Europe’s leading MMA promotion OKTAGON is back in Germany this weekend. OKTAGON 55 brings lots of German talent to a fun card in Stuttgart.
The city is home to one of German MMAs legendary figures Christian Jungwirth. “The Kelt” has a record of 14-8 and is coming into this fight from a severe shoulder injury from his last fight. Back in September Jungwirth lost by kimura in Frankfurt and the injury put the German on the sideline until now. His opponent Robert Pukac is also coming off a loss to Matous Kohout and comes into the rematch motivated to get it back against Jungwirth.
Elsewhere on the card, high stakes in the light heavyweight division. #4 Alexander Poppeck puts his ranking on the line against American newcomer Jeremy Kimball. Mate Keretesz takes on Niklas Stolze in a ranked welterweight. bout. On the prelims North West Fight Academys Karolina Wojcik takes on former title challenger Jacinta Austin.
Here we’ll bring you all the results and highlights. You can watch OKTAGON 55 live on Channel 4 online from 4PM. In the EU live on DAZN or via PPV.
OKTAGON 55: Live Results:
Main event:
Welterweight: Christian Jungwirth (14-8-0) v Robert Pukac (16-12-1)
Result: Christian jungwirth wins by unanimous decision
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Light Heavyweight: #4 Alexander Poppeck (16-5-0) v Jeremy Kimball (19-10-0)
Result: Alexander Poppeck wins by first round TKO (punches)
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Welterweight: #8 Mate Kertesz (14-7-0) v #9 Niklas Stolze (13-6-0)
Result: Mate Kertesz wins in the second round by submission (rear naked choke)
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Middleweight: Jamie Cordero (4-2-0) v Dominic Schober (13-10-0)
Result: Jamie Cordero wins by unanimous decision
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Heavyweight: #9 Ruben Wolf (12-12-0) v Sebastian Herzberg (4-0-0)
Result: Sebastian Herzberg wins by injury at the end of the first round
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Lightweight: Karol Rysavy (13-6-0) v Arijan Topallaj (6-0-1)
Result: Arijan Topallaj wins by brutal first round knock out
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Prelims
Catchweight 74kg: Jakub Bahnik (9-4-0) v Wahid Najand (7-2-0)
Result: Wahid Najand wins by unimous decision
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Light Heavyweight: Jorick Montagnac (5-2-0) v #7 Sebastian Heil (7-2-0)
Result: Jorick Montagnac wins by unanimous decision after an incredibly dominant first round
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Featherweight: Michael Deiga-Scheck (10-5-0) v Nikolaos Serbezis (8-3-0)
Result: Michael Deiga-Scheck wins by vicious first round TKO (overhand left)
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Bantamweight: #2 Roza Gumienna (5-3-0) v #4 Lucia Szabova (6-0-0)
Result: Lucia Szabova wins by submission in R3 by armbar and she’ll take the #2 ranking in the division
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Catchweight 87kg: Ion Taburceanu (6-2-0) v Nenad Avramavoic (12-9-0)
Result: Ion Taburceanu wins by ‘fighter stoppage’ after the second round
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Strawweight: #2 Jacinta Austin (5-2-0) v #6 Karolina Wojcik (11-4-0)
Result: Jacinta Austin wins by unanimous decision
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