The Severino vs. Holzer bantamweight title fight takes place on Saturday 7 November at Oktagon 97 in Hanover, Germany. Champion Igor Severino defends his belt against unbeaten local fighter Max Holzer, who is 12-0 and drops to 135 pounds for the first time, according to OKTAGON and Fighters Only.
The title fight
The event is held at the ZAG Arena in Hanover, Holzer's home city, and OKTAGON lists tickets as on sale and the broadcast on oktagon.tv. Fighters Only reports it is the promotion's third event in Hanover and calls the main event one of the best championship contests in OKTAGON history. Neither source states the scheduled number of rounds, so we do not give a format here.
Igor Severino: the title and the no contest
Severino, a 23-year-old Brazilian nicknamed "The Hannibal", won the bantamweight belt at Oktagon 85 on 7 March by technical knockout of Khurshed Kakhorov in round 5. He is ranked sixth in OKTAGON's pound-for-pound list in our data.
His last fight, at Oktagon 89 on 6 June against Zhalgas Zhumagulov, was a no contest in round 2. Fighters Only reports that it ended after an accidental groin strike, with Severino having won the first round. A no contest is not a loss or a win, so it does not change his win-loss numbers.
On the record: OKTAGON and Fighters Only list Severino at 10-1 with one no contest. Our database shows 9-1-0 with one no contest, with nine wins made up of four by knockout or TKO, four by submission and one by decision. We are checking the difference, and the no contest is counted separately in both. His one loss was a disqualification against Andre Lima in the UFC in March 2024.
Max Holzer: unbeaten and moving down
Holzer, nicknamed "Stifler", is 12-0 and ranked second at featherweight in OKTAGON in our data. Ten of his wins are finishes: three by knockout or TKO and seven by submission, plus two decisions. Fighters Only notes that he became widely known for a submission of Deniz Ilbay at Oktagon 69 in April 2025. He then fought again at Oktagon 88 on 16 May, stopping Khalid Taha in round 1.
This is his first fight at bantamweight. According to Fighters Only, Holzer believes the lower weight will let him reach his full athletic potential.
What decides it
Both fighters finish most of their fights. Severino has eight finishes in nine wins in our data, Holzer ten in twelve. That points to a fight that is unlikely to be settled by judges, though that is a reading of the numbers and not a prediction.
The open questions are how Holzer handles the move down from featherweight, and how Severino deals with a challenger who has never lost and fights at home.
The rest of the card
According to the OKTAGON event page, the card also includes:
- Gjoni Palokaj vs. Zafar Mohsen at featherweight, listed as number 4 against number 3
- Daniel Makin vs. Petr Bartonek at welterweight
- Haci Akseker vs. Jonatan Kujawa at featherweight
- Justin Detzel vs. Kacper Fratczak, both 3-0
- Jan Holzer vs. Rastislav Zvara, a professional debut for both
- Aslaner vs. Frimpong and Rysavy vs. Bark
OKTAGON says more fights will be announced.
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