OKTAGON founders detail 'stand-and-bang' rules for April 11 headliner
OKTAGON MMA will introduce a new ruleset for its next main event, inspired by Max Holloway.
OKTAGON MMA is expanding its scope beyond MMA for its next headliner, which co-founders Pavol Neruda and Ondrej Novotny are certain will provide significant entertainment. The promotion has already developed a stronghold on the European market, with 100 total events now in the can, many of them featuring tens of thousands of fans in attendance. OKTAGON embraces the spectacle of combat sports, seeking out unique venues and passionate fanbases to deliver shows in markets such as Germany, Czech Republic and more.
For its next event, OKTAGON will travel to Poland for the first time with OKTAGON 86 at Enea Arena in Szczecin, headlined by a matchup between MMA veterans Christian Jungwirth and Michaล Materla. They won't be fighting MMA, however, but instead under a modified striking-only ruleset the organization is now labeling as "Stand-and-Bang. " "Our new rules 'stand-and-bang' between Materla and Jungwirth, that will be something special," Novotny told MMA Junkie.
"We are thinking what we will call these kinds of rules, because before we have the underground rules. Now it's going to be basically boxing with the small gloves with elbows also, clinch on the fence but no takedowns, no kicks. I believe this will be something special.
It will be a crazy fight, especially with Jungwirth and Materla. They are crazy fighters. If people don't know them, I don't believe you need to know them to enjoy the fight.