OKTAGON 69: HOLZER vs. ILBAY

The OKTAGON avalanche is rolling into a new city! In Dortmund for the first time.

In tournament number 69, OKTAGON is getting ready to plant its flag in one more city. On 5 April 2025, it will be presenting its stirring show – which has firmly found a place among the world’s best MMA events – in Westphalia’s green metropolis for the first time.

Something Dortmund has never experienced! The heroes of hundreds of thousands of fans – elite modern gladiators – are coming to this city.

The fans’ pleas have been heard! An epic battle that some fans are calling the battle of the decade is coming soon! A duel between the two most popular German featherweight fighters. Striker vs. grappler. Holzer, a 22-year-old phenomenon and #5 in the division, who’s gone 10 fights undefeated, who has finally arrived to stop the crowd-thriller “El Pistolero” Ilbay, a heavy hitter who’s #7 in the ranking.

The legendary YouTuber with 1.4 million subscribers Flying Uwe is getting ready for his third pro MMA fight. Ediz ‘der Breite’ Tasci – a towering famed streamer, longtime combat sports advocate, and seasoned fighter in his own right – is aiming to topple him. ️

Attila Végh’s popular protégé “Bomby” Ryšavý, with 11 finishes, aims to kickstart a new engine in the new year and secure the victory that he urgently needs. But Black-Dell, a champion of two German organisations with many wins under his belt, will be a very tough nut to crack.

#8 vs. #10 in the featherweight division. The veteran Palokaj has a string of three wins in OKTAGON, and the originally elite Thai boxer Marco Novák has a full four wins in a row. Which of them will lose their enduring invincibility?

Aby, a two-time title challenger who’s defeated stage 3 cancer, wants to prove that he still belongs at the top! He’ll be facing a fighter from the Kurdish mountains, Mohammed Walid, who secured all seven of his wins before the final bell and can’t wait to showcase himself to the world in OKTAGON!

A Serbian grudge match! The up-and-coming German fighter with Balkan blood Duric has gone undefeated for 7 fights. He’s challenging last year’s biggest OKTAGON signing – Serbian top lightweight and SBC champion Bogdanović – to a fierce dance.

And also the grand entrance of a tough finisher, a champion of 2 organisations and a veteran of RIZIN and UFC, where he’s had five fights: Khalid Taha.

Experience one of the best world-class sports shows of all! 5 April: OKTAGON 69, coming to Dortmund for the first time. Tickets on sale now.