On Saturday, Jun. 20, OKTAGON hosted OKTAGON 90, live from Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany. The event saw one of their biggest stars continue to prove he’s a bona fide heavyweight attraction.
In the main event Will Fluery retained his OKTAGON heavyweight title for the second time of asking. This time around he defended against journeyman Kasim Aras. He finished the big Turkish fighter with a left hook in the second round. The Irishman is now 17-3 and undefeated in OKTAGON.
Fluery’s first title defence was at OKTAGON 81 in December, when he TKO’d recent UFC fighter Martin Buday.
There was a title fight in the co-main of this event, too. That’s where Mateusz Legierski defended his ligthweight title for the first time, pounding out Gokhan Aksu from back mount in the very first round. Legierski is now 14-2. He’s 11-1 in OKTAGON with that sole loss being to former double-champ Losene Keita.
Also on this card Alina Dalaslan stayed undefeated. She moved to 6-0 after forcing a doctor’s stoppage on Djulia Ariana. Two other German’s were big winners on this card, too. Niko Samsonidse wiped out Denis Frimpong with a first round combo and Tyrone Pfeifer smashed Niklas Stolze to win in just 22 seconds.
The event aired live on Oktagon.tv starting at 12 p.m. ET. Check below for full results.
Will Fleury def. Kasim Aras by KO (left hook). Round 2, 1:29 – for heavyweight championship
Mateusz Legierski def. Gökhan Aksu by TKO (punches). Round 1, 3:23 – for lightweight championship
Alina Dalaslan def. Djulia Ariana by TKO (doctor stoppage). Round 2, 2:40
Niko Samsonidse def. Denis Frimpong by TKO (punches). Round 1, 0:54
Tyrone Pfeifer def. Niklas Stolze by TKO (ground and pound). Round 1, 0:22
Said-Khusein Akhyadov def. Attila Korkmaz by split decision
Arijan Topallaj def. Jan Stanovský by submission (ninja choke). Round 2, 1:22
Matěj Peňáz def. Alan Silva by TKO (ground and pound). Round 1, 2:30
Ahmad Halimson def. Joseph Donkor by unanimous decision
Zafar Mohsen def. Richie Smullen by KO (body punch). Round 1, 2:19
Davlet Karataev def. Daniel Salas by unanimous decision