On Saturday, September 13, OKTAGON hosted OKTAGON 75, live from ZAG Arena in Hannover, Germany. The event featured a featherweight fight in the main event with Albania’s Gjoni Palokaj meeting Czechia’s Jakub Batfalsky in the main event.
And it was Palokaj who would get the nod in this one, earning the unanimous decision. That moves Palokaj’s pro record to 12-3 and gives him a shot at getting into the conversation for a title shot. The belt is currently vacant after Losene Kieita abdicated his title to pursue a fight with Patricio Pitbull at UFC Paris… that didn’t work out well for him.
In the co-main event Bulgarian heavyweight Lazar Todev got a unanimous decision win over former UFC fighter Luis Henrique Barbosa.
Two other former UFC fighters got big wins on the night. David Dvorak sparked out Mohammed Walid with a first round KO. And Khalid Taha got a third round KO over Edgar Delgado.
The event aired live on Oktagon.tv starting at 12 p.m. ET. Check below for full results.
Gjoni Palokaj def. Jakub Batfalsky by unanimous decision
Lazar Todev def Luis Henrique Barbosa by unanimous decision
David Dvorak def. Mohammed Walid by KO (overhand right). Round 1, 3:56
Khalid Taha def. Edgar Delgado by KO (right hook). Round 3, 0:38
Emilio Quissua def. Mateusz Strzelczyk by TKO (ground and pound). Round 1, 3:03
Mochamed Machaev def. Wanderley Junior by TKO (punches from back mount). Round 2, 4:37
Hugo Vach def. Moritz Merten by TKO (doctor stoppage). Round 1, 5:00
Lukáš Eliáš def. Emir-Can Al by submission (rear naked choke). Round 2, 3:35
Henrique Madureira def. Nikolaos Serbezis by KO (right cross). Round 1, 2:34
Jixie Molapo def. Finn Griessmann by unanimous decision