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OKTAGON MMA

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 in Oktagon MMA
Sport	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Founder	Ondřej Novotný Pavol Neruda
Owner(s)	Private
Countries	Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, United Kingdom
Headquarters	Prague, Czech Republic
Official website	oktagonmma.com/en/

OKTAGON MMA (short: OKTAGON) is one of the leading mixed martial arts (MMA) organizations in Europe^[1]. It is the only promotion on the continent to regularly stage events across four different countries, selling out the biggest arenas in these territories. Their athletes are well-known sports stars in the region and have helped MMA reach mainstream status across Europe. The promotion has gained international plaudits for showcasing high level talent, for utilising captivating storytelling to get fans invested in the events and for producing an incredible live experience.

The company was founded by Ondřej Novotný and Pavol Neruda in 2016 and the pair still own it today^[2]. OKTAGON MMA produces events that showcase 11 weight divisions (eight mens and three womens) and adheres to the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts^[3]. As of April 2024, it has around 200 professional fighters under contract and it has held 70 events.

The organization was created in 2016 and was originally based in the Czech Republic/Slovakia when it started filming the reality show OKTAGON Challenge in which 8 fighters (4 from the Czech Republic and 4 from Slovakia) fought in a TV series similar to the reality show ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ for a contract with the organization and €10,000^[4]. However, the 'challenges' which the participants completed in - away from the sports world they were familiar with - was a unique aspect of the show. The inaugural season of OKTAGON Challenge culminated on December 10, 2016 at the first- ever OKTAGON 1 tournament, which took place in Prague's Sports Hall Královka. The final of the first series was won by the Slovak fighter cz:Gábor Boráros^[5].

On July 28, 2018, the organization held an event for the second time at Prague's Štvanice Stadium, named OKTAGON 7. In the main match of this tournament, Michal Martínek faced Daniel Dittrich for the heavyweight title in the organization's first ever title fight. In the third round, Martínek defeated Dittrich via TKO and became the first ever OKTAGON MMA champion^[6].

At the pre-season press conference OKTAGON Prime Time on February 11, 2019, the organization presented the signing of Czech superstar, Karlos Vémola, and announced that at the end of the year he would fight with former Bellator MMA champion, Attila Végh, in the Czechoslovakian ‘Fight of the Century’^[7].

Later that year on November 9, 2019, at OKTAGON 15 inside O2 Arena, Prague, Attila Végh knocked out Vemola in 2 minutes in an event that set an all-time attendance record for MMA in the country. During the co-main event of the evening, Michal Martinek defended his title against Viktor Pešta via TKO^[8].

On June 4, 2022, OKTAGON MMA staged its first event outside the Czech Republic and Slovakia, inside the sold out Festhalle, Frankfurt in Germany. Losene Keita knocked out Ivan Buchinger in 3 minutes to win the lightweight title in the night’s headliner^[9].

OKTAGON MMA entered the English market for the very first time in November 2023, spearheaded by a broadcast deal with Channel 4 which aired OKTAGON Challenge 7: England vs Ireland, "Stage to the Cage"; and all OKTAGON MMA live events. The OKTAGON Challenge 7: England vs. Ireland final and the "Stage to the Cage" finale featuring Jake Quickenden and Paul Smith both took place at OKTAGON 48 inside AO Arena, Manchester^[10].

Despite only being established in Germany for less than two years, OKTAGON MMA has already held a total of 9 events in the country and is very popular with fans. On March 23, 2024, during the OKTAGON 55 event in Stuttgart, there was an announcement about a massive stadium event, OKTAGON 61, which will take place on October 12 in front of 55,000 people at Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt. As a result of this, OKTAGON MMA will become the only European MMA promotion in history to host two football stadium shows in a year with a combined 90,000 fans anticipated to be in attendance^[11].

OKTAGON MMA cooperates with several different organizations such as FABRIQ MMA, Professional Muay Thai League (PML) and Fight Night Challenges (FNC). They exchange fighters with their promotions and the events are broadcast on OKTAGON-owned streaming platform, OKTAGON TV.

OKTAGON TV is a subscription-based video streaming platform owned by OKTAGON MMA. It showcases live mixed martial arts, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and submission grappling events. OKTAGON TV includes a library of previous OKTAGON MMA events and also features other organizations that cooperate with OKTAGON MMA such as FABRIQ MMA, Professional Muay Thai League (PML), Fight Night Challenges (FNC) and many more^[12].

OKTAGON Challenge is a TV show in which 8 fighters (4 from one country and 4 from another country) gets a chance to get a professional contract with the organization and €10,000^[13].

Name	Event	Winner	Runner-up
OKTAGON Challenge I	OKTAGON 1 Královka Arena, Prague, Czech Rep.	Gábor Boráros	Jakub Běle
OKTAGON Challenge II	OKTAGON 4 HANT aréna, Bratislava, Slovakia	Samuel Krištofič	Radovan Úškrt
OKTAGON Challenge III	OKTAGON 10 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Rep.	Karol Ryšavý	Jakub Dohnal
OKTAGON Challenge IV	OKTAGON 18 Zoner Bobbyhall, Brno, Czech Rep.	Lucia Szabová	Sandra Mašková
OKTAGON Challenge V	OKTAGON 20 Zoner Bobbyhall, Brno, Czech Rep.	Roman Paulus	Tomáš Zajac
OKTAGON Challenge VI: Germany	OKTAGON 33 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany	Selim Topuz	Hassan Shaaban
OKTAGON Challenge VII: England vs Ireland	OKTAGON 48 AO Arena, Manchester, England	George Staines	Denis Frimpong

During the COVID-19 pandemic, OKTAGON MMA came up with the OKTAGON Undreground project which included a series of 7 tournaments in which male and female fighters competed in several weight classes under modified rules. These were exclusively stand up bouts but the fight could be moved to the ground with a takedown. After 3 seconds of active control, the takedown was recognized as successful, and the fight returned to the feet. Submissions were also allowed^[14][15].

OKTAGON Underground 7: Super Final
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Catchweight 60 kg	Tereza Bledá	def.	Lucia Szabová	Decision (Unanimous)	3	9:00	Tournament Championship
Catchweight 80 kg	Matouš Kohout	def.	Ronald Paradeiser	Decision (Unanimous)	3	9:00	Tournament Championship
Lightweight 70 kg	Tadeáš Růžička	def.	Marco Novák	KO/TKO (Punches)	1	1:55	Tournament Championship
Catchweight 100 kg	Daniel Škvor	def.	Ivan Bartek	TKO (Punches)	1	2:58	Tournament Championship

"Stage to the Cage" was a groundbreaking OKTAGON MMA project for entering the UK and Irish market. It was a 12-episode TV series that followed UK reality star, Jake Quickenden, and stand-up comedian, Paul Smith, in their 10-month long journey to becoming MMA fighters. The show was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK, DAZN and OKTAGON.TV. The project concluded on November 4th 2023 at OKTAGON 48 in Manchester when fans inside the AO Arena watched Jake Quickenden and Paul Smith make their professional MMA debuts under full unified rules. Quickenden got the best of Smith early on before securing a TKO victory^[16].

The €1 million Tipsport Gamechanger is the biggest project in the history of OKTAGON MMA as well as the most financially rewarding MMA tournament that Europe has ever seen. A total of 16 fighters in the welterweight division (77.1 kg in 2023) and lightweight division (70.3 kg in 2024) faced each other in an elimination pyramid. A €1 million prize pot is divided among the sixteen fighters with the overall winner receiving €300,000. The losing finalist receives €130,000, the losing semi-finalists receive €80,000, the losing quarter-finalists receive €40,000 and the opening round losers receive €15,000. Following each round, fans get their chance to vote for a ‘Lucky Loser’ who then gets the chance to fight in a reserve bout with the possibility of later re-entering the bracket. Due to attracting the best talent in a particular weight class across the continent, the project is also known as the European MMA Champions League^[17].

Round of 16 OKTAGON 40

Quarter Finals OKTAGON 43 OKTAGON 44

Semi Finals OKTAGON 46

Final OKTAGON 51

Andreas Michailidis

DEC

Leandro Silva

3r.

Andreas Michailidis

SUB

Marcel Grabinski

2r.

Maté Kertész

1r.

Marcel Grabinski

KO

Andreas Michailidis

KO

Louis Glismann

1r.

Andrej Kalašnik

3r.

Louis Glismann

DEC

Louis Glismann

SUB

Melvin Van Suijdam

1r.

Radovan Uškrt

3r.

Melvin Van Suijdam

DEC

Andreas Michailidis

3r.

Bojan Veličković

SUB

Bojan Veličković

SUB

Ion Surdu

1r.

Bojan Veličković

DEC

Christian Jungwirth

3r.

Christian Jungwirth

DEC

Tato Primera

3r.

Bojan Veličković

TKO

David Kozma

1r.

Samuel Krištofič

3r.

Alex Lohore

DEC

Alex Lohore

3r.

David Kozma

DEC

David Kozma

DEC

Lukasz Siwiec

3r.

Round of 16 OKTAGON 54

Quarter Finals OKTAGON 58 OKTAGON 59

Semi Finals TBA

Final TBA

Akonne Wanliss

KO

Sahil Siraj

1r.

Akonne Wanliss

3r.

Mateusz Legierski

DEC

Mateusz Legierski

SUB

Matouš Kohout

1r.

Mateusz Legierski

TBD

Losene Keita

DEC

Agy Sardari

3r.

Losene Keita

Predrag Bogdanović

Hafeni Nafuka

3r.

Predrag Bogdanović

DEC

TBD

TBD

Makwan Amirkhani

3r.

Mago Machaev

KO

Mago Machaev

3r.

Acoidan Duque

DEC

Marcel Grabinski

3r.

Acoidan Duque

DEC

Acoidan Duque

TBD

Daniel Torres

DEC

Vladimir Lengal

3r.

Daniel Torres

Ronald Paradesier

Atilla Korkmaz

3r.

Ronald Paradeiser

DEC

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance	Ref.
74	OKTAGON 59: Summer Party	July 20, 2024	Peugeot Arena	Bratislava, Slovakia		[18]
75	OKTAGON 60	September 7, 2024	Rudolf Weber-Arena	Oberhausen, Germany		[19]
76	OKTAGON 61	September 21, 2024	Winning Group Arena	Brno, Czech Republic		[20]
77	OKTAGON 62: Bigger than ever	October 12, 2024	Deutsche Bank Park	Frankfurt, Germany		[21]
78	OKTAGON 63	November 2024	TBA	TBA
79	OKTAGON 64	December 2024	TBA	TBA
80	OKTAGON 65	December 29, 2024	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.		[22]

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance	Ref.
1	OKTAGON 1: OKTAGON Challenge 1 Final	December 10, 2016	Královka Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	2 000	[23]
2	OKTAGON 2	April 7, 2017	HANT Aréna	Bratislava, Slovakia	2 500	[24]
3	OKTAGON 3: Open Air	July 29, 2017	Central Tennis Court Štvanice	Prague, Czech Rep.	2 500	[25]
4	OKTAGON 4: OKTAGON Challenge 2 Final	November 12, 2017	HANT arena	Bratislava, Slovakia	4 500	[26]
5	OKTAGON 5	March 17, 2017	Winter stadium Ostrava Poruba	Ostrava, Czech Rep.	5 000	[27]
6	OKTAGON 6: The Rematch	May 26, 2018	Steel arena,	Košice, Slovakia	3 000	[28]
7	OKTAGON 7	July 28, 2018	Central Tennis Court Štvanice	Prague, Czech Rep.	7 000	[29]
8	OKTAGON 8	July 25, 2018	Hotel Imperial	Karlovy Vary, Czech Rep.	200
9	OKTAGON 9	September 15, 2018	Ondrej Nepela Arena	Bratislava, Slovakia	8 000	[30]
10	OKTAGON 10	November 17, 2018	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	10 500	[31]
11	OKTAGON 11	March 16, 2019	Ostravar Arena	Ostrava, Czech Rep.	10 500	[32]
12	OKTAGON Prime 1	April 26, 2019	Crow arena	Košice, Slovakia	2 000	[33]
13	OKTAGON 12	June 08, 2019	Ondrej Nepela Arena	Bratislava, Slovakia	10 000	[34]
14	OKTAGON 13	July 27, 2019	Central Tennis Court Štvanice	Prague, Czech Rep.	7 000	[35]
15	OKTAGON 14: Bitva o trúny	September 14, 2019	Ondrej Nepela Arena	Bratislava, Slovakia	8 500	[36]
16	OKTAGON Prime 2	October 25, 2019	Crow arena	Košice, Slovakia	2 500	[37]
17	OKTAGON 15: Végh vs. Vémola	November 09, 2019	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	19 500	[38]
18	OKTAGON Prime 3: Štrbák vs. Legierski	February 15, 2020	X-Bionic Sphere,	Šamorín, Slovakia	3 200	[39]
19	OKTAGON Underground 1	May 16, 2020	Reinders MMA Gym	Prague, Czech Rep.	—	[40]
20	OKTAGON Underground 2	May 23, 2020	OFA Bratislava	Bratislava, Slovakia	—	[41]
21	OKTAGON Underground 3	May 30, 2020	Reinders MMA Gym	Prague, Czech Rep.	—	[42]
22	OKTAGON Underground 4	June 06, 2020	OFA Bratislava	Bratislava, Slovakia	—	[43]
23	OKTAGON Underground 5	June 13, 2020	Reinders MMA Gym	Prague, Czech Rep.	—	[44]
24	OKTAGON Underground 6	June 20, 2020	OFA Bratislava	Bratislava, Slovakia	—	[45]
25	OKTAGON Underground 7: Super Final	July 04, 2020	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	1 200 *	[46]
26	OKTAGON 16: Ryšavý vs Paradeiser	September 26, 2020	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	1 000 *	[47]
27	OKTAGON 17	October 17, 2020	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[48]
28	OKTAGON 18	November 21, 2020	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[49]
29	OKTAGON 19	December 05, 2020	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[50]
30	OKTAGON 20	December 30, 2020	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[51]
31	OKTAGON 21	January 30, 2021	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[52]
32	OKTAGON Underground: Last Man Standing	February 27, 2021	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[53]
33	OKTAGON 22	March 27, 2021	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[54]
34	OKTAGON 23	May 01, 2021	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[55]
35	OKTAGON 24	May 29, 2021	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[56]
36	OKTAGON 25	June 19, 2021	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	—	[57]
37	OKTAGON 26	July 24, 2021	Central Tennis Court Štvanice	Prague, Czech Rep.	5 000 *	[58]
38	OKTAGON 27	September 11, 2021	Ondrej Nepela Arena	Bratislava, Slovakia	8 500	[59]
39	OKTAGON 28	September 25, 2021	O₂ universum	Prague, Czech Rep.	3 000 *	[60]
40	OKTAGON Prime 4	November 06, 2021	Enteria arena	Pardubice, Czech Rep.	5 000 *	[61]
41	OKTAGON 29	December 04, 2021	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	1 000 *	[62]
42	OKTAGON 30	December 30, 2021	Zoner Bobyhall	Brno, Czech Rep.	1 000 *	[63]
43	OKTAGON 31	February 26, 2022	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	10 000 *	[64]
44	OKTAGON Prime 5	March 26, 2022	X-Bionic Sphere	Šamorín, Slovakia	3 500	[65]
45	OKTAGON 32	April 09, 2022	Ostravar Arena	Ostrava, Czech Rep.	11 000	[66]
46	OKTAGON Underground	May 21, 2022	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	18 000	[67]
47	OKTAGON 33	June 04, 2022	Festhalle	Frankfurt, Germany	9 000	[68]
48	OKTAGON 34	July 23, 2022	Central Tennis Court Štvanice	Prague, Czech Rep.	7 000	[69]
49	OKTAGON 35: Kincl vs Lohore	September 17, 2022	Winning Group Arena	Brno, Czech Rep.	8 000	[70]
50	OKTAGON 36: Eckerlin vs Neves 2	October 15, 2022	Festhalle	Frankfurt, Germany	9 000	[71]
51	OKTAGON 37: Kozma vs Brito	December 03, 2022	Ostravar Arena	Ostrava, Czech Rep.	10 000	[72]
52	OKTAGON 38: Macek vs Lopez	December 30, 2022	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	18 000	[73]
53	OKTAGON 39: Jungwirth vs Neves	February 11, 2023	Audi Dome	Munchen, Germany	7 000	[74]
54	OKTAGON 40: Tipsport Gamechanger Round of 16	March 04, 2023	Ostravar Arena	Ostrava, Czech Rep.	10 500	[75]
55	OKTAGON 41: Mågård vs Lopez	April 15, 2023	Home Credit Arena	Liberec, Czech Rep.	7 000	[76]
56	OKTAGON 42: Keita vs Tichota	April 29, 2023	Ondrej Nepela Arena	Bratislava, Slovakia	8 500	[77]
57	OKTAGON 43: Kincl vs Vemola 2	May 20, 2023	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	17 500	[78]
58	OKTAGON 44: Langer vs Poppeck	June 17, 2023	Rudolf Weber-Arena	Oberhausen, Germany	10 000	[79]
59	OKTAGON 45: Štvanice special	July 28, 2023	Central Tennis Court Štvanice	Prague, Czech Rep.	6 000	[80]
60	OKTAGON 45: Sanikidze vs Keita	July 29, 2023	Central Tennis Court Štvanice	Prague, Czech Rep.	7 000	[81]
61	OKTAGON 46: Dalisda vs Austin	September 16, 2023	Festhalle	Frankfurt, Germany	9 000	[82]
62	OKTAGON 47: Česko vs Slovensko	October 07, 2023	Tipos Arena	Bratislava, Slovakia	9 000	[83]
63	OKTAGON 48: Aby vs Garcia	November 04, 2023	AO Arena	Manchester, England	4 500	[84]
64	OKTAGON 49: Moeil vs Todev	November 18, 2023	Lanxess Arena	Cologne, Germany	19 000	[85]
65	OKTAGON 50: Keita vs Samsonisde	December 09, 2023	Ostravar Arena	Ostrava, Czech Rep.	9 000	[86]
66	OKTAGON 51: Tipsport Gamechanger Final	December 29, 2023	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	17 000	[87]
67	OKTAGON 52: Magard vs Cartwright	January 27, 2024	Utilita Arena	Newcastle, England	3 000	[88]
68	OKTAGON 53: Dalisda vs Dourthe	February 10, 2024	Rudolf Weber-Arena	Oberhausen, Germany	10 000	[89]
69	OKTAGON 54: Kincl vs Wawrzyniak	March 02, 2024	Ostravar Arena	Ostrava, Czech Rep.	9 000	[90]
70	OKTAGON 55: Jungwirth vs Pukač 2	March 23, 2024	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	Stuttgart, Germany	15 000	[91]
71	OKTAGON 56: Aby vs Creasy	April 20, 2024	Resorts World Arena	Birmingham, England	3 000	[92]
72	OKTAGON 57: Eckerlin vs Brož	May 4, 2024	Festhalle	Frankfurt, Germany	10 000	[93]
73	OKTAGON 58: Vemola vs Vegh 2	June 8, 2024	Eden Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.	27 000	[94]

• - limited capacity due to COVID-19 pandemic.

• The following cities have hosted a total of 70 events as of OKTAGON 56 (30.4.2024.)

Czech Republic (total: 43)

• Brno, Zoner Bobyhall (14)
• Prague, O2 Arena (7)
• Prague, Central Tennis Court Štvanice (7)
• Ostrava, Ostravar Aréna (6)
• Prague, Reinders MMA Gym (3)
• Prague, Královka Arena (1)
• Prague, O2 Universum (1)
• Liberec, Home Credit Arena (1)
• Pardubice, Enteria arena (1)
• Brno, Winning Group Arena (1)
• Karlovy Vary, Hotel Imperial (1)
• Prague, Eden Football Stadium (1)

Slovakia (total: 16)

• Bratislava Ondrej Nepela Arena (6)
• Bratislava, OFA Bratislava (3)
• Bratislava, Hant Arena (2)
• Šamorín, X-Bionic Sphere (2)
• Košice, Crow Arena (2)
• Košice, Steel Aréna (1)

Germany (total: 8)

• Frankfurt, Festhalle (3)
• Oberhausen, Rudolf Weber-Arena (2)
• Cologne, Lanxess Arena (1)
• Stuttgart, Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle (1)
• Munchen, Audi Dome (1)

United Kingdom (total: 3)

• England, Manchester, AO Arena (1)
• England, Newcastle, Utilita Arena (1)
• England, Birmingham, Resorts World Arena (1)

Year	Number of events
2016	1
2017	3
2018	6
2019	7
2020	14
2021	12
2022	10
2023	14
2024	14

Category	Champion	Since	Number of defenses
Heavyweight - 120.2 kg (265.0 lb; 18.9 st)	Hatef Moeil	November 18, 2023 OKTAGON 49	0
Light Heavyweight - 93.0 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st)	Karlos Vemola	July 27, 2022 OKTAGON 34	2
Middleweight - 83.9 kg (185.0 lb; 13.2 st)	Patrik Kincl	February 26, 2022 OKTAGON 31	3
Welterweight - 77.1 kg (170.0 lb; 12.1 st)	Vacant	May 25, 2023	—
Lightweight - 70.3 kg (155.0 lb; 11.1 st)	Ronald Paradeiser	December 9, 2023 OKTAGON 50	0
Featherweight - 65.8 kg (145.1 lb; 10.4 st)	Losene Keita	December 9, 2023 OKTAGON 50	0
Bantamweight - 61.2 kg (134.9 lb; 9.6 st)	Vacant	June 17, 2024	—
Flyweight - 56.7 kg (125.0 lb; 8.9 st)	Sam Creasey	April 20, 2024 OKTAGON 56	—

Category	Champion	Since	Number of defenses
Women Flyweight - 56.7 kg (125.0 lb; 8.9 st)	Vacant	—	—
Women Strawweight - 52.2 kg (115.1 lb; 8.2 st)	Katharina Dalisda	September 16, 2023 OKTAGON 46	1

120.2 kg (265.0 lb; 18.9 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Michal Martínek def. Daniel Dittrich	OKTAGON 7 Prague, Czech Rep.	July 28, 2018	1. def. Viktor Pešta at OKTAGON 15 on November 29, 2019 in Prague, Czech Rep.
Belt vacated after Martinek left OKTAGON for ACA
2	Martin Buday def. Kamil Minda	OKTAGON 25 Brno, Czech Rep.	June 19, 2021	—
Belt vacated after Buday left OKTAGON for UFC[95]
3	Hatef Moeil def. Lazar Todev	OKTAGON 49 Cologne, Germany	November 18, 2023	—

93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Viktor Pešta def. Stephan Puetz	OKTAGON 28 Prague, Czech Rep.	July 28, 2018	—
Belt vacated after Pešta left OKTAGON for PFL
2	Karlos Vemola def. Aleksandar Ilić	OKTAGON 34 Prague, Czech Rep.	July 23, 2022	1. def. Pavol Langer at OKTAGON 47 on October 7, 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia 2. def. Atilla Vegh at OKTAGON 58 on June 8, 2024 in Prague, Czech Rep.
interim	Pavol Langer def. Alexander Poppeck	OKTAGON 44 Oberhausen, Germany	June 17,2023	—

83.9 kg (185.0 lb; 13.2 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Karlos Vemola def. Alex Lohoré	OKTAGON 20 Brno, Czech Rep.	December 30, 2020	—
Vemola stripped of the title due to missed weight in bout against Datelinka[96].
interim	Samuel Krištofič def. Marcin Naruszczka	OKTAGON 26 Prague, Czech Rep.	July 24, 2021	—
2	Patrik Kincl def. Samuel Krištofič	OKTAGON 31 Prague, Czech Rep.	February 26, 2022	1. def. Alex Lohoré at OKTAGON 35 on September 17, 2022 in Brno, Czech Rep. 2. def. Karlos Vemola at OKTAGON 43 on May 20, 2023 in Prague, Czech Rep. 3. def. Piotr Wawrzyniak at OKTAGON 54 on March 2, 2024 in Ostrava, Czech Rep.
interim	Piotr Wawrzyniak def. Vlasto Čepo	OKTAGON 51 Prague, Czech Rep.	December 29, 2023	—

77.1 kg (170.0 lb; 12.1 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	David Kozma def. Gábor Boráros	OKTAGON 10 Prague, Czech Rep.	November 17, 2018	1. def. Samuel Krištofič at OKTAGON 11 on March 16, 2019 in Ostrava, Czech Rep. 2. def. Maté Kertész at OKTAGON 17 on October 17, 2020 in Brno, Czech Rep. 3. def. Leandro Silva at OKTAGON 24 on May 29, 2021 in Brno, Czech Rep. 4. def. Bojan Veličkovič at OKTAGON 29 on December 4, 2021 in Ostrava, Czech Rep. 5. def. Petr Kniže at OKTAGON 32 on April 9, 2022 in Ostrava, Czech Rep.
2	Kaik Brito def. David Kozma	OKTAGON 37 Ostrava, Czech Rep.	December 03, 2022	—
Belt vacated after Brito left OKTAGON for DWCS
3	Ion Surdu / Amiran Gogoladze	TBA	TBA	—

70.3 kg (155.0 lb; 11.1 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Mateusz Legierski def. Miroslav Štrbák	OKTAGON Prime 3 Šamorín, Slovakia	Februray 15, 2020	—
Belt vacated after Legierski left OKTAGON for KSW [97]
2	Ivan Buchinger def. Ronald Paradesier	OKTAGON 21 Brno, Czech Rep.	January 30, 2021	—
3	Losene Keita def. Ivan Buchinger	OKTAGON 33 Frankfurt, Germany	June 4, 2022	—
Title vacated after Keita was unable to defend the title due to injury.
4	Ronald Paradeiser def. Ivan Buchinger	OKTAGON 50 Ostrava, Czech Rep.	December 9, 2023	—

65.8 kg (145.1 lb; 10.4 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Ivan Buchinger def. Vojto Barborik	OKTAGON 27 Bratislava, Slovakia	November 9, 2021
Title vacated after Buchinger was unable to defend the title due to injury.
2	Mate Sanikidze def. Jakub Tichota	OKTAGON 37 Ostrava, Czech Rep.	December 3, 2022	1. def. Losene Keita at OKTAGON 45 on July 29, 2023 in Prague, Czech Rep.
interim	Losene Keita def. Jakub Tichota	OKTAGON 42 Bratislava, Slovakia	April 29, 2023	—
Belt vacated after Sanikidze moved down to bantamweight.
3	Losene Keita def. Niko Samsonidse	OKTAGON 50 Ostrava, Czech Rep.	December 9, 2023	—

61.2 kg (134.9 lb; 9.6 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Tomáš Deák def. Filip Macek	OKTAGON 14 Bratislava, Slovakia	September 14, 2019	—
Belt vacated after Deák left OKTAGON for ACA
2	Jonas Mågård def. Filip Macek	OKTAGON Prime 4 Pardubice, Czech Rep.	November 6, 2021	1. def. Gustavo Lopez at OKTAGON 41 on Apr 15, 2023 in Liberec, Czech Rep.
interim	Gustavo Lopez def. Filip Macek	OKTAGON 38 Prague, Czech Rep.	December 30, 2022	—
3	Felipe Lima def. Jonas Mågård	OKTAGON 45 Special Prague, Czech Rep.	July 29, 2023	—
Belt vacated after Lima left OKTAGON for UFC[98]

56.7 kg (125.0 lb; 8.9 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Elias Garcia def. Aaron Aby	OKTAGON 48 Manchester, England	November 4, 2023	—
Garcia stripped off title due to inactivity
2	Sam Creasey def. Aaron Aby	OKTAGON 56 Birmingham, England	April 20, 2024	—

56.7 kg (125.0 lb; 8.9 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Tereza Bledá def. Mabelly Lima	OKTAGON 30 Brno, Czech Rep.	December 30, 2021	—
Belt vacated after Bledá left OKTAGON for UFC.

52.2 kg (115.1 lb; 8.2 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Katharina Dalisda def. Jacinta Austin	OKTAGON 46 Frankfurt, Germany	September 16, 2023	1. def. Eva Dourthe at OKTAGON 53 on February 11, 2024 in Oberhausen, Germany

As of 29.04.2024.

OKTAGON MMA Rankings
Rank	Heavyweight	Light heavyweight	Middleweight	Welterweight
C	Hatef Moeil	Karlos Vemola	Patrik Kincl	—
1	Stuart Austin	Stephan Puetz	Samuel Krištofič	Bojan Veličković
2	Lazar Todev	Rafael Xavier	Kerim Engizek	Andreas Michailidis
3	Adam Pałasz	Pavol Langer	Matěj Peňáz	Stefano Paternò
4	Jeremy Kimball	Alexander Poppeck	Piotr Wawrzyniak	David Kozma
5	Tadej Dajčman	Daniel Škvor	Vlasto Čepo	Ion Surdu
6	Ruben Wolf 3	Mateusz Strzelczyk	David Zawada	Leandro Silva
7	Sofiane Boukichou 1	Jorick Montagnac	Zdenek Polivka	Amiran Gogoladze
8	Wallyson Carvalho 1	Marc Doussis	Matthew Bonner	Máté Kertész
9	Kerisson Rezende 1	Dan Vinni	Hojat Khajevand	Islam Dulatov 1
10	—	Miloš Petrášek	Marek Mazuch	Christian Jungwirth
Rank	Lightweight	Featherweight	Bantamweight	Flyweight
C	Ronald Paradeiser	Losene Keita	Felipe Lima	Sam Creasey
1	Mateusz Legierski	Samuel Bark	Jonas Mågård	Aaron Aby
2	Konrad Dyrschka	Niko Samsonidse	Beno Adamia	Christopher Daniel
3	Ivan Buchinger	Jakub Tichota	Gustavo Lopez	—
4	Hafeni Nafuka 1	Shoaib Yousaf	Jack Cartwright	—
5	Shem Rock 1	Karol Ryšavý	Antun Račić	—
6	Arijan Topallaj	Eduard Kexel	Cory Tait	—
7	Jakub Bahník 3	Vladimír Lengál	Mikael Silander	—
8	Akonne Wanliss	Gjoni Palokaj	Luca Iovine	—
9	Stefano Catacoli	Max Holzer	Roman Paulus	—
10	Karol Ryšavý	Jakub Dohnal	Daniel Bainbridge	—

^[99]

As of 29.04.2024.

OKTAGON MMA Rankings
Rank	Bantamweight	Flyweight	Strawweight
C	—	—	Katharina Dalisda
1	Olga Rubin 2	Judyta Rymarzak	Eva Dourthe
2	Lucia Szabová 2	Mabelly Lima	Jacinta Austin
3	Marta Waliczek 2	Karoline Martins	Mallory Martin
4	Cornelia Holm 2	—	Magdaléna Šormová
5	Róża Gumienna 3	—	Karolina Wójcik 1
6	Megan Morris 2	—	Chiara Penco 1
7	Veronika Smolková 2	—	Isabela de Pádua
8	Lucia Krajčovič 3	—	Monika Chochlíková
9	—	—	Sofiia Bagishvili
10	—	—	—

^[100]

On December 8 2023, at OKTAGON TIME Press Conference, OKTAGON managment announced pound-for-pound rankings, decided upon by the world’s media, and OKTAGON MMA promoters.^[101].

As of 4.04.2024.

#	Name	Weight class	Record in OKTAGON
1	Patrik Kincl	Middleweight	4-0
2	Losene Keita	Featherweight	7-1
3	Bojan Veličković	Welterweight	7-2
4	Karlos Vemola	Light Heavyweight	11-3
5	Katharina Dalisda	Womens Strawweight	5-0
6	Hatef Moeil	Heavyweight	4-0
7	Ronald Paradeiser	Lightweight	11-3
8	Mate Sanikidze	Featherweight	4-0
9	Felipe Lima	Bantamweight	1-0
10	Andreas Michailidis	Weltertweight	3-1

^[102]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Germany	Hatef Moeil (C)	Boss	15–4	4–0
England	Stuart Austin	He-Man	18–8	2–0
Poland	Adam Palasz	Adas z jawora	9–3	3–2
United States	Jeremy Kimball	The Grizzly	19–11	4–3
Slovenia	Tadej Dajčman		5–3	2–1
Poland	Michal Andryszak	Longer	25-10	0-0
Poland	Przemyslaw Mysiala	Bear	24-12-1	0-0
Germany	Sebastian Herzberg		5–0	1-0
France	Sofiane Boukichou	El Torro	10-7	0-1
Brazil	Wallyson Carvalho	Maguila	13-9	0-2
Brazil	Kerisson Rezende	Baby	6-4-1	0-2
Germany	Ruben Wolf	Viking	12-13	0-2

^[103]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Ireland	Will Fleury		11-3	0-0
Great Britain	Dan Vinni		24-18	1-1
Germany	Stephan Puetz	T-800	22-5	2–1
France	Jorick Montagnac	Publiuss	6-2	5-1
Germany	Alexander Poppeck	Ironside	17-5	4-1
Brazil	Rafael Xavier	Kratos	13-7	6-1
Czech Republic	Daniel Škvor	DeeDee	7-3	6-3
Slovakia	Pavol Langer		12-10	3-4
Slovakia	Attila Végh	Pumukli	33-9-2	4-1
Czech Republic	Karlos Vemola (C)	Terminator	36-8	11-3
Slovakia	Miloš Petrašek	Meloun	12-7	3-4-1
Germany	Sebastian Heil	Seb	7-3	0-1
Serbia	Aleksandar Ilić	Joker	15-6	0-1
Germany	Marc Doussis		9-3	1-1

^[104]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Czech Republic	Patrik Kincl (C)	The Inspector	28-10	4-0
Serbia	Nenad Avramović		12-10	0-1
Poland	Piotr Wawrzyniak		12-6	1-1
England	Mathew Bonner	The Beast	16-10-1	1-1
Germany	Cihad Akipa	Punisher	6-2	0-2
England	Scott Askham		20-6	1-0
Turkey	Kerim Engizek		20-4	2-0
Moldova	Ion Taburceanu		7-2	1-1
Austria	Dominic Schober		13-11	0-1
Germany	Hojat Khajevand		7-4	2-1
Norway	Ole Magnor		8-8	2-3
Germany	David Zawada		19-9	2-0
Serbia	Vlasto Čepo	El Chapo	12-3	4-2-1
Czech Republic	Zdenek Polivka	Gameover	9-7	6-4
Slovakia	Marek Mazuch		8-2	3-2
Czech Republic	Matej Penaž	Money	9-1	9-0
Slovakia	Radovan Uškrt	'	8-4	4-3
Slovakia	Samuel Krištovič	Pirat	17-6-1	10-5-1
Germany	Endrit Brajshori		3-1	1-1

^[105]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Great Britain	John Hathaway	The Hitman	18-3	1-1
France	Alex Lohore	Da Killa King	23-10	4-5
England	Tom Crosby	Viking	8-4-1	0-1
Italy	Stefano Paterno		16-4-1	1-0
Germany	Islam Dulatov	Reaper	10-1	1-0
Germany	Marcel Grabinski		23-10	1-3
Georgia	Amiran Gogoladze	The Sniper	16-3	2-0
Moldova	Ion Surdu	Dracul	14-6	2-2
Greece	Andreas Michailidis	The Spartan	16-7	3-1
Denmark	Louis Glismann	Spartacus	11-3	2-1
Netherlands	Melvin Van Suijdam	MVS	14-6	1-1
Germany	Hassan Shaaban	Diaz	3-1	3-1
Greece	Ioannis Palaiologos	Greek Emperor	20-13-1	1-3
Serbia	Bojan Veličković	Serbian Steel	25-12-2	7-2
Germany	Christian Eckerlin		15-6-1	2-1-1
Germany	Christian Jungwirth	The Kelt	15-8	7-6
Brazil	Leandro Silva	Apollo	28-11-1	5-2
Czech Republic	Andrej Kalašnik	AK-47	10-5	7-3
Slovakia	Robert Pukač	Diamantový Čávo	16-13-1	4-8
Germany	Niklas Stolze		13-7	2-1
Czech Republic	Miroslav Brož	Inkvizitor	17-3-1	7-3
Hungary	Mate Kertesz		15-7	10-6
Czech Republic	David Kozma	Pink Panther	32-13	12-2
England	Liam Etebar	Bad Boy	8-3	0-1
Great Britain	Tayo Odunjo	XL	6-3	1-1
Afghanistan	Wahid Najand		8-2	1-0
Belgium	Donovan Desmae	Vegas	18-7	0-0
England	James Dixon	The Lionheart	4-2	0-0

^[106]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Ireland	Shem Rock		9-1-1	1-0-1
England	Akonne Wanliss	J3DI	11-3	1-0-1
Poland	Lukasz Rajewski	Raju	13-9	1-0
France	Jason Ponet	The Amazonian Samourai	24-17-1	0-1
Sweden	Sahil Siraj		9-2	0-0
Turkey	Atilla Korkmaz	The Fearless	14-7	0-1
Netherlands	Agy Sardari		17-4	0-0
Spain	Acoidan Duque		20-4	1-0
Finland	Makwan Amirkhani	Mr. Finland	17-10	0-1
Austria	Mago Machaev		14-1	1-0
Serbia	Predrag Bogdanović		16-1	1-0
Austria	Daniel Torres	Tucanao	14-5	1-0
Czech Republic	Jan Široky		13-17	4-7
Slovakia	Ronald Paradeiser (C)	Rony	19-8	13-4
Czech Republic	Matej Kužnik	Matheus	18-9	5-6
Czech Republic	Jan Malach	Kral Severu	16-14	3-5
Slovakia	Karol Ryšavy	Bomby	13-7	11-5
Poland	Mateusz Legierski	Dynamit	11-1	8-0
Czech Republic	Mateuš Kohout		9-7	7-4
Slovakia	Ivan Buchinger	Buki	41-9	4-2
France	Abou Tounkara		10-5	0-1
Montenegro	Miloš Janičić		17-3	2-0
Germany	Konrad Dyrschka		16-2	2-0
Germany	Hafeni Nafuka	Namibian Nightmare	8-1	2-1
England	Stefano Catacoli		7-1	1-0
Croatia	Luka Milidragović		3-1	0-1
Ireland	Denis Frimpong	The Menace	3-2	2-1
England	George Staines		1-0	1-0
England	Hascen Neri Gelezi	Morning Breakfast	1-0	1-0
Brazil	Arthur Lima	The Night King	10-2-2	0-0-1
Germany	Ebrahim Hosseinpour	The Butcher	8-8	2-3
Czech Republic	Tomaš Fiala	Fidži	7-7	1-4
Slovakia	Marco Novak		3-1	1-1
Slovakia	Marek Bartl		11-12	5-5

^[107]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Belgium	Losene Keita (C)	Black Panther	12-1	7-1
Germany	Max Holzer	Stifler	7-0	1-0
Germany	Gjoni Palokaj		8-3	1-0
Corey Fry		5-2	1-1
Eduard Kexel		10-1	2-0
Germany	Deniz Ilbay	El Pistolero	5-1	1-1
Germany	Niko Samsonidse		10-3	2-1
Sweden	Samuel Bark	Sammon-Decker	9-2	1-1
Georgia	Mate Sanikidze	The NextGen	11-2	4-0
Czech Republic	Jaroslav Pokorny	Jubox	16-11	2-3
Czech Republic	Vladimir Lengal	Vlado	6-3	4-3
Slovakia	Roman Paulus		9-4	7-3
Czech Republic	Jakub Tichota	Chimp	5-2	5-2
Slovakia	Vojto Barborik		14-3	3-1
England	Shoaib Yousaf	The Assassin	11-3	1-0
England	Callum Mullen		5-2	0-2
England	James Hendin	The Honeybadger	8-2	0-0
England	Luke Neale		3-1	0-0
England	Jake McHugh		2-0	2-0
Czech Republic	Radek Roušal	Ruchy	2-0	2-0

^[108]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
England	Jack Cartwright		11-2	1-1
Denmark	Jonas Magard	Shark	16-6	4-1
Brazil	Felipe Lima (C)		12-1	1-0
Georgia	Beno Adamia	The Beast	10-8-2	1-0
Croatia	Antun Račić	The Killer	27-11-1	1-0
Germany	Farbod Nezhad	'	11-3-1	0-0
England	Daniel Bainbridge		3-0-0	1-0
Brazil	Nuno Costa	Nuno	15-4-1	0-1
Brazil	Michael Deiga-Scheck	Vivo	11-5	3-1
Croatia	Stipe Brčić	Checkmate	11-4	0-0

^[109]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Wales	Aaron Aby		16-8-1	1-1
United Kingdom	Pietro Menga		14-4	0-0
England	Sam Creasy		18-5	0-0
England	Kiru Sahota		10-2	0-0
United States	Christopher Daniel		9-4-1	0-1
United States	Elias Garcia		10-2	1-0

^[110]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Poland	Roza Gumienna		5-4	1-2
Croatia	Sara Luzar-Smajić		4-2	0-0
Slovakia	Lucia Szabova		7-0	6-0

^[111]

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	OKTAGON record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Germany	Katharine Dalisda (C)		11-3	5-0
Australia	Jacinta Austin	Juggernaut	6-2	2-1
Spain	Aitana Alvarez	Pitbull	5-5	0-0
Poland	Karolina Wojcik	Polish Assasin	11-5	0-1
France	Eva Dourthe		8-6	1-1
Georgia	Sofiia Bagisvhili		8-4	0-1
United States	Mallory Martin		8-6	1-1
Italy	Chiara Penco		8-5	0-1
Czech Republic	Magdalena Šormova		11-5	2-2
Poland	Anita Bekus		7-4	0-0

^[112]

(C)	Indicates the current champion
(IC)	Indicates the current interim champion

• Unless otherwise cited, all records are retrieved from tapology.com.

Parameter	Value	Fighters
Most bouts	9	Ronald Paradeiser Karlos Vemola Christian Jungwirth
Most wins	8	Ronald Paradeiser Karlos Vemola
Most wins by SUB	5	Karlos Vemola
Most wins by KO	5	Matej Penaž
Most losses	5	Robert Pukač Jan Široky
Most losses by KO	4	Tomaš Fiala
Most losses by SUB	4	Vaclav Mikulašek

Submission	Count
Rear naked choke	33
Armbar	10
Guillotine choke	9
Arm triangle choke	8
Kimura	4
Anaconda choke	2
Triangle choke	2
Heel hook	2
Omoplata	1
Kneebar	1
Armlock	1
Achilles lock	1

In 2023, the organization was nominated in a total of 4 categories (Best Organization, Promoter, Submission of the Year and Comeback of the Year) at the World MMA Awards.

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