Niko Samsonidse And Mochamed Machaev Set For Vacant OKTAGON Featherweight Title Clash At Stuttgart

MMA Regional Pick of the Week: Oktagon 83

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Niko Samsonidse And Mochamed Machaev Set For Vacant OKTAGON Featherweight Title Clash At Stuttgart

OKTAGON 83 heads to Stuttgart on January 31, 2026, with Germany’s Niko Samsonidse facing Austria’s Mochamed Machaev for the vacant featherweight championship at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle. The five-round title fight marks a comeback story against rising aggression in European MMA’s most watched promotion. OKTAGON 83 Samsonidse enters the bout ranked first in OKTAGON‘s featherweight division and 62nd globally with a 12-3 record. The 31-year-old …

Oktagon 83 Preview: Samsonidse v Machaev, Manning debuts, Pudilová Returns

Oktagon will cap off their January with a second German show of the month. Oktagon 83 is back in Stuttgart’s Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle, with the usual eleven fights on deck, including one for an OKMMA title. The vacant OKMMA Featherweight Championship is on the line in the main event of the evening. Niko Samsonidse (12-3) has been in this position before, falling short to the great Losene Keita in December 2023. The Georgian has won his two co…

Oktagon 83: Lazar Todev Wants to Fight the Best, Admits Wins Over Two Straight UFC Alums Would Be Big

Oktagon 83 heavyweight Lazar Todev has had something of a roller coaster ride over the past year and a half or so. In December of 2024, Todev was supposed to face Oktagon MMA heavyweight champion Hatef Moeil at Oktagon 64. However, during a pre-fight press conference, an altercation erupted, and Moeil actually threw his belt at the challenger, though it instead hit and cut Oktagon co-founder Pavol Neruda. Promotion officials deemed that Moeil wa…