OKTAGON 96 in Munich: Eight German fighters – Ayari goes for the title
Eight Germans fight at the SAP Garden on Saturday. In the main event, Jessin Ayari aims to become welterweight champion against Amiran Gogoladze; RTL+ airs it from 5:30 pm.
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After several withdrawals, OKTAGON 96 on Saturday, October 31, at Munich's SAP Garden features ten fights – with eight German fighters, as listed by Ringside24. RTL+ shows the event from 5:30 pm CET. In the five-round main event, Nuremberg's Jessin Ayari (19-6), replacing the injured Felix Klinkhammer, meets Georgia's Amiran Gogoladze (18-3) for the vacant welterweight title.
Mainz-based Tyrone Pfeifer (8-1) takes on former OKTAGON lightweight champion (per OKTAGON) Ronald Paradeiser (23-11) of Slovakia. Rene Runge (14-8-1) steps in for Niko Samsonidse and faces Gökhan Aksu (14-7-1) at a 73-kilogram catchweight. Munich's Michael Deiga-Scheck (11-8) was originally booked as a coach and, after his student's bout fell through, now fights Lukáš Chotěnovský (8-3) himself.
The only all-German bout pits Endrit Brajshori (6-2) of Rosenheim against Christian Mach (10-5). Also on the card: Kevin Hangs (15-9) against Turkey's Burak Kizilirmak (12-3), and Regensburg's Marat Nessar (1-0), who makes his OKTAGON debut against Abdulmalik Aliev (1-0).