Oktagon 96 takes place on Saturday 31 October 2026 at the SAP Garden in Munich, and the main event is Amiran Gogoladze against Felix Klinkhammer for the vacant welterweight title. The venue lists a start at 18:00 local time, while Combat Press gives 5 p.m., so the time is not settled across sources. In German-speaking countries the fights are on RTL+ Premium, and worldwide the card is a pay-per-view on OKTAGON.TV.
Date, venue and start time
Oktagon 96 is a 12-fight card on Saturday 31 October at the SAP Garden, the promotion's fifth event in Munich according to Combat Press. The SAP Garden's own event page says the event starts at 6:00 p.m., and the calendar site ufcalendar also lists the main card at 18:00 CET. That page puts the estimated main event start at about 22:57.
Combat Press, however, reports a 5 p.m. local start. The difference is probably explained by the broadcast: the website dslweb.de gives 17:25 as the start of the RTL+ live stream, which would put the stream before the first walkout in the hall. That is our reading, not something the promotion has confirmed. Treat 17:00 to 18:00 as the window and check the official OKTAGON channels in fight week.
The running order can also change. Ufcalendar notes that start times and the order of the fights may shift during fight week, and Combat Press says more bouts are expected to be announced.
Where to watch Oktagon 96
- Germany, Austria and Switzerland: RTL+. According to dslweb.de, the live stream needs the RTL+ Premium plan at 9.99 euros a month, while the Basic plan at 5.99 euros only gives access to replays from the media library. Prices can change, so check before you subscribe.
- Worldwide: OKTAGON.TV, the promotion's own platform, sells the card as a pay-per-view. Ufcalendar lists it as available worldwide, and Combat Press also describes a live pay-per-view through OKTAGON's platform.
- Free TV: we found no confirmation of a free-to-air broadcast.
Gogoladze vs. Klinkhammer for the vacant title
The five-round main event is for the vacant OKTAGON welterweight championship. In our rankings Amiran Gogoladze, nicknamed "The Sniper" and from Georgia, is the No. 1 welterweight. Felix Klinkhammer of Germany is unbeaten at 11-0 and sits at No. 6.
Gogoladze last fought on 11 April 2026 at Oktagon 86, where he knocked out Ion Surdu in the first round. Combat Press notes that eight of his stoppages came in under 100 seconds, including a 10-second knockout it calls the fastest in M-1 history.
Klinkhammer's last fight was a first-round submission of Máté Kertész at Oktagon 80 on 22 November 2025. Eight of his 11 wins are by submission in our data, and Combat Press describes him as an Ares FC champion who trains at London Shootfighters.
Todev vs. Biyong, Ayari vs. Surdu and the rest of the card
Two ranked fights sit just below the main event. In the heavyweight bout, Lazar Todev, ranked No. 1 in our OKTAGON heavyweight rankings at 14-7, meets Simon Biyong, ranked No. 6 at 12-6. Todev beat Martin Buday by decision at Oktagon 89 in June, and Biyong stopped Yevhenii Orlov in round one at Oktagon 88 in May. Biyong also has PFL fights on his record.
In the welterweight bout, Jessin Ayari (19-6, ranked No. 5) faces Ion Surdu (17-8, ranked No. 3). Ayari is the card's UFC veteran in our data, with fights for the UFC in 2018 and 2020, and he has won his last two at Oktagon. Surdu comes off the loss to Gogoladze, and before that won the welterweight title fight against Andrej Kalašnik at Oktagon 79.
The rest of the announced card, as listed by ufcalendar and Combat Press:
- Gökhan Aksu vs. Niko Samsonidse (lightweight)
- Ronald Paradeiser vs. Tyrone Pfeifer (welterweight)
- Marek Bartl vs. Brian Manning (middleweight)
- Marat Nessar vs. Abdulmalik Aliev (lightweight)
- Shawn Marcos da Silva vs. Fayaz Haqparast (flyweight)
- Kevin Hangs vs. Burak Kizilirmak (welterweight)
- Henrique Madureira vs. Daniel Schordje (featherweight)
- Endrit Brajshori vs. Christian Mach (welterweight)
- Michael Deiga-Scheck vs. Lukáš Chotěnovský (featherweight)
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