Due to an injury to his original opponent, Daniel Škvor, Oktagon MMA double-champ Will Fleury has a new opponent at Oktagon 92 on August 1.
With his light heavyweight title on the line, Fleury (17-3, 1NC) will now face Makhmud Muradov (29-8, 1NC) at the event in Prague, Czech Republic.
Promotion officials announced the new booking via press release on Monday. Muradov will be moving up from middleweight for the opportunity.
Fleury has become something of an unlikely star for Oktagon MMA. A former Bellator MMA and PFL athlete, the Irish fighter saw a decision victory over Krzysztof Jotko under the PFL banner in 2023 overturned to a No Contest when both men failed their drug tests. Fleury later admitted to using banned substances, but after serving his suspension has won six straight bouts under the Oktagon banner.
That has seen he capture both light heavyweight and heavyweight gold in the promotion. Last time out, he defended his heavyweight title by knocking out Kasim Aras. That was on June 20, at Oktagon 90. Now, just six weeks later, he’ll look to defend his 205lb belt for the first time.
Muradov captured Oktagon’s middleweight title last year care of a victory over Patrik Kincl. He’ll look to become the promotion’s latest double champ come August 1.
Another Oktagon double champ, Lucia Szabova, will put her bantamweight title up for grabs at Oktagon 92. She’ll face off against UFC vet Lucie Pudilova earlier in the night.
