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.

The Afghan "People's Hero" Nazhand is going for his third triumph in the organisation. He’s more popular than Vémola or Eckerlin on Instagram, with over 500,000 fans already following him! He’ll be facing the greatest obstacle of his career – Mohamed Grabinski, a German former double champ with 17 wins inside the distance.

#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.