Oktagon MMA

Oktagon MMA

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 in Oktagon MMA
Sport	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	June 2016; 7 years ago (2016-06)
Founder	Pavol Neruda (formerly Šipkovský) Ondřej Novotný
Owner(s)	Private
Country	Czech Republic Slovakia
Official website	oktagonmma.com

Oktagon MMA is the largest Czech-Slovak organization that organizes MMA combat sports tournaments . The founders and at the same time its owners are Pavol Neruda (formerly Šipkovský) and Ondřej Novotný.^[1]

History

The organization was founded in June 2016 , when it came up with the reality show Oktagon Challenge . The project culminated in the Oktagon 1 tournament . Gábor Boráros and Jakub Běle faced each other in the final. The winner of the main match and the entire reality show was Gábor Boráros, and Oktagon started a series of gala evenings. The following 3 series brought several winners from Slovakia. Samuel Krištofič, Karol Ryšavý and Lucia Szabová completed the collection of champions. The final of the 5th series took place at the Oktagon 20 tournament , in which Roman Paulus won on points over Tomáš Zajac.^[2][3]

Oktagon organizes several tournaments every year in the largest Czech and Slovak arenas and cities. In addition, he is preparing a unique reality show with professional fighters called Octagon Challenge for all sports fans . He also prepares the weekly Oktagon Magazín , which maps the scene of combat sports. The popular Project X , which followed the journey of an ordinary person to the cage, Project Y - an all-female MMA reality show, and last but not least, a talk show about fighters and people from the Oktagon Majk scene . The organization now has more than 450,000 fans on social networks and YouTube , where their videos had over 30 million views in 2019 alone. viewed.^[1]

Roster

Rankings

The rankings for the Oktagon MMA's fighters are both recorded and updated when information has been obtained from the Oktagon's website.^[4]

• Updated as of April 3, 2024.

Men's Ranking

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	—

Woman's Ranking

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	—	—	—

List of OKTAGON events

Scheduled events

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance	Ref.
72	OKTAGON 57: Eckerlin vs Brož	May 4, 2024	Festhalle	Frankfurt, Germany		[5]
73	OKTAGON 58: Vemola vs Vegh 2	June 8, 2024	Eden Arena	Prague, Czech Rep.		[6]
74	OKTAGON 59: Summer Party	July 20, 2024	Peugeot Arena	Bratislava, Slovakia		[7]
75	OKTAGON 60	TBA	TBA	TBA
76	OKTAGON 61	TBA	TBA	TBA
77	OKTAGON 62: Bigger Than Ever	October 12, 2024	Deutsche Bank Park	Frankfurt, Germany		[8]

Past events

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

• - limited capacity due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Event locations

• The following cities have hosted a total of 71 events as of Oktagon 56: Aby vs Creasy (April 20, 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)

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)

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

Current champions

Men's divisions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses
Heavyweight	120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st)	Hatef Moeil	November 18, 2023	0
Light Heavyweight	93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st)	Karlos Vemola	July 23, 2022	1
Middleweight	84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st)	Patrick Kincl	February 26, 2022	3
Welterweight	77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st)	Vacant
Lightweight	70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st)	Ronald Paradeiser	December 9, 2023	0
Featherweight	66 kg (145.5 lb; 10.4 st)	Losene Keita	December 9, 2023	0
Bantamweight	61 kg (134.5 lb; 9.6 st)	Felipe Lima	July 29, 2023	0
Flyweight	57 kg (125.7 lb; 9.0 st)	Sam Creasey	April 20, 2024	0

Women's divisions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses
Strawweight	52 kg (114.6 lb; 8.2 st)	Katharina Dalisda	September 16, 2023	1

Championship history

Heavyweight championship

120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Hatef Moeil def. Lazar Todev	Oktagon 49 Cologne, Germany	November 18, 2023
Buday leaves for UFC.
2	Martin Buday' def. Kamil Minda	Oktagon 25 Brno, Czech Republic	June 19, 2021
Martínek leaves for ACA
1	Michal Martínek def. Daniel Dittrich	Oktagon 7 Prague, Czech Republic	July 28, 2018	1. def. Viktor Pešta at Oktagon 15 on November 29, 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic

Light heavyweight championship

93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Interim	Pavol Langer def. Alexander Poppeck	Oktagon 44 Oberhausen, Germany	June 17,2023
Current	Karlos Vemola def. Aleksandar Ilić	Oktagon 34 Prague, Czech Republic	July 23, 2022	1. def. Pavol Langer at Oktagon 47 on October 7, 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia
Pešta leaves for PFL
1	Viktor Pešta def. Stephan Pütz	Oktagon 28 Prague, Czech Republic	September 25, 2021

Middleweight championship

84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Interim	Piotr Wawrzyniak def. Vlasto Čepo	Oktagon 51 Prague, Czech Republic	December 29, 2023
2	Patrick Kincl def. Samuel Kristofič	Oktagon 31 Prague, Czech Republic	February 26, 2022	1. def. Alex Lohoré at Oktagon 35 on September 17, 2022 in Karlos Vémola at Oktagon 43 on May 20, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic 3. def. Piotr Wawrzyniak at Oktagon 54 on March 2, 2024 in Ostrava, Czech Republic
Vémola did not weigh in with Ďatelinka in his defense and the title is taken away from him
Interim	Samuel Kristofič def. Marcin Naruszczka	Oktagon 26 Prague, Czech Republic	July 24, 2021
1	Karlos Vemola def. Alex Lohoré	Oktagon 20 Brno, Czech Republic	December 30, 2020

Welterweight championship

77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Brito vacated the title to participate in the DWCS
2	Kaik Brito	Oktagon 37 Ostrava, Czech Republic	December 3, 2022
1	David Kozma def. Gábor Boraros	Oktagon 10 Prague, Czech Republic	November 17, 2018	1. def. Samuel Krištofič at Oktagon 11 on March 16, 2019 in Ostrava, Czech Republic 2. def. Maté Kertész at Oktagon 17 on October 17, 2020 in Brno, Czech Republic 3. def. Leandro Silva at Oktagon 24 on May 29, 2021 in Brno, Czech Republic 4. def. Bojan Veličković at Oktagon 29 on December 4, 2021 in Ostrava, Czech Republic 5. def. Petr Kníže at Oktagon 32 on April 9, 2022 in Ostrava, Czech Republic

Lightweight championship

70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Ronald Paradeiser def. Ivan Buchinger	Oktagon 50 Ostrava, Czech Republic	December 9, 2023
Keita loses title due to injury
3	Losene Keita	Oktagon 33 Frankfurt, Germany	June 4, 2022
2	Ivan Buchinger def. Ronald Paradeiser	Oktagon 21 Brno, Czech Republic	January 30, 2021
Legierski leaves for KSW.
1	Mateusz Legierski def. Miroslav Štrbák	Oktagon Prime 3 Šamorín, Slovakia	February 15, 2020

Featherweight championship

66 kg (145.5 lb; 10.4 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Losene Keita def. Niko Samsonidse	Oktagon 50 Ostrava, Czech Republic	December 9, 2023
Sanikidze vacated the belt to focus on the Bantamweight division.
Interim	Losene Keita def. Jakub Tichota	Oktagon 42 Bratislava, Slovakia	April 29, 2023
2	Mate Sanikidze def. Jakub Silence	Oktagon 37 Ostrava, Czech Republic	December 3, 2022	1. def. Losene Keita at Oktagon 45 on July 29, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic
Buchinger loses his title due to injury
1	Ivan Buchinger def. Vojto Barborík	Oktagon 27 Bratislava, Slovakia	November 9, 2021

Bantamweight championship

61 kg (134.5 lb; 9.6 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Felipe Lima	Oktagon 45 Prague, Czech Republic	July 29, 2023
Interim	Gustavo Lopez def. Philip Macek	Oktagon 38 Prague, Czech Republic	December 30, 2022
2	Jonas Mågård def. Philip Macek	Oktagon Prime 4 Pardubice, Czech Republic	November 6, 2021	1. def. Gustavo Lopez at Oktagon 41 on April 15, 2023 in Łódź, Poland
Deak leaves for ACA
1	Tomas Deak def. Philip Macek	Oktagon 14 Bratislava, Slovakia	September 14, 2019

Flyweight championship

57 kg (125.7 lb; 9.0 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Sam Creasey def. Aaron Aby	Oktagon 56 Birmingham, England	April 20, 2024
Garcia loses the title for repeatedly refusing to fight
1	Elias Garcia def. Aaron Aby	Oktagon 48 Manchester, England	November 4, 2023

Women's flyweight championship

57 kg (125.7 lb; 9.0 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Bledá vacated the title when she signed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
1	Tereza Bledá def. Mabelly Lima	Oktagon 30 Brno, Czech Republic	December 30, 2021

Women's strawweight championship

52 kg (114.6 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

References

External links

• Oktagon MMA at Sherdog
• Oktagon MMA at Tapology
• Oktagon MMA Official Site