page_title: Final Fight Championship
section_title: FFC 10: Rodriguez vs. Batzelas
hierarchical_section_title: Final Fight Championship / History / FFC era / FFC 10: Rodriguez vs. Batzelas
caption_attribution_description: English: Ricco Rodriguez against Nestoras Batzelas at FFC in Skopje.
context_page_description: Final Fight Championship is an international fighting sports promotion company founded in 2003 by the FFC owner and CEO Orsat Zovko. The company has its headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as well as a European office in Zagreb, Croatia.
  FFC started as a kickboxing promotion, in 2013 FFC introduced MMA fights in its events as well as boxing matches in 2016.
context_section_description: FFC 10: Rodriguez vs. Batzelas  was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event produced by the Final Fight Championship that was held on 13 December 2013 at Boris Trajakovski Sports Center, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
  The event was the first that the FFC has hosted in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
  The MMA part of the event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez and Greek mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler Nestoras Baltzelas. Rodriguez defeated his opponent via second-round TKO.
  The co-main event featured Dutch/Albanian professional wrestler Gzim Selmani and Slovenia's Tomaž Simonič with Selmani winning the bout in the first round via RNC. Local MMA fighter Risto Dimitrov stepped into the ring versus Greece's Georgios Vardis eventually winning via decision.
  The kickboxing part of the event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Rustemi Kreshnik and Croatia's Dino Belošević while Mladen Brestovac vs. Kirk Krouba served as the co-main event. Tomáš Hron scored another FFC win after defeating Croatia's Igor Mihaljević in a heavyweight clash.
  Results
caption: Ricco Rodriguez against Nestoras Batzelas at FFC 10 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
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