden.

2020

• On August 1, 2020, defeated Athanasios Herkeletzis via punches and elbows at “BRAVE CF 37” in Stockholm, Sweden.
• On August 24, 2020, he submitted Ibo Aslan via rear-naked choke at “BRAVE CF 40” in Stockholm.

2021

• On April 1, 2021, he knocked out Konstantin Soldatov via spinning backfist at “BRAVE CF 50” in Riffa, Bahrain.

2022

• On September 10, 2022, he was submitted by Jailton Almeida via rear-naked choke at “UFC 279” in Las Vegas.

2023

• On March 11, 2023, he lost to Vitor Petrino via split decision at “UFC Fight Night 221” in Las Vegas.
• On September 9, 2023, he was knocked out by Tyson Pedro at “UFC 293” in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

2024

• On March 30, 2024, he lost to Aslan via TKO at “UFC on ESPN 4” in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.