Normally for any title fight with a reigning champion coming into the event, there would be a little (c) next to the title holder’s name in the results section down below. Not so with Oktagon 79 however, as despite coming into Fight Week as the Oktagon MMA welterweight champion, Ion Surdu found himself stripped of his title prior to the event.
After doctors shut down his weight cut, Surdu came in at 178lbs on Friday, a full eight pounds over championship weight. As a result, only challenger Andrej Kalašnik remains eligible to win the belt, which will remain vacant should Surdu triumph in the fight itself.
Talk about Halloween havoc. Surdu will be paying a full 50% of his purse in terms of a fine, and that wasn’t the only massacre at the scale on Friday. Radek Roušal missed the featherweight limit by two pounds, coughing up 20% of his purse as a result.
Where to Watch Oktagon MMA
Oktagon 79 takes place on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at the Winning Group Arena in Brno, Czech Republic. The card streams live via Oktagon.tv starting at 12:30PM ET, 9:30AM PT. Full results from the event can be found below.
Oktagon 79: Surdu vs. Kalašnik Results
Main Card
Ion Surdu def. Andrej Kalašnik via R1 TKO, 4:27 – for the vacant Oktagon MMA welterweight championship, only Kalašnik eligible to win title
Vladimír Lengál def. Ognjen Dimić via R2 TKO, 4:52
Tomáš Mudroch def. Jakub Dohnal via R1 KO, 2:01
Radek Roušal def. Corey Fry via R1 KO, 1:54
Pedro Oliveira def. Daniel Ligocki via Unanimous Decision
Samuel Bark def. Mate Sanikidze R3 SUB (RNC), 4:31
Preliminary Card
Nathan Haywood def. Lukáš Chotěnovský via R1 TKO, 2:58
Václav Štěpán def. Karol Kutyła via R2 SUB (Kimura), 3:46
Stephan Guidea def. Liam Pitts via R1 SUB (RNC), 2:29
Vašek Klimša def. Jessy Joaquim via R1 SUB (Von Flue), 1:23
Harun Kurt def. Šimon Bruknar via Unanimous Decision
