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Denis Frimpong hit the canvas twice in seven months. Each time, a different man put him there. Gökhan “Abinator” Aksu handed him the first knockout loss of his career in Munich last November, and Niko “One Love” Samsonidse switched his lights off in just 54 seconds.
FIGHTING SO HIS MOTHER NEVER HAS TO WORK AGAIN: NESSAR DEBUTS IN OKTAGON AT HOME
As a kid, he dreamed of a career as a professional footballer, but the chance never came. He walked away from his apprenticeship to focus on training and, along the way, built a community of more than half a million people on social media.
FROM A PARKING-LOT VAN TO THE TITLE? KLINKHAMMER FACES SNIPER GOGOLADZE IN MUNICH
While everyone else drove home after training, he climbed into a camper van in the parking lot outside the gym. That was Felix Klinkhammer’s life in London for years. On Halloween, he can become the first German to hold the OKTAGON welterweight belt.
MUNICH FUN FACTS: A WELTERWEIGHT HALLOWEEN, SPARRING WITH JONES AND A PAINTER IN THE CAGE
A Georgian who lived in Merab Dvalishvili’s house. A replacement who was once supposed to fight the very man he is now stepping in for. A Slovak who says Jon Jones “beat him like a dog”, and a referee from the presidential protection unit.
OKTAGON 95 RESULTS: NARKUN CHOKES OUT ŠKVOR, JURÁČEK RETURNS IN STYLE
A TKO in thirteen seconds, a rear naked choke and a spectacular comeback after more than three and a half years away. Polish legend Tomasz Narkun dragged Daniel Škvor into his world and ended the main event by submission, while Matúš Juráček celebrated his return to the yellow-and-black cage.
