OKTAGON MMA arrives at the SAP Arena in Munich on Halloween night for the fifth time in the city, and this card carries its biggest headline to date. The welterweight belt is vacant — former champion Kaik Brito left the promotion to pursue an opportunity elsewhere — and OKTAGON has matched the two most credible welterweights in the organization to fill the void. Amiran Gogoladze versus Felix Klinkhammer is a title fight that needs no promotion: two finishers with contrasting styles, a vacant belt, and a German crowd that will back the home fighter from the first exchange.
Full Fight Card
| Fight | Weight Class | Card Section |
|---|---|---|
| Amiran Gogoladze vs. Felix Klinkhammer | Welterweight | Main Card |
| Niko Samsonidse vs. Gökhan Aksu | Lightweight | Main Card |
| Lazar Todev vs. Simon Biyong | Heavyweight | Main Card |
| Jessin Ayari vs. Ion Surdu | Welterweight | Main Card |
| Ronald Paradeiser vs. Tyrone Pfeifer | Welterweight | Main Card |
| Marek Bartl vs. Brian Manning | Middleweight | Main Card |
| Michael Deiga-Scheck vs. Lukáš Chotěnovský | Featherweight | Main Card |
| Endrit Brajshori vs. Christian Mach | Welterweight | Main Card |
| Henrique Madureira vs. Daniel Schordje | Featherweight | Main Card |
| Kevin Hangs vs. Burak Kizilirmak | Welterweight | Main Card |
| Shawn Marcos da Silva vs. Fayaz Haqparast | Flyweight | Main Card |
| Abdulmalik Aliev vs. Marat Nessar | Lightweight | Main Card |
Main Event: Amiran Gogoladze vs. Felix Klinkhammer — OKTAGON Welterweight Championship
The title opened up when Kaik Brito vacated and departed the promotion in late summer, reportedly targeting the UFC's Contender Series as his next destination. OKTAGON moved quickly and matched the two most compelling welterweights available.
Gogoladze (18-3), known as The Sniper, has built his reputation on speed and brevity. Eight of his stoppages have come in fewer than 100 seconds, including the fastest knockout in M-1 history — a 10-second finish. His most recent OKTAGON outing was a first-round knockout of Ion Surdu at OKTAGON 86 in April. That same Ion Surdu appears on this card a few bouts later, attempting to recover. Gogoladze's speed is the central variable in this fight: if he lands clean in the opening minutes, the championship rounds may not arrive.
Klinkhammer (11-0) has built a perfect record almost entirely through the ground game. All nine of his stoppages have come in round one. The German trains at London Shootfighters, was a four-time champion at Ares FC, and has gone 2-0 inside the OKTAGON cage before this main event. His grappling sets the threat — he closes distance, secures takedowns, and capitalizes on submissions when opponents expose their necks or limbs. Fighting in Munich gives him a tangible home-crowd advantage in the opening minutes, when environment and pressure affect performance most. Combined, Gogoladze and Klinkhammer own 17 first-round stoppages between them. The question is not whether this ends early — it is who does the stopping.
Co-Main Event: Niko Samsonidse vs. Gökhan Aksu
Aksu is ranked No. 2 in the OKTAGON lightweight division and has finished all 14 of his professional fights before the final bell. That finishing consistency against a varied level of competition places him among the most reliable closers in European MMA. Samsonidse is a former featherweight title challenger in the promotion who moves up to test the lightweight division with a submission game capable of neutralizing strikers. The winner steps directly into the lightweight title conversation — Aksu makes the strongest possible case for top billing; Samsonidse demonstrates his ceiling extends beyond featherweight.
Notable Bouts
Lazar Todev enters the heavyweight matchup as OKTAGON's top-ranked heavyweight on a three-fight winning streak built against former UFC-level competition. Simon Biyong brings championship experience from African and Italian promotions and is not a fighter placed on the card to fill space. The heavyweight contest is the card's biggest variable — finishes at heavyweight arrive without warning, and both men carry the tools.
Jessin Ayari, a former UFC competitor, meets Ion Surdu in a welterweight bout with immediate stakes for both fighters. Surdu lost the OKTAGON welterweight title in a first-round stoppage to the very man headlining this card. A win keeps him in the title picture; a loss extends the road significantly. Ayari is a tactical, controlled fighter who pressures opponents into pace decisions that run directly counter to Surdu's pressure-first approach.
Ronald Paradeiser is a former lightweight champion with 17 career finishes and brings substantial finishing experience across weight classes into his welterweight matchup with Tyrone Pfeifer. Pfeifer is a German prospect who has stopped fighters including Marek Bartl and Niklas Stolze. Two fighters with finishing pedigree and stylistic hunger for early conclusions make this one of the card's more compelling stoppage prospects.
Munich gets its fifth OKTAGON card, and this time the promotion has brought a vacant title fight to match the occasion. Twelve fights, a stripped belt, and a card where finishers outnumber decision-seekers — the SAP Arena on Halloween night has everything it needs.
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