It was love at first struggle for Oktagon MMA once they visited Düsseldorf for the very first time. As the fastest-rising combined martial arts promotion on this planet continues to develop in Germany, they held their first occasion of the 12 months with hometown hero Kerim Engizek headlining in opposition to Kamil Oniszczuk within the first spherical of the Tipsport gamechanger.
In the primary occasion, Engizek defeated Oniszcuk by unanimous resolution within the opening spherical of the Tipsport Gamechanger match. The present middleweight title holder had a sold-out PSD dome financial institution area in raptures when strolling to the cage. With 1000’s of Fortuna Düsseldorf followers in attendance, the environment generated was one to behold and one he stated he would bear in mind for the remainder of his life.
The co-main occasion noticed Lom-Ali Eskiev cease late alternative Wanderley Junior in spherical quantity two after touchdown some blistering pictures to reaffirm his place on the high of the 155lb weight class. Junior’s inventory solely rose regardless of the loss resulting from his spectacular exhibiting in opposition to a high-level opponent after stepping in on simply hours’ discover, thus incomes himself a contract with the group.
Upon returning to the promotion, Matěj Peňáz handed the hardest check of his profession with flying colors. He completed David Zawada by technical knockout with just below twenty seconds to go within the first spherical. Zawada managed to carry his Czech counterpart in opposition to the cage for an prolonged interval of the bout, but it surely was ‘Cash’ who regarded more and more harmful at any time when the pair exchanged strikes on the ft. A flurry of punches harm Zawada, so the referee waved off the competition, and Peňáz remained undefeated within the promotion, advancing to the ultimate eight of the match.
Deniz Ilbay stopped Vladimír Lengál throughout spherical two of their thrilling characteristic featherweight bout, which earned him ‘Efficiency of the Evening’ honours. Tamerlan Dulatov had a profitable promotional debut by submitting Ghith Ighzawi after simply sixteen seconds in an eighty-kilogram catchweight contest, which grew to become the quickest submission in Oktagon MMA historical past.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, Hojat Khajevand landed a vicious knockout on Kennedy Rayomba in a Tipsport gamechanger reserve bout. An unlikely star emerged from the night time’s first struggle when the 48-year-old single mum of three Danielle Misteli survived an early onslaught to submit Sara Luzar Smajić at bantamweight.
OKTAGON 66 Outcomes
Fundamental Card
Fundamental Occasion
Tipsport Gamechanger Opening Spherical
Kerim Engizek (22-4) defeated Kamil Oniszczuk (10-5) by unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) to advance within the middleweight match.
Co-Fundamental Occasion
Light-weight
Lom-Ali Eskiev (23-7, 1NC) defeated Wanderley Junior (17-10) by TKO (punches) at 4:45 of spherical two.
Tipsport Gamechanger Opening Spherical
Matěj Peňáz (10-1) defeated David Zawada (19-11) by TKO (punches and knee) at 4:42 of spherical one to advance within the middleweight match.
Featherweight
Deniz Ilbay (8-1) defeated Vladimír Lengál (7-4) by knockout (knee and punches) at 0:35 of spherical two.
Welterweight
Cihad Akipa (8-2) defeated Matouš Kohout (11-9) by unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Tipsport Gamechanger Reserve Bout
Hojat Khajevand (8-4) defeated Kennedy Rayomba (6-4) by knockout (punches) at 2:20 of spherical one to advance to the ‘Fortunate Loser’ voting.
Preliminary Card
Featherweight
Daniel Solaja (3-1) defeated Raphael Federico (5-1) by unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Welterweight
Emir-Can Al (2-1) defeated Viktor Kováč (0-1) by TKO (punches) at 3:47 of spherical one.
Catchweight (80kg/176lbs)
Tamerlan Dulatov (2-0) defeated Ghith Ighzawi (0-1) by technical submission (guillotine choke) at 0:16 of spherical one.
Welterweight
Zoran Solaja (3-1) defeated Lukáš Eliáš (4-1) by TKO (punches) at 1:34 of spherical one.
Bantamweight
Danielle Misteli (4-4) defeated Sara Luzar Smajić (4-3) by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:30 of spherical two.
