Shortly before the Oktagon MMA event in Düsseldorf (Saturday 1st February live on RTL+), a doping quake goes through the martial arts league. The map of Oktagon 66 crumbles!
The French fighters Damien Lapilus and Anthony Salamone will not compete in Düsseldorf. According to reports from the AfLD, Immaf and Gemmaf, they are not entitled to start due to an earlier lock. This also means that the fat main event of the evening falls into the water!
Nevertheless, the fans don’t have to do without Kerim Engizek! The locamador is now fighting against Kamil Oniszczuk. According to Oktagon, Lom-Ali Eskiev is now fighting against the Brazilian Wanderley Junior.
The MMA league writes on Instagram: “We understand your disappointment about the lack of the fighters. After we have received information about their previous doping offenses, we decided to respect the sanctions imposed inform.
Further: “We apologize for the changes in the tournament requirement. After we have received information about the previous doping violations of these fighters, we decided to recognize the imposed sanctions. We will shortly announce new fights. Thank you for your support.”
“We are just as disappointed as you have about this situation. After we have received the information, we had to make changes to the tournament requirement. We are working on replacement fights and will inform you as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding,” said Oktagon.