OKTAGON 69, the promotion’s first ever occasion in Dortmund, Germany, occurred this previous weekend (Saturday, April 5) and was one to recollect. One other bought out crowd watched on as new German stars had been born and a few assertion performances had been delivered.
In the principle occasion, Max Holzer (11-0) stored his good document intact by submitting Deniz Ilbay (8-2) within the fourth spherical of their featherweight grudge match. ‘El Pistolero’ seemed to maintain the competition on the toes to utilise his boxing abilities nevertheless it was Holzer who continued to shut the gap and safe the takedown. Ilbay displayed the evolution of his floor sport by defending effectively however ‘Stifler’ was lastly in a position to sink within the rear-naked choke to cement himself as soon as once more as among the finest prospects in Europe.
Khalid Taha (15-5, 1NC) had a profitable promotional debut when he stopped Jose Zarauz (26-11-1) as a consequence of strikes within the second body of their function bout. The UFC and RIZIN veteran was on the entrance foot from the off and stored the strain on his Peruvian adversary till the end introduced itself. Taha has expressed an curiosity in going through Max Holzer subsequent which might be an unbelievable showdown for the division if it had been to be scheduled.
Opening the principle card, Frederic Vosgröne (4-0) couldn’t have had a extra memorable outing on his first look for the organisation, submitting Jorick Montagnac (6-3) to announce himself to the sunshine heavyweight division. The world class grappler pursued the takedown relentlessly and finally, Montagnac succumbed to the onslaught when he was locked in an arm triangle choke. Vosgröne’s recognition skyrocketed following the present as he gained over 50,000 Instagram followers and he’s now on champion, Will Fleury’s radar.
Predrag Bogdanović (17-2) narrowly defeated Fedor Duric (7-1) in a really shut light-weight contest and Gjoni Palokaj (11-3) prolonged his profitable streak to 6 after overcoming Marco Novák (6-2) at featherweight. Ediz Tasci (1-0)stoppedUwe Schüder (1-2) after surviving 4 knockouts of their influencer conflict which supplied an electrical ambiance.
On the preliminary card, Lucie Pudilová (16-11) made her case for an additional bantamweight title shot by besting Brittney Cloudy (6-6) and Karol Ryšavý (14-8) compelled Eugen Black-Dell (10-8)to faucet in an thrilling battle at featherweight.
OKTAGON 69 Outcomes Fundamental Card Fundamental EventFeatherweightMax Holzer (11-0) defeated Deniz Ilbay (8-2) by submission (rear bare choke) at 4:14 of spherical 4 Co-Fundamental EventWelterweightEdiz Tasci (1-0) defeated Uwe Schüder (1-2) by TKO (punches) at 2:51 of spherical one Catchweight (68kg/150lbs)Khalid Taha (15-5, 1NC) defeated Jose Zarauz (26-11-1) by TKO (punches) at 4:04 of spherical two LightweightPredrag Bogdanović (17-2) defeated Fedor Duric (7-1) by break up determination (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) FeatherweightGjoni Palokaj (11-3) defeated Marco Novák (6-2) by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Mild HeavyweightFrederic Vosgröne (4-0) defeated Jorick Montagnac (6-3) by submission (arm triangle) at 3:36 of spherical two Preliminary Card Catchweight (79kg/174lbs)Marcel Grabinski (24-11) defeated Karol Skrzypek (11-4) by unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) BantamweightLucie Pudilová (16-11) defeated Brittney Cloudy (6-6) by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) FeatherweightKarol Ryšavý (14-8) defeated Eugen Black-Dell (10-8) by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:53 of spherical two FlyweightMohammed Walid (8-4) defeated Aaron Aby (16-11-1) by unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Catchweight (86kg/190lbs)David Hošek (12-6-1) defeated Aleksandar Stefanovic (5-7, 1NC) by submission (triangle choke) at 3:38 of spherical one
OKTAGON MMA returns in three weeks for one of the vital stacked European occasions of the 12 months in a brand new Czech metropolis, Karlovy Differ. Two title fights go down at OKTAGON 70 as Igor Severino and Jack Cartwright conflict for the vacant bantamweight belt and Mallory Martin seems to defend her strawweight title for the primary time towards Eva Dourthe. The remaining 4 opening spherical bouts within the €1 million Tipsport Gamechanger middleweight event happen that includes the likes of ‘Pirát’ Krištofič, Dominik Humburger, Ion Surdu and Krzysztof Jotko.
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