{"id":633170,"date":"2026-04-27T02:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T02:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:13:11","slug":"lucia-szabova-stops-fernandes-to-become-oktagon-mmas-first-female-double-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633170\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucia Szabov\u00e1 stops Fernandes to become Oktagon MMA\u2019s first female double champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OKTAGON 87 took place yesterday (Saturday, April 25) and marked the promotion\u2019s return to the Czech city of Liberec for the first time in three years. The judges were rarely needed inside Home Credit Arena as eight of the eleven matchups ended in a stoppage. History was also made as the first ever female double champion in the organisation was crowned in front of a partisan crowd.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event, Lucia Szabov\u00e1 (11-0) remained undefeated by stopping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/fighters\/271498-leidiane-fernandes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Leidiane Fernandes<\/a> (7-3) due to strikes during the third round of their vacant flyweight title contest. The Brazilian came full throttle out of the gate but it was the precise, clinical striking of Szabov\u00e1 which turned the matchup in her favour. \u2018Silent Killer\u2019 landed a beautiful trip before progressing to mount and reigning down blows on her adversary. She is now the queen of two divisions and in her post-fight interview, announced that she would like to face Lucie Pudilov\u00e1 next, which is a showdown years in the making.<\/p>\n<p><img title=\"Lucia Szabov\u00e1 - My MMA News\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lucia2.jpg\" alt=\"Lucia Szabov\u00e1\" width=\"1125\" height=\"750\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Dominik Humburger (12-3) bested <a href=\"https:\/\/mymmanews.com\/zebaztian-kadestam-lands-massive-uppercut-ko-to-open-up-one-on-prime-video-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Zebaztian Kadestam<\/a> (15-9) in their middleweight co-headliner over the fifteen-minute distance. The proud Liberec native had the entire crowd behind him and used their energy to push forward and deliver the more damaging strikes on the feet. Kadestam displayed his toughness by continuing to fight on but in the end, the power of Captain Czechia was too much and he once again placed himself amongst the biggest names in the weight class.<\/p>\n<p>In a thrilling featherweight feature grudge bout, Radek Rou\u0161al (7-2) was at his devastating best to knock out Samuel Bark (13-4) in the very first frame. His improvements over the last year have been undeniable and \u2018Ruchy\u2019 can now challenge the upper echelon of the division. Furthermore, in a special STAND and BANG welterweight clash, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship star, Josef H\u00e1la, stopped Tom\u00e1\u0161 Mudroch in an exciting battle.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on the card, Mileide Simplicio (7-3) stunned Josefine Knutsson (8-2) by submitting the UFC veteran in the opening round at strawweight and Liam Pitts (4-0) continued his momentum by finishing Kacper Matyszewski (3-4) in a 63.5kg\/140lbs catchweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>Main Card<\/p>\n<p>Main Event<br \/>Vacant Flyweight Title<br \/>Lucia Szabov\u00e1 (11-0) defeated Leidiane Fernandes (7-3) by TKO (punches and elbows) at 2:12 of round three to win the vacant flyweight belt<\/p>\n<p>Co-Main Event<br \/>Middleweight<br \/>Dominik Humburger (12-3) defeated Zebaztian Kadestam (15-9) by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)<\/p>\n<p>Featherweight<br \/>Radek Rou\u0161al (7-2) defeated Samuel Bark (13-4) by knockout (punch) at 1:15 of round one<\/p>\n<p>STAND and BANG rules<br \/>Welterweight<br \/>Josef H\u00e1la defeated Tom\u00e1\u0161 Mudroch by knockout (punch) at 1:52 of round two<\/p>\n<p>Lightweight<br \/>Ozan Aslaner (11-6-1) defeated Vladim\u00edr Leng\u00e1l (9-6) by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)<\/p>\n<p>Catchweight (75kg\/165lbs)<br \/>Jan Malach (19-17) defeated Stefan Kon\u010dar (4-2) by TKO (knee and punches) at 1:58 of round three<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary Card<\/p>\n<p>Light Heavyweight<br \/>Vojtech Garba (9-8) defeated Mateusz Strzelczyk (16-16-1, 1NC) by TKO (punches) at 3:48 of round one<\/p>\n<p>Featherweight<br \/>V\u00e1clav \u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n (5-0) defeated Firas Daud (5-1) by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)<\/p>\n<p>Strawweight<br \/>Mileide Simplicio (7-3) defeated Josefine Knutsson (8-2) by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:55 of round one<\/p>\n<p>Catchweight (63.5kg\/140lbs)<br \/>Liam Pitts (4-0) defeated Kacper Matyszewski (3-4) by submission (rear naked choke) at 3:52 of round one<\/p>\n<p>Lightweight<br \/>Alex Hutyra (4-0) defeated Umut Birdal (3-1) by submission (rear naked choke) at 3:44 of round two<\/p>\n<p>OKTAGON are back in three weeks as we take over the German city of Hannover for the second time. It\u2019ll be a huge night for the featherweights as Mago Machaev defends his belt against hometown hero, Gjoni Palokaj, and Max Holzer finally clashes with Khalid Taha in a highly anticipated showdown. Jarno Errens also makes his promotional debut opposite Damien Lapilus at OKTAGON 88.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aioseo-author-bio-compact-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mymmanews_logo_Final.png\" alt=\"author avatar\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tPost navigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OKTAGON 87 took place yesterday (Saturday, April 25) and marked the promotion\u2019s return to the Czech city of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-633170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}