With Max Holzer, the big MMA star at Oktagon 75 in Hanover is missing and the Spotlight belongs to the talents like Hugo “German Tarzan” Vach, Niko “Spider” Serbezis or Holzer’s beating brother Gjoni Palokaj. In terms of qualitative, the springweight fights are top -class – on this evening, a candidate for the title fight for the vacant belt should also crystallize. Sport.de accompanies the evening from Hanover in the live blog.
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In the main fight, Gjoni Palokaj and Jakub Batfalsky are now facing each other …
With the heavyweights Lazar Todev and Edson Barbosa The spectators were more tactics instead of force. Three rounds both fought with isolated blows. The Stuttgart Todev was more agile, had the majority of the goals. Barbosa landed only a wild upward hook with which he shook the German-Bulgarians. After three tough rounds, the judge Todev gave the victory.
The former UFC fighter David Dvorak Wanted the Hanoverian Mo Walid Spitting vigorously in the soup. The Czech veteran also succeeded. In the first round, both opponents often ended up in the clinch, both set a skillful goal, but Dvorak was able to free himself when Walid wanted to make combinations. Dvorak then ended the fight with a crashing overhand. Walid immediately went to the ground after the goal.
Taha with mega-comeback
In the spring weight Khalid Taha Actually against Hanover’s best fighter Max Holzer. After verbal attacks and provocations on social media, the fight ultimately fell into the water because Holzer had to cancel them. Replacement opponent Edgar Jiminez made it extremely difficult for the Dortmund. Good striking combinations and a good defensive secured the first two rounds of points to the man from Costa Rica. The South American cheered the audience in Hanover with frenetic with “Holzer” calls.
Taha put pressure on the third round, landed heavy hooks and kept pressing his opponent towards the cage fence. A right one finally found her destination and hit Jiminez exactly on the chin, which immediately went down. Taha win through Knockout. Afterwards Taha spotted the audience on “Hannover! Where is your chicken?”, He roared. Previously, the Dortmund had always claimed that Holzer had not caught with the pressure.
Emilio Quissua made his debut against Mateusz Strzelczyk in the light heavyweight. The Balinger was immediately surprised by a role of the floor specialist at the beginning of the round. His Polish opponent tried to set a leg lever and to force Quissua to the task. It in turn turned cleverly and ended up in a top position. There he worked on the overwhelmed Poles with blows. Many went to cover, many ended up at the finish line. After about two minutes the referee intervened – Quissua won through technical knockout.
Mochaev with masterpiece
The number 2 in the spring weight, Mochamed Mochaevgot it with the dangerous striker Wanderley Silva to do. In the first round, the Austrian dominated primarily through his grappling. His Brazilian opponent had no chance in places. Machaev knew how to combine his strengths in the struggle with hard blows. In the second round, he rang hiking ley several times before going back onto the floor. A hail of the Austrian followed and the referee intervened. Victory through technical knockout for Machaev.
For the “German Tarzan” Hugo Vach It was also an opponent who had jumped in shortly before. Moritz MerteN put pressure on the first round, tried to bring the Hanoverian to the ground. He succeeded with a right hook. However, Vach found himself quickly and turned on the ground, worked on Merten with blows and elbows. A blow landed in the eye. Merten had to be treated medically during the round break and could not continue.
Brazilian surprises “The Spider”
Niko “MMA Spider” Serbezis met Henrique Madureira. Serbezis, born in Hanover, did not really know after three changes of opponents what awaits him with Madureira. The Brazilian was wide awake right from the start, using his opponent’s gaps well. After a few minutes, Serbezis had the left hand too far down and caught a crashing right. The German went immediately KoEMIR-CAN AL From Düsseldorf, the Slovak had already had a manual manner with the Slovak Lukas Elias. It started in the first round. Al landed hard hits to the body, Elias took the double cover up. Then he surprised the “Turkish Bull” and brought it to the ground with Takedown. He tried an task concept, but the German-Turk knew how to defend himself. In the second round, the Slovak continued its plan – and ultimately also through. With carelessness, Al slipped into a choke and had to knock.
A local hero started in Hanover. Finn Griessmann Was prepared for a few days Jixie Molapo stepped in. The South African is a former rugby player and is considered a great talent. With Legenkicks he put the German at the beginning, but Griessmann replied directly to the body with hard hands. With a takedown, he was able to secure the first round with the dot jacks. In the second round, however, Mokapo continued to work with hard kicks to the leg of his opponent – and the effect. Griessmann was visibly more immobile, landed a clean hook and a takedown, but the round dominated the South African. Molapo had the better hits in the final round, the local hero also fought a little bit with the condition. Accordingly, the judges just gave the fight to the South African.