On Saturday, May 16, OKTAGON hosted OKTAGON 88, live from ZAG Arena in Hannover, Germany. The main event was supposed to be Mochamed Machaev vs. Gjoni Palokaj for Machaev’s featherweight title, but that was called off after Palokaj caught a staph infection.
The new main event was Hannover’s own Max Holzer against UFC and BRAVE CF veteran Khalid Taha. And it didn’t take long for Holzer to send the crowd wild. He ended the fight after about three minutes thanks to a massive knee to the body. He’s now 12-0.
Holzer’s teammate Hugo Vach won by KO in the co-main. He stopped Teo Saldana Smith in the first round. That was one of many first round stoppages on the night.
Deeper down the card there was a Suloev stretch pulled off by Justin Detzel on Mate Kola.
The event aired live on Oktagon.tv starting at 12 p.m. ET. Check below for full results.
Max Holzer def. Khalid Taha by TKO (knee and punches). Round 1, 3:14
Hugo Vach def. Teo Saldana Smith by KO (right hook). Round 1, 2:50
Simon Biyong def. Evgeny Orvlov by KO (left hook). Round 1, 3:45
Altin Zenuni def. Dawid Jarowienko by TKO (punches). Round 1, 0:52
Raphael Federico def. Haci Akseker by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Christian Draxler def. Daniel Makin by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ivana Petrović def. Danielle Misteli by TKO (ground and pound). Round 1, 3:42
Justin Detzel def. Mate Kola by submission (Suloev stretch). Round 3, 2:03
Bedirhan Kabak def. Imran Daurbekov by TKO (ground and pound). Round 3, 1:11
Jan Holzer def. Paul Kulze by TKO (punches). Round 1, 1:54 – amateur MMA