UFC veteran Makwani Amirkhani talks OKTAGON debut Mar. 2, moving up to 155-pounds & Ilia Topuria as new champion
Interview with Makwan Amirkhani below
Makwan Amirkhani (17-9) discusses his lightweight fight against Mochamed Machaev (13-1) at OKTAGON 54 on Mar. 2. Makwan also spoke about how this opportunity came together, competing in the lightweight division and his mindset going into this fight.
“This is like a father and a son. This is how I see it. Like a father who is teaching his kid how to fight. He will realize very soon in that fight, that damn this is another level of fighting. This is another level of athlete. I’m not going coming into this fight with looking at everything it can possibly be, that can make me the winner.”
Oktagon 54 goes down live from the Ostravar Arena in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Full fight card below:
Patrik Kincl vs. Piotr Wawrzyniak – 185 lbs
Ronald Paradeiser vs. Attila Korkmaz – 155 lbs
Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mochamed Machaev – 155 lbs
Vladimír Lengál vs. Daniel Torres – 155 lbs
Mateusz Legierski vs. Matouš Kohout – 155 lbs
Mohamed Grabinski vs. Acoidan Duque – 155 lbs
Akonne Wanliss vs. Sahil Siraj – 155 lbs
Hafeni Nafuka vs. P. Bogdanović – 155 lbs
Radek Roušal vs. Luke Neale – 145 lbs
Jason Ponet vs. Łukasz Rajewski – 155 lbs
Miloš Janičić vs. E. Hosseinpour – 155 lbs
