OKTAGON 96 Weigh In Results: Vacant welterweight title fight set for Halloween spectacular
All twenty-two athletes weighed in earlier today ahead of our Halloween spectacular, OKTAGON 96, tomorrow (Saturday, October 31) inside SAP Garden, Munich. The vacant welterweight belt will be on the line and a plethora of other thrilling contests that have big consequences for their respective divisions will go down. OKTAGON 96 can be purchased on our global platform, OKTAGON.TV, and streamed on DAZN.
In the headliner, Georgian phenom, Amiran Gogoladze (18-3), faces Jessin Ayari (19-6), who hopes to become the first male German champion in OKTAGON history, for the welterweight crown. Former pound for pound number one, Ronald Paradeiser (23-11), takes on rising star, Tyron Pfeifer (8-1), also at welterweight, in the co-main event.
Bulgarian tank, Lazar Todev (14-7), collides with power puncher, Simon Biyong (12-6), in a heavyweight battle which could decide the next title contender. Lethal finisher, Gökhan Aksu (14-7-1), is intent on continuing his 100% stoppage rate opposite promotional newcomer, Rene Runge (14-8-1), at a catchweight of 73kg/161lbs.
Elsewhere on the card, all-action, Marek Bartl (17-16), locks horns with Irish knockout artist, Brian Manning (6-1), in a middleweight grudge showdown. Furthermore, ‘The Namibian Nightmare’, Hafeni Nafuka (12-5), squares off with surging Ukrainian talent, Ivan Klevets (5-3), at a 72kg/159lbs catchweight contest.
OKTAGON 96 will be broadcast live on OKTAGON.TV internationally and streamed on DAZN. Germany can watch on RTL+ and TVP Sport will carry the event for the audience in Poland. Combate will broadcast the show in Brazil. The card begins at 5pm GMT/6pm CET/1pm ET/10am PT.
OKTAGON 96 Weigh In Results
Main Card
Main Event
Vacant Welterweight Title
Amiran Gogoladze (77.05kg/170lbs) vs. Jessin Ayari (77.1kg/170lbs)
Co-Main Event
Welterweight
Ronald Paradeiser (77.5kg/171lbs) vs. Tyron Pfeifer (77.4kg/171lbs)
Heavyweight
Lazar Todev (107.5kg/237lbs) vs. Simon Biyong (107.3kg/237lbs)
Catchweight (73kg/161lbs)
Gökhan Aksu (73kg/161lbs) vs. *Rene Runge (73.3kg/162lbs)
*Runge missed weight by 0.3kg/1lb but the bout will continue as scheduled
Featherweight
Michael Deiga-Scheck (61.5kg/136lbs) vs. Lukáš Chotěnovský (61.6kg/136lbs)
Preliminary Card
Middleweight
Marek Bartl (84kg/185lbs) vs. Brian Manning (84.3kg/186lbs)
Welterweight
Endrit Brajshori (77.5kg/171lbs) vs. Christian Mach (77.5kg/171lbs)
Featherweight
Henrique Madureira (65.7kg/145lbs) vs. Daniel Schordje (66.25kg/146lbs)
Catchweight (72kg/159lbs)
*Hafeni Nafuka (74.6kg/164lbs) vs. Ivan Klevets (71.9kg/159lbs)
*Nafuka missed weight by 2.6kg/5lbs but the bout will continue as scheduled
Welterweight
*Kevin Hangs (78.5kg/173lbs) vs. Burak Kizilirmak (77kg/170lbs)
*Hangs missed weight by 0.9kg/2lbs but the bout will continue as scheduled
Lightweight
*Marat Nessar (72kg/159lbs) vs. Abdulmalik Aliev (70.2kg/155lbs)
*Nessar missed weight by 1.2kg/3lbs but the bout will continue as scheduled
