A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Tešanović mostly competed in the Eastern European circuit, before signing with the Bellator Fighting Championships.
Tešanović is regarded as a well-rounded fighter, due to his "solid stand-up, great ground work and dangerous clinch game.
[3] In addition to his professional MMA career, Tešanović has placed first in five Serbian submission fighting competitions.
[1] Amongst this record was a decision victory over Antoni Chmielewski[1] after dominating with knee strikes and effective takedown defence.
[7] Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney stated that "Dragan Tešanović has tremendous potential to become a dominant middleweight" and that "his diverse training regime and quickly progressing skill-set set the table for him to make substantial impact in our 185 division".