Veronika Smolková is 10-3-0, has won eight fights in a row and is ranked number one in the OKTAGON women's flyweight division. Seven of her ten professional wins ended before the final bell, and she has never been knocked out or submitted.
The 24-year-old Slovak, known as "Sweetheart", returns on Saturday, 21 November 2026 against UFC veteran Ivana Petrović at Oktagon 98: Legierski vs. Buchinger in the Werk Arena in Třinec, Czech Republic. The event starts at 18:00 CET (12:00 ET); the exact time of this bout has not been announced.
Veronika Smolková record: 10-3 and seven finishes
Smolková stands at 10-3-0. Her wins split into five by KO or TKO, two by submission and three by decision. That gives a finish rate of 70%, counted here as the share of her wins that came by KO, TKO or submission.
All three of her losses went to the judges, and all three came before her current run began. No opponent has knocked her out or submitted her, which matters for a fighter who spends a lot of her time trading at close range.
She trains at Dracula Gym and is 163 cm tall.
Recent fights: how the streak was built
The table below shows her last five fights, all wins.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 2026 | Lisa Kyriacou | Win | Submission (armbar) | 2 |
| 7 Mar 2026 | Stephanie Egger | Win | TKO | 3 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | Marta Sós | Win | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Ana Carolina Araujo | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 |
| 22 Feb 2025 | Aitana Álvarez | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 |
Two of those five went the distance, and both were unanimous. The other three show a fighter who finishes in different ways. Against Marta Sós she needed 2:29 of the first round. Against Stephanie Egger, a former UFC fighter, the end came at 2:34 of the third. Against Lisa Kyriacou she took the fight to the ground and finished with an armbar at 3:04 of the second.
Earlier in the run she stopped Mileide Simplicio with punches in the third round at Oktagon 63 and Jovana Đukić with punches in the second round at Oktagon 59. The oldest win in the streak came on 3 February 2024 at PML 8 in Třinec, where she beat Insav Alavia by TKO from elbows and punches in the second round.
Striking first, grappling when it is there
Five wins from strikes against two submissions describes a fighter who prefers to work on the feet. The Sós finish, with elbows in the mix, fits that picture.
She rarely shoots for takedowns, so the armbar over Kyriacou was not the product of a wrestling-heavy plan. It was a finish taken when it appeared, which makes her two submission wins efficient rather than frequent.
Her recent wins came at flyweight and, twice, at catchweight. The streak has not depended on one particular set of terms.
What Petrović brings on 21 November
Petrović is 8-4-0, a UFC veteran and a former ARES FC champion. She won her OKTAGON debut in May 2026 by first-round TKO over Danielle Misteli at bantamweight, where Pugna MMA ranks her fourth, and now drops to flyweight. She is 172 cm tall, nine centimetres taller than Smolková.
The OKTAGON women's flyweight title is currently vacant, but this bout is not billed as a title fight. OKTAGON has not said publicly whether the winner moves into a title shot.
For Smolková the stakes are clear. A ninth straight win would strengthen her claim on the vacant belt. A defeat would end the streak and reopen a division she currently leads.
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