Nestoras Batzelas

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| birth_place = Larissa, Thessalia,
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| style = Freestyle

| club = E.A. Larissa

| coach = Konstantinos Avramis

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Nestoras Batzelas ({{langx|el|Νέστορας Μπατζέλας}}; born January 7, 1980, in Larissa, Thessalia) is a Greek MMA fighter and retired amateur freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = Nestoras Batzelas|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/nestoras-batzelas-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074701/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/nestoras-batzelas-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 29 July 2014}} Batzelas has been selected to the nation's Olympic wrestling team when Greece hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and also trained as a member of the wrestling team for E.A. Larissa, under his personal coach Konstantinos Avramis.{{cite news|script-title=el:Με 18 παλαιστές στο ολυμπιακό ταπί της Αθήνας|trans-title=18 wrestlers in the Olympic mat for Athens|language=Greek|url=http://www.tovima.gr/sports/article/?aid=141249|publisher=To Vima|date=24 March 2002|accessdate=13 June 2014}}

Batzelas qualified for the Greek squad in the men's super heavyweight class (120 kg), when Greece welcomed the world to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He filled up an entry by the International Federation of Association Wrestling and the Hellenic Olympic Committee, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation.{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Olympic Games preview at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in men's freestyle|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10352|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=29 July 2004|accessdate=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222350/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10352|archive-date=6 June 2014|url-status=dead}} He lost his opening match to 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Alexis Rodríguez of Cuba on technical superiority, but bounced back to dismantle Ukraine's Serhii Priadun with a 5–0 decision in front of the home crowd inside Ano Liossia Olympic Hall. Placing second in the prelim pool and thirteenth overall, Batzelas' performance fell short to put him further into the quarterfinals.{{cite web|title=Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 96kg|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/results/3532658.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=30 September 2013}}{{cite news|script-title=el:Στον ημιτελικό ο Καρντάνοφ|trans-title=Kardanov advances to semifinals|language=Greek|url=http://www.nooz.gr/page.ashx?pid=9&aid=188756|publisher=Nooz.gr|date=27 August 2004|accessdate=30 July 2014}}

Championships and accomplishments

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No Limits
No Limits Heavyweight Champion (1 Time)

Professional mixed martial arts record

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| {{no2}}Loss

|align=center|6-2

|Ioannis Arzoumanidis

|Decision (Unanimous)

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|{{dts|2014|September|13}}

|align=center|3

|align=center|5:00

|Thessaloniki, Greece

|For MMA Challenge Pro Heavyweight Championship.

| {{yes2}}Win

|align=center|6-1

|George Katsinopoulos

|TKO (Punches)

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|{{dts|2014|May|11}}

|align=center|3

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|Athens, Greece

|Wins No Limits Heavyweight Championship.

| {{no2}}Loss

| align=center| 5-1

| Ricco Rodriguez

| TKO (punches)

| Final Fight Championship 10

| {{dts|2013|December|13}}

| align=center|2

| align=center|3:33

| Skopje, Macedonia

| {{yes2}}Win

|align=center|5-0

|Julian Chilikov

|Submission (Guillotine Choke)

|GFC - Greek Fighting Championship 4

|{{dts|2013|May|18}}

|align=center|1

|align=center|

|Larissa, Greece

| {{yes2}}Win

|align=center|4-0

|Emil Zahariev

|Submission (Heel Hook)

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|{{dts|2012|December|01}}

|align=center|1

|align=center|

|Athens, Greece

| {{yes2}}Win

|align=center|3-0

|Emil Zahariev

|TKO (RTD)

|{{dts|2012|May|}}

|align=center|1

|align=center|5:00

|Thessaloniki, Greece