On Saturday evening, Oktagon MMA heads to Hamburg. A offered out Barclays Enviornment awaits a stacked Oktagon 73 card. Nonetheless, the Friday morning weigh-ins noticed 5 fighters miss weight, certainly one of which was the Flyweight Champ, Beno Adamia. Beno Adamia has now been pressured to vacate his title, and won’t be able to win it again on Saturday, when he faces UFC Veteran Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Beno Adamia is now not the flyweight champion
The Georgian Flyweight was unable to make weight on Friday morning, lacking by 1 kilogram. Adamia received the title in February in opposition to Sam Creasey, and was alleged to be making his first protection. Regardless of the miss, Adamia remains to be set to be combating Zhumagulov, and plenty of followers are stunned to search out this title battle serving because the featured prelim. Clearly, the primary occasion is German Famous person Christian Eckerlin v Robert Oukac, however on the very least, it may have served because the co-main occasion.
The pair of flyweights are identified for going to struggle, so the battle can be an important battle, for so long as it lasts.
solely Zhalgas Zhumagulov can win the title
Zhalgas Zhumagulov may have all the nation of Khazakstan behind him. With 300k+ Instagram followers, Zhumagulov is without doubt one of the hottest fighters underneath the Oktagon MMA banner. Profitable the title may flip him right into a mega star within the promotion. Zhumagulov can be seeking to make it 4 wins in a row since departing from the UFC. Contained in the UFC, he was often known as an anytime, wherever sort fighter, having confronted the likes of Joshua Van, Charles Johnson, Manel Kape and Amir Albazi. He even has a win over Tagir Ulanbekov exterior of the UFC.
Zhumagulov has an opportunity to win his first title, since he was the Flyweight Champ underneath the FNG banner in 2019. It will likely be fascinating to see who the followers in Hamburg cheer for, each fighters are extremely popular of their respective nations, and can be seeking to turn out to be well-liked in certainly one of OktagonMMA’s largest markets, Germany.
