OKTAGON 96 in Munich: title fight on – four fighters miss weight
Amiran Gogoladze and Jessin Ayari made the welterweight limit for the vacant title fight. Four other fighters came in heavy at the weigh-ins, but all bouts go ahead.
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The OKTAGON 96 main event on Saturday night at Munich's SAP Garden is set: Amiran Gogoladze (77.05 kg) and German late replacement Jessin Ayari (77.1 kg) made the welterweight limit at Friday's weigh-ins. The vacant title is on the line. The event starts at 18:00 CET; in Germany RTL+ shows it, it also streams on DAZN and internationally on OKTAGON.TV.
Things went less smoothly further down the card: four fighters missed weight. The biggest miss came from Hafeni Nafuka, who weighed 74.6 kg, 2.6 kg over the agreed 72 kg catchweight (opponent Ivan Klevets). Marat Nessar was 1.2 kg heavy (vs. Abdulmalik Aliev), Kevin Hangs 0.9 kg (vs. Burak Kizilirmak) and René Runge 0.3 kg (vs. Gökhan Aksu). According to MyMMANews and RDX Sports, all four bouts go ahead as scheduled.
The main card also features Ronald Paradeiser vs. Tyron Pfeifer at welterweight, Lazar Todev vs. Simon Biyong at heavyweight, as well as Michael Deiga-Scheck vs. Lukáš Chotěnovský.