Lucia Szabová already holds bantamweight gold in Oktagon, and was looking to add a second title to her trophy case in the form of the promotion’s vacant 125lb scrap. Looking to put a wrench in the works was Brazilian Leidiane Fernandes, a former Jungle Fights champ making her promotional debut.

At 10-0, Szabová has been looking like Oktagon’s answer to Dakota Ditcheva, and a second belt would give her a real foothold in the promotion.

In the co-main event, meanwhile, former ONE Championship welterweight champ Zebaztian Kadestam made his promotional debut against Dominick Humburger.

Where to Watch Oktagon 87

Oktagon 87 takes place on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at the Home Credit Arena in Liberec, Czech Republic. The full card streams live via Oktagon.tv starting at 11:30AM ET, 8:30AM PT. Full results from the event can be found below.

Oktagon 87: Szabová vs. Fernandes Results

Main Card

Lucia Szabová def. Leidiane Fernandes by TKO, Round 3, 2:12 – for the vacant Oktagon MMA women’s flyweight championship
Dominik Humburger def. Zebaztian Kadestam by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
Radek Roušal def. Samuel Bark by KO, Round 1, 1:15
Josef Hála def. Tomáš Mudroch by KO, Round 2, 1:48 – STAND and BANG rules
Ozan Aslaner def. Vladimír Lengál by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jan Malach def. Stefan Končar by TKO, Round 3, 1:58

Preliminary Card

Vojtech Garba def. Mateusz Strzelczyk by TKO, Round 1, 3:48
Václav Štěpán def. Firas Daud by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Mileide Simplicio def. Josefine Knutsson by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 4:55
Liam Pitts def. Kacper Matyszewski by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 3:52
Alex Hutyra def. Umut Birdal by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 2, 3:44

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“I moved to the United States with the help of Meab Dvalishvili. I was living with Merab in his house, and I was training in a Syndicate MMA,” Gogoladze said speaking through a translator. “There were many, many good guys and many, many fighters who have helped me to develop my skills and all the stuff, but mostly I was training with Khalil Rountree Jr., and we were the main training partners for each other, and he helped me to evolve a lot.”

However, it wasn’t just the team at Syndicate MMA that helped him to grow. He travelled around to many places in the city to make sure that he could get the most out of the experience.

“I was training with those guys, and also I was trying different training places in Las Vegas,” he said. “So, physically and mentally, I’m so strong after those days, and I’m more than ready for everything.”

Now in the best shape of his life, Gogoladze looks ahead to his fight with former champion, Ion Surdu. He knows just what’s at stake in this fight and is ready to come take it.

“He’s technically undefeated in the title fights and he lost the belt outside the cage,” Gogoladze said. “So we’re gonna see how how everything goes and also I’m more than ready and more than sure that this is gonna be a number one contender fight. If I win this fight and it goes to the championship fight.”

You can catch his bout against Surdu on the Oktagon 86 main card. The fight card begins at 12:00pm EST and airs on Oktagon.tv this Saturday.

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The main event saw a “stand and bang” (read: no grappling) rules fight between Polish star Michal Materla and Germany’s Christian Jungwirth. Also in action, former KSW champ Tomasz Narkun (taking on veteran Alexander Poppeck in the co-main event), and ex-Oktagon welterweight champion Ion Surdu.

After losing his title at the scale last fall, Surdu was looking to work his way back to another championship opportunity against Amiran Gogoladze, a fight that had been in the works several times before.

Where to Watch Oktagon 86

Saturday, April 11, 2026 sees Oktagon MMA in action at the Enea Arena in Szczecin, Poland. Oktagon 86 streams live via Oktagon.tv; full results can be found below. The action gets underway at 11:30AM ET, 8:30AM PT.

Oktagon 86: Materla vs. Jungwirth Results

Main Card

Michał Materla def. Christian Jungwirth by unanimous decision (48-46, 49-45, 48-46) – stand and bang rules
Alexander Poppeck def. Tomasz Narkun by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Amiran Gogoladze def. Ion Surdu by KO, Round 1, 2:34
Mateusz Janur def. Robin Roos by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Michał Piwowarski def. Timo Feucht by TKO, Round 2, 3:57
Henrique Madureira def. Jonatan Kujawa by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 30-26)

Preliminary Card

Jan Stanovský def. Łukasz Rajewski by TKO (elbows), Round 2, 4:16
Kacper Frątczak def. Zoran Solaja by TKO, Round 3, 2:39
Natan Niewiadomski def. Patrick Spirk by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 3:08
Lukáš Chotěnovský def. Michał Hawro by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 3, 4:14
Niamh Kinehan def. Emilia Czerwińska by TKO, Round 3, 4:48

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The fight has been booked before, and as former champ Surdu told Cageside Press recently, “a few times we had a chance, but unfortunately, the fight didn’t work so now is the third one. Hopefully we’ll be all good until the fight.”

Asked if he had any trepidation about the fight falling through once again, Surdu (17-7) admitted that “our business is a hard business. Until the last day, you can be good but on the last day you can do something or you can have some problem unfortunately. I hope that it will be all good with my opponent, with me, and finally we will meet each other in the cage. But at the same time if something happens, I’m ready for all [comers].”

Surdu never lost his welterweight title in a fight, instead, he lost the belt on the scales, missing weight back in November. What happened after that loss sheds some light on why the mishap occurred in the first place.

“After that I went for a blood test, I did tests on my body and unfortunately there was bacteria in my body. Because of this bacteria, my kidneys were blocked and I couldn’t do my weight, so for that [reason] I missed the weight.”

Clearing the bacteria from his body and making a few changes in camp has Surdu back on target for the welterweight division. And despite having gone up to middleweight before, he never considered another move up.

The day or so between losing his title and actually fighting (and defeating) Andrej Kalašnik last November, meanwhile, was a tumultuous one.

“It was a crazy, crazy 24 hours. I [missed] the weight, there was a chance to not fight, because 3 and a half kilos, it was a lot, and much respect to Kalašnik that he accepted the fight,” stated Surdu. “Of course I gave him 50% of my purse but yeah, he accepted the fight. I did a few things from doctors and I got back. Mindset, I can say I have one of the best mindsets in the game because I know what I can do. When people say that I can’t do something, for me it’s the best motivation.”

“At the same time when I step into the arena, when I walk into the cage, all the people were hating me. It was a crazy, crazy atmosphere. First time in my life, 60% of the highlights were on me but for me, it was the best. Because under pressure, I’m good.”

In fact, under pressure is exactly where Ion Surdu wants to be. “When it’s the biggest pressure of my life, I’m good. So I love to be under pressure, and you can see that in my last fight, in my performance.”

Watch our full interview with Oktagon 86’s Ion Surdu above. The event takes place on Saturday, April 11, 2026 in Szczecin, Poland.

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As announced by Oktagon MMA on Sunday, Zhumagulov (19-9) will move up to bantamweight to face Igor Severino (10-1) at Oktagon 89 on June 6, 2026, with Severino’s bantamweight championship on the line.

It’s an impressive turn from Zhumagulov, who has won five fights since exiting the UFC on a four fight skid that included three consecutive split decision losses to names like Joshua Van and Charles “Inner G” Johnson.

The former FNG flyweight champ, hailing from Kazakhstan, defended his Oktagon title against UFC vet David Dvorak in his last outing.

He gets another UFC alum in Severino, who defeated Khurshed Kakhorov last month to claim Oktagon’s previously vacant bantamweight title. Severino was previously best known for a biting incident in the UFC which saw him lose to Andre Lima by DQ. The Brazilian has leaned into the controversy, which saw him cut by the organization, and now bills himself as “The Hannibal.”

The Contender Series winner is 2-0 in Oktagon MMA to date.

Oktagon 89 takes place at the Tipos Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia on June 6, 2026 and also features a heavyweight showdown between former title challengers Martin Buday and Lazar Todev.

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In an announcement issued via press release, promotion officials have revealed that former UFC heavyweight Martin Buday (16-3) will take on ex-Oktagon title challenger Lazar Todev (13-7) at Oktagon 89.

The event takes place on June 6, 2026 at the Tipos Aréna in Bratislava, Slovakia.

After exiting the UFC on a three-fight win streak that included victories over ex-champ Andre Arlovski and jiu-jitsu champion Buchecha, Buday made his Oktagon debut in a title fight against double-champ (light heavyweight and heavyweight) Will Fleury. That turned into a disastrous night for the 34-year old Slovakian, as he was finished on the feet in under two minutes.

Bulgaria’s Todev also suffered a setback in a title fight with Fleury last year. After a wild turn of events ahead of a scheduled title fight with then-champ Hatif Moeil, Todev found himself facing Fleury for gold. That, after Moeil abruptly left the promotion after being fined for starting a brawl at a press conference.

Todev came up short against Fleury, losing a decision last March. He’s since bounced back with victories over a pair of UFC veterans however: Luis Henrique and Josh Parisian (in what turned out to be Parisian’s retirement fight).

A third victory over a UFC alum, and a recent fellow title challenger, would almost certainly land Todev another crack at Fleury.

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Oktagon MMA middleweight champ Kerim Engizek (24-5) will put his title on the line against Krzysztof Jotko (29-6, 1NC) at Oktagon 91 on July 11, 2026. The event takes place at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.

News of the booking was announced via press release on Wednesday. The fight is an immediate rematch of the Tipsport Gamechanger Middleweight tournament finale this past January, which saw UFC vet Jotko submit Engizek in the opening round.

Jotko claimed €300,000 in prize money with the win, but what he did not claim was Engizek’s middleweight title, as it was not on the line. Now, Jotko can claim the glory alongside the gold as he looks to extend a five-fight win streak.

During his UFC run, Poland’s Jotko posted an 11-6 record, exiting the promotion off a single loss against Brendan Allen in 2022. He’d then move to the PFL, losing to future Oktagon champ Will Fleury, only for the result to be changed to a No Contest when Fleury failed a pre-fight drug test.

With that in mind, Jotko’s only losses in his last 12 fights, discounting the No Contest, have come to Allen and former UFC middleweight champ Sean Strickland.

Turkey’s Engizek is 6-1 under the Oktagon MMA banner, with the lone loss coming to Jotko. He defeated Patrik Kincl in his second fight with the promotion to capture the Oktagon MMA 185lb title.

Engizek fights out of Düsseldorf, Germany and will be looking to avenge a loss suffered in front of his fans at home back in January.

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Khurshed “Killer” Kakhorov and Igor “The Hannibal” Severino will face off for the promotion’s vacant bantamweight title, with Severino’s nickname a nod to his infamous biting incident in the UFC. While it really should be “Hannibal the Cannibal,” there might be a little copyright infringement on that one. Or perhaps just “The Cannibal,” but Alexandre Pantoja has laid claim to that.

Regardless, one of these men is set to leave Hamburg as a newly crowned champion.

UFC veteran Stephanie Egger missed weight for Saturday’s card, but her bout with Veronika Smolková moves forward at a catchweight.

Where to Watch Oktagon 85

Oktagon 85 takes place on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The action streams live via Oktagon.tv; full results can be found below.

Oktagon 85: Severino vs. Kakhorov Results

Main Card

Igor Severino def. Khurshed Kakhorov via R2 TKO, 1:38 — for the vacant Oktagon MMA bantamweight championship
Christian Eckerlin def. Matouš Kohout via Unanimous Decision
Raul Lemberanskij def. Ali Gündüz via Split Decision
Deniz Ilbay def. Adrian Hamerski via Unanimous Decision
Olutobi Kalejaiye def. Ruben Wolf via R2 KO, 3:20
Tyrone Pfeifer def. Marek Bartl via R3 TKO, 3:12

Preliminary Card

Abdullah Sultani def. Mohammed Walid via Unanimous Decision
Denis Frimpong def. Tomáš Cigánik via Unanimous Decision
Veronika Smolková def. Stephanie Egger via R1 TKO, 2:34
Matheus Severino def. Shawn Marcos da Silva via Unanimous Decision
Michael Obodozie def. Sebastian Horvath via R1 KO, 1:53

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Slovakia’s Paradeiser was looking to claim a second title in the promotion, after the former lightweight champ made the move up to 170lbs last year. Brito, himself a former champ, was looking to reclaim his old title, which he vacated prior to a failed shot on the Contender Series in 2023.

In the co-main event, former welterweight champ David Kozama looked to snap a three-fight skid when he took on Jozef Wittner, a PFL alum returning to the promotion for the first time since Oktagon 18 in 2020.

Where to Watch Oktagon 84

Saturday, February 14, 2026 found Oktagon MMA at the Ostravar Aréna in Ostrava, Czech Republic for Oktagon 84. The action gets underway at 11:30AM ET, 8:30AM PT. Full results from the event can be found below. It all streams live via Oktagon.tv.

Oktagon 84: Paradeiser vs. Brito Results

Main Card

Kaik Brito def. Ronald Paradeiser by TKO, Round 3, 1:18 – for the vacant Oktagon MMA welterweight championship
David Kozma def. Jozef Wittner by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Fedor Duric def. Tomáš Mudroch by TKO (punches), Round 2, 3:15
Jakub Batfalský def. Eugen Black-Dell by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Hafeni Nafuka def. Matěj Kuzník by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 2, 4:54

Preliminary Card

František Fodor def. Jan Široký by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Brajan Przysiwek def. Vašek Klimša by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Endrit Brajshori def. Petr Bartoněk by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 0:55
Daniel Schordje def. Lukáš Závičák by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Oskar Staszczak def. Adam Havran by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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The title currently sits vacant.

Slovakia’s Paradeiser (23-9) is now a veteran of the sport as well as a veteran of Oktagon MMA, Europe’s leading MMA promotion, with 22 fights under their banner to date. The 23rd will be the biggest, and not just in the sense that your next fight is always your biggest. After earning lightweight gold in 2023, Paradeiser made his return to 170lbs last year, and will now look to claim the title in his new home at welterweight.

Ahead of this Oktagon 84 main event, Paradeiser took time to answer some questions for Cageside Press as he looks to make history in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

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