2025 in Oktagon MMA

2025 in Oktagon MMA
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First date	February 1, 2025
Events
Fights
Chronology
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The year 2025 is the 9th year in the history of the Oktagon MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

List of events

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location
1	Oktagon 66: Engizek vs. Oniszczuk	February 1, 2025	PSD Bank Dome	Düsseldorf, Germany
2	Oktagon 67: Creasey vs. Adamia	February 23, 2025	Werk Arena	Třinec, Czech Republic
3	Oktagon 68: Todev vs. Fleury	March 9, 2025	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	Stuttgart, Germany
4	Oktagon 69	April 5, 2025	Westfalenhallen	Dortmund, Germany
5	Oktagon 70	April 26, 2025	KV Arena	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
6	Oktagon 71	May 17, 2025	BMW Park	Munich, Germany
7	Oktagon 72: Vémola vs. Végh 3	June 14, 2025	Fortuna Arena	Prague, Czech Republic
8	Oktagon 73	June 28, 2025	TBA	Hamburg, Germany
9	Oktagon	September 6, 2025	TBA	Ostrava, Czech Republic
10	Oktagon	September 20, 2025	TBA	Frankfurt, Germany
11	Oktagon	October 4, 2025	TBA	Bratislava, Slovakia
12	Oktagon	October 18, 2025	TBA	Cologne, Germany
13	Oktagon	November 1, 2025	TBA	Brno, Czech Republic
14	Oktagon	November 22, 2025	TBA	Munich, Germany
15	Oktagon	December 29, 2025	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Republic

Oktagon Middleweight Tournament

Background

On December 18, 2024, it was announced that a Tipsport Gamechanger 3 will take place in 2025, for the middleweight division. On same day, the promotion revealed first two fighters taking part in the tournament includes a current Oktagon Middleweight Champion Kerim Engizek and David Zawada. ^[1] In the two weeks later, the promotion's has officially released the lineup includes Marek Mazúch, Miloš Petrášek, Vlasto Čepo, Samuel Krištofič, Ion Surdu, Andreas Michailidis, Mark Hulme, Matěj Peňáz, Mick Stanton, Piotr Wawrzyniak, Anthony Salamone and Krzysztof Jotko will complete in the tournament. The tournament kicked off at Oktagon 66 on February 1. ^[2]

Tournament brackets

Opening round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Matěj Peňáz

TKO

David Zawada

1

Matěj Peňáz

Ion Surdu

Krzysztof Jotko

Vlasto Čepo

Erhan Kartal

Piotr Wawrzyniak

Marek Mazúch

Miloš Petrášek

Mick Stanton

Samuel Krištofič

Wild card (TBC)

Andreas Michailidis

Mark Hulme

Kerim Engizek

Kerim Engizek

UD

Kamil Oniszczuk [a]

3

1. Engizek was originally scheduled to face Anthony Salamone, but Salamone was forced to pulled out due to respective doping violations and was replaced by Kamil Oniszczuk.

Oktagon 66: Engizek vs. Oniszczuk

Oktagon 66: Engizek vs. Oniszczuk
Promotion	Oktagon MMA
Date	February 1, 2025
Venue	PSD Bank Dome
City	Düsseldorf, Germany

Oktagon 66: Engizek vs. Oniszczuk was a mixed martial arts event held by Oktagon MMA on February 1, 2025, in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Background

The first round of Oktagon Middleweight Tournament between the current Oktagon Middleweight Champion Kerim Engizek and Anthony Salamone was expected to headline the event. While, the event took place the first round middleweight tournament between Matěj Peňáz and David Zawada. ^[3]

However, Salamone and Damien Lapilus were removed from the event due to two fighters respective doping violations and subsequent suspensions by the French Anti-Doping Agency. ^[4] As a results, Lapilus opponent Lom-Ali Eskiev faced Wanderley Junior instead. ^[5] Engizek faced Kamil Oniszczuk, who scheduled to face Hojat Khajevand at this event. ^[6] Khajevand completed at this event against Kennedy Rayomba instead. ^[7]

Results

Main card (Oktagon.tv)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Kerim Engizek	def.	Kamil Oniszczuk	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00	[a]
Lightweight	Lom-Ali Eskiev	def.	Wanderley Junior	TKO (punches)	2	4:45
Middleweight	Matěj Peňáz	def.	David Zawada	TKO (knee and punches)	1	4:42	[b]
Featherweight	Deniz Ilbay	def.	Vladimír Lengál	TKO (punches)	1	0:33	[c]
Welterweight	Cihad Akipa	def.	Matouš Kohout	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Hojat Khajevand	def.	Kennedy Rayomba	KO (punches)	1	2:12	[d]
Preliminary card (Oktagon.tv)
Lightweight	Daniel Solaja	def.	Raphael Federico	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Emir-Can Al	def.	Viktor Kováč	TKO (punches)	1	3:47
Catchweight (176 lb)	Tamerlan Dulatov	def.	Ghith Ighzawi	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:16
Welterweight	Zoran Solaja	def.	Lukáš Eliáš	TKO (punches)	1	1:34
Free Prelims (YouTube)
Women's Bantamweight	Danielle Misteli	def.	Sara Luzar-Smajić	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:30

1. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Round of 16.
2. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Round of 16.
3. Lengál missed weight (148.3 lb).
4. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Reserve bout; Rayomba missed weight (187 lb).

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Oktagon 67: Creasey vs. Adamia

Oktagon 67: Creasey vs. Adamia
Promotion	Oktagon MMA
Date	February 22, 2025
Venue	Werk Arena
City	Třinec, Czech Republic

Oktagon 67: Creasey vs. Adamia is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by Oktagon MMA on February 22, 2025, in Třinec, Czech Republic.

Background

A Oktagon Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Sam Creasey and Beno Adamia is expected to headline the event. ^[9]

The three of eight opening rounds of Oktagon Middleweight Tournament is expected to take place at the event. ^[3] However, the match between Piotr Wawrzyniak and Marek Mazúch was moved to Oktagon 70 due to Mazúch injury. ^[10]

Fight card

Main card (DAZN)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Sam Creasey (c)	vs.	Beno Adamia				[a]
Welterweight	David Kozma	vs.	Robert Pukač
Middleweight	Miloš Petrášek	vs.	Mick Stanton				[b]
Middleweight	Andreas Michailidis	vs.	Mark Hulme				[c]
Middleweight	Milan Ďatelinka	vs.	Jaime Cordero				[d]
Light Heavyweight	Daniel Škvor	vs.	Antonio Zovak
Featherweight	Niko Samsonidse	vs.	Édgar Delgado Jimenez
Catchweight (159 lb)	Tomáš Mudroch	vs.	Petru Buzdugan
Middleweight	Daniel Ligocki	vs.	Dominic Schober
Women's Bantamweight	Lucia Szabová	vs.	Kalindra Faria
Women's Flyweight	Veronika Smolková	vs.	Aitana Álvarez

1. For the Oktagon Flyweight Championship.
2. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Round of 16.
3. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Round of 16.
4. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Reserve bout.

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Oktagon 68: Todev vs. Fleury

Oktagon 68: Todev vs. Fleury
Promotion	Oktagon MMA
Date	March 8, 2025
Venue	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
City	Stuttgart, Germany

Oktagon 68: Todev vs. Fleury is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by Oktagon MMA on March 8, 2025, in Stuttgart, Germany.

Background

A Oktagon Heavyweight Championship bout for the vacant title between the current Light Heavyweight Champion Will Fleury and Lazar Todev is scheduled to headline the event. ^[12]

A welterweight bout between Christian Jungwirth and Marek Bartl is expected to serve as co-main the event. ^[13]

A welterweight bout between Niklas Stolze and Jessin Ayari was scheduled for this event. However, Stolze withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Andreas Stahl. ^[14]

Fight card

Main card (Oktagon.tv)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Will Fleury	vs.	Lazar Todev				[a]
Middleweight	Makhmud Muradov	vs.	Joilton Lutterbach
Welterweight	Christian Jungwirth	vs.	Marek Bartl
Middleweight	Daniel Schwindt	vs.	Radovan Úškrt
Welterweight	Jessin Ayari	vs.	Andreas Stahl
Lightweight	Robin Frank	vs.	Denis Frimpong
Catchweight (163 lb)	Alan Omer	vs.	Łukasz Kopera

1. For the vacant Oktagon Heavyweight Championship.

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Oktagon 69

Oktagon 69
Promotion	Oktagon MMA
Date	April 5, 2025
Venue	Westfalenhallen
City	Dortmund, Germany

Oktagon 69 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by Oktagon MMA on April 5, 2025, in Dortmund, Germany.

Fight card

Main card (Oktagon.tv)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Max Holzer	vs.	Deniz Ilbay
Welterweight	Uwe Schüder	vs.	Ediz Tasci
Flyweight	Aaron Aby	vs.	Mohammed Walid
Welterweight	Wahed Nazhand	vs.	TBA
Featherweight	Khalid Taha	vs.	TBA
Featherweight	Karol Ryšavý	vs.	Eugen Black-Dell
Featherweight	Gjoni Palokaj	vs.	Marco Novák
Featherweight	Jakub Dohnal	vs.	TBA
Lightweight	Fedor Duric	vs.	TBA

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Oktagon 70

Oktagon 70
Promotion	Oktagon MMA
Date	April 26, 2025
Venue	KV Arena
City	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Oktagon 70 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by Oktagon MMA on April 26, 2025, in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

Background

The event will mark the promotion's first visit to Karlovy Vary.

A Oktagon Bantamweight Championship bout between Igor Severino and Jack Cartwright is scheduled to headline the event. ^[17]

The latest three bout opening rounds of Oktagon Middleweight Tournament is expected to take place at the event. ^[3]

Fight card

Main card (DAZN)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Igor Severino	vs.	Jack Cartwright				[a]
Middleweight	Samuel Krištofič	vs.	TBA				[b]
Middleweight	Vlasto Čepo	vs.	Erhan Kartal				[c]
Middleweight	Ion Surdu	vs.	Krzysztof Jotko				[d]
Middleweight	Piotr Wawrzyniak	vs.	Marek Mazúch				[e]
Welterweight	Andrej Kalašnik	vs.	Máté Kertész
Women's Strawweight	Katharina Dalisda	vs.	TBA
Middleweight	Łukasz Siwiec	vs.	Hojat Khajevand				[f]

1. For the vacant Oktagon Bantamweight Championship.
2. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Round of 16.
3. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Round of 16.
4. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Round of 16.
5. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Round of 16.
6. Oktagon Middleweight Tournament Reserve bout.

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Oktagon 71

Oktagon 71
Promotion	Oktagon MMA
Date	May 17, 2025
Venue	BMW Park
City	Munich, Germany

Oktagon 71 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by Oktagon MMA on May 17, 2025, in Munich, Germany.

Fight card

Main card (Oktagon.tv)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Alexander Poppeck	vs.	Pavol Langer
Lightweight	Lom-Ali Eskiev	vs.	Shem Rock
Heavyweight	Patrick Vespaziani	vs.	TBA
Lightweight	Gökhan Aksu	vs.	TBA

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Oktagon 72: Vémola vs. Végh 3

Oktagon 72: Vémola vs. Végh 3
Promotion	Oktagon MMA
Date	June 14, 2025
Venue	Fortuna Arena
City	Prague, Czech Republic

Oktagon 72: Vémola vs. Végh 3 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by Oktagon MMA on June 14, 2025, in Prague, Czech Republic.

Background

The event will mark the promotion's second held in Fortuna Arena and first since Oktagon 58 in June 2024. ^[20]

A light heavyweight trilogy between former Oktagon Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion Karlos Vémola and Attila Végh is scheduled to headline the event. ^[21]

Fight card

Main card (DAZN)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Karlos Vémola	vs.	Attila Végh

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See also

• List of current Oktagon MMA fighters
• 2025 in UFC
• 2025 in ONE Championship
• 2025 in Professional Fighters League
• 2025 in Cage Warriors
• 2025 in Absolute Championship Akhmat
• 2025 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
• 2025 in Legacy Fighting Alliance
• 2025 in Rizin Fighting Federation
• 2025 in Brave Combat Federation
• 2025 in UAE Warriors

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