This previous Saturday, October 18, OKTAGON made historical past as soon as once more by changing into the primary main MMA promotion to be broadcast on mainstream TV community, RTL, in Germany. Lanxess Enviornment performed host for OKTAGON 78 and 20,000 followers packed into the venue to witness one other memorable evening of motion which included six first spherical stoppages.
Ivica Trušček (45-39) shocked Cologne into silence when he completed Christian Eckerlin (17-8, 1NC) throughout spherical considered one of their welterweight headliner. The Croatian brawler winded up on prime of ‘The King of Germany’ and unleashed a sequence of elbows till the bout was waved off. It was the largest win of Trušček’s eighty-four struggle profession whereas Eckerlin promised that he would return in the hunt for victory once more.
Within the co-main occasion, Alina Dalaslan (4-0) remained unbeaten by besting Katharina Lehner (9-8) over three rounds at bantamweight. The 25-year-old landed the extra vital strikes over fifteen minutes and acquired the nod on all judges’ scorecards. After the matchup, she teased a possible transfer all the way down to flyweight the place she would have primary ranked contender, Veronika Smolková, in her sights.
Two function contests within the heavyweight division went down which offered some extra readability for the division. Kasim Aras (11-5) earned a unanimous determination win over Simon Biyong (11-6) and Patrick Vespaziani (6-2) continued his momentum by ending Olutobi Kalejaiye (9-9) within the very first spherical.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, Cihad Akipa (10-2) stopped David Piechaczek (4-2) by TKO in a back-and-forth middleweight battle and Tamerlan Dulatov (3-0) completed Henrique Melo (2-1) in simply 52 seconds at welterweight. Marek Bartl (16-14) additionally delivered a spectacular spinning elbow which knocked out Kennedy Rayomba (6-6) throughout the first spherical of their middleweight matchup.
OKTAGON 78 Outcomes
Most important Card
Most important EventWelterweightIvica Trušček (45-39) defeated Christian Eckerlin (17-8, 1NC) by TKO (elbows and punches) at 3:34 of spherical one
Co-Most important EventBantamweightAlina Dalaslan (4-0) defeated Katharina Lehner (9-8) by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
HeavyweightKasim Aras (11-5) defeated Simon Biyong (11-6) by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
MiddleweightCihad Akipa (10-2) defeated David Piechaczek (4-2) by TKO (punches) at 2:12 of spherical two
HeavyweightPatrick Vespaziani (6-2) defeated Olutobi Kalejaiye (9-9) by TKO (elbows) at 2:23 of spherical one
Catchweight (74kg/163lbs)Arijan Topallaj (8-2-1) defeated Hassan Kayani (3-1-1) by unanimous determination (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Preliminary Card
WelterweightTamerlan Dulatov (3-0) defeated Henrique Melo (2-1) by TKO (punches) at 0:52 of spherical one
MiddleweightMarek Bartl (16-14) defeated Kennedy Rayomba (6-6) by knockout (spinning elbow) at 2:59 of spherical one
Catchweight (95kg/209lbsSamuel Chavarría (7-0) defeated Aleksandar Stefanovic (5-8, 1NC) by verbal submission (strikes) at 2:19 of spherical one
Catchweight (68kg/150lbs)Altin Zenuni (2-0) defeated Marcel Máša (5-4) by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Beginner Catchweight (80kg/176lbs)Michael Obodozie (4-0) defeated Chiril Negru (13-2) by knockout (punch) at 0:19 of spherical one
OKTAGON are again in lower than two weeks with an thrilling card packed filled with enjoyable matchups from the Czech metropolis of Brno. Ion Surdu places his welterweight title on the road within the OKTAGON 79 headliner reverse fellow fan favourite, Andrej Kalašnik. Radek Roušal battles it out with Corey Fry, Samuel Bark returns towards Mate Sanikidze and Tomáš Mudroch appears for an additional first spherical end reverse Jakub Dohnal.
