The interim light heavyweight title will be up for grabs in Oberhausen as Oktagon 44 takes place on Saturday, June 17.
The event will see Germany’s Alexander Poppeck take on Slovakia’s Pavol Langer for the vacant interim title, with the winner set to head home with a shiny new belt, and a future shot at the promotion’s light heavyweight champion, Karlos Vemola.
The event, which will be held at the city’s Rudolf Weber-Arena, will also feature two welterweight bouts in the promotion’s Tipsport Gamechanger tournament, with German contenders Christian Jungwirth and Mohamed Grabinski both set for action in separate quarter-final matchups.
Jungwirth will face off against Serbia’s Bojan Velickovic, while Grabinski is set to take on Greek contender Andreas Michailidis.
The fight card will also see one of the promotion’s most exciting talents, Ronald Paradeiser, take on UK MMA veteran Andrew Fisher in a lightweight matchup, while former UFC welterweight contender John Hathaway returns to action against Lucasz Siwiec.
Oktagon 44 takes place Saturday, June 17 and streams live on DAZN, and via Oktagon.tv
Oktagon 44: Confirmed fight card
MAIN CARD
- Pavol Langer vs. Alexander Poppeck – for vacant interim light heavyweight title
- Bojan Velickovic vs. Christian Jungwirth – Tipsport Gamechanger quarter-final bout
- Mohamed Grabinski vs. Andreas Michailidis – Tipsport Gamechanger quarter-final bout
- Rafael Xavier vs. Mateusz Strzelczyk
- Ronald Paradeiser vs. Andrew Fisher
- Zdenek Polivka vs. Hojat Khajevand
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Ante Racic vs. Nuno Costa
- Lukasz Siwiec vs. John Hathaway
- Sofiia Bagishvili vs. Jacinta Austin
- Hafeni Nafuka vs. Adrian Kepa
- Hassan Shaaban vs Denis Gondzala