OKTAGON lightweight rankings: Legierski defends against 46-10-0 Buchinger at Oktagon 98

Mateusz Legierski will defend the OKTAGON lightweight title against the division's number-one contender, Ivan Buchinger, at Oktagon 98 on 21 November 2026. The champion is 30 and 14-2-0. The man ranked first behind him is 40 and 46-10-0.

OKTAGON lightweight champion and the man who wants the belt

Legierski, from Poland, won the title by stopping Gökhan Aksu with a TKO in round 1, at 3:23, at Oktagon 90 on 20 June 2026. It was the only title fight in the division over the last 12 months, and it ended quickly. His finish rate is 50 percent.

Buchinger, from Slovakia, brings the opposite profile in terms of experience. His record of 46-10-0 is by far the biggest in the rankings, and his finish rate is 83 percent. He has held the number-one spot through the last update, and now number one meets the champion.

OKTAGON lightweight rankings

German fighters fill most of the places behind the top two, and none of the ten ranked fighters moved since the last update.

Rank	Fighter	Record
Champion	Mateusz Legierski	14-2-0
1	Ivan Buchinger	46-10-0
2	Gökhan Aksu	13-7-1
3	Fedor Duric	10-1-0
4	Niko Samsonidse	13-4-0
5	Ozan Aslaner	11-6-1
6	Arijan Topallaj	10-2-1
7	Hafeni Nafuka	12-5-0
8	Konrad Dyrschka	17-2-0, 1 NC
9	Attila Korkmaz	16-12-0
10	Denis Frimpong	8-4-0

Aksu, number two, is 34 and has a finish rate of 100 percent, the highest in the division, even after the loss to Legierski. Fedor Duric at number three is only 22 and sits at 10-1-0. He beat Marc Diakiese by decision at Oktagon 94 on 26 September 2026, going the full three rounds. Samsonidse, number four, has a finish rate of 85 percent.

Further down, Konrad Dyrschka at number eight is 34 and 17-2-0 with one no contest. Arijan Topallaj at number six is 27 and 10-2-1, and Ozan Aslaner at number five is 29 with a finish rate of 45 percent. Attila Korkmaz at number nine has the most losses in the table with 12, against 16 wins, and is 35.

Last 12 months in the division

OKTAGON lightweight has produced 28 bouts in the last 12 months, and 15 of them ended in a finish. The most recent was Rakhim Iliskhanov beating Patrik Pikeš by decision at Oktagon 95 on 17 October 2026.

The fastest result came at Oktagon 93, where Jakub Dohnal knocked out Vojto Barborík with a spinning wheel kick and punches at 0:11 of round 2. On the same card Vladimír Lengál stopped Maurice Adorf with punches in round 1. At Oktagon 92, Ivan Klevets knocked out Kevin Enz with a spinning back kick, and Tomáš Mudroch beat Hafeni Nafuka by unanimous decision, a result that leaves Nafuka at number seven.

Samsonidse knocked out Denis Frimpong in 0:53 of round 1 at Oktagon 90, on the same night as the title fight. Topallaj won there too, with a guillotine choke in round 2 against Jan Stanovský.

What is booked

Before the title fight, two lightweight bouts are set for Oktagon 96 on 31 October 2026. The main one is Samsonidse against Aksu, a meeting of the number four and number two. The winner will have a strong case as the next challenger after the Legierski and Buchinger fight. The other is Abdulmalik Aliev against Marat Nessar.

Then comes the title bout on 21 November. If Buchinger wins, he becomes champion at 40 with the biggest record in the division. If Legierski wins, the Samsonidse and Aksu winner is the obvious name waiting.