OKTAGON MMA stages twelve bouts at Werk Arena in Trinec, Czech Republic, on Saturday, November 21, 2026, headlined by Mateusz Legierski‘s lightweight title defense against Ivan Buchinger.
Date, venue and start times
The event takes place on Saturday, November 21, 2026, at Werk Arena in Trinec. The card starts at 6:00 p.m. Czech time, according to OKTAGON MMA’s official schedule, which is noon US Eastern, 9:00 a.m. US Pacific, and 5:00 p.m. in the United Kingdom. The closing title fight between Legierski and Buchinger is estimated to start around 10:57 p.m. Czech time.
| Card segment | US Eastern | US Pacific | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card opens | 12:00 p.m. | 9:00 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. |
| Mid-card | 2:15 p.m. | 11:15 a.m. | 7:15 p.m. |
| Title fight (Legierski vs. Buchinger, estimated) | 4:57 p.m. | 1:57 p.m. | 9:57 p.m. |
These times are estimates based on the usual gap between bouts and can shift during fight week. Two originally announced bouts, Penaz vs. Oniszczuk and Khajevand vs. Janur, were scrapped; Janur now faces Hosek.
How to Watch
OKTAGON MMA streams its events worldwide through its own pay-per-view platform, OKTAGON.TV, and through a broadcast deal with DAZN in a selection of international markets that excludes the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the German-speaking DACH region.
| Country | Broadcaster | Segments | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Not confirmed | Full card | Not confirmed |
| Canada | Not confirmed | Full card | Not confirmed |
| United Kingdom, Ireland | Not confirmed | Full card | Not confirmed |
| France, Switzerland | Not confirmed | Full card | Not confirmed |
| Germany, Austria, Spain | OKTAGON.TV | Full card | Paid, pay-per-view |
| Czech Republic, Slovakia | OKTAGON.TV | Full card | Paid, pay-per-view |
| Worldwide (league platform) | OKTAGON.TV | Full card | Paid, pay-per-view |
Broadcaster not confirmed for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France or Switzerland as of November 13, 2026: the worldwide OKTAGON.TV app, sold on a pay-per-view basis, is the only confirmed option for viewers there. The OKTAGON.TV app is available on Google Play and the Apple App Store, with a voucher code redemption option, according to the platform’s own site.
Main card
Six bouts make up the back half of the show, led by the lightweight title fight.
| Weight class | Fighter 1 | Fighter 2 | Stakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight, title, 5 rounds | Mateusz Legierski (Poland) | Ivan Buchinger (Slovakia) | OKTAGON Lightweight Championship |
| Welterweight | Tomas Mudroch (Czech Republic) | Jason Ponet (France) | Non-title |
| Flyweight | Veronika Smolkova (Slovakia) | Ivana Petrovic (Croatia) | Non-title |
| Featherweight | Jakub Batfalsky (Czech Republic) | Ayton De Paepe (Belgium) | Non-title |
| Underground rules (striking) | Dominik “Hunter” Tabor (Czech Republic) | “El Pistolero” Ilbay (Turkey) | Non-title |
| Middleweight, Stand & Bang rules (small gloves) | Martin Prazdny (Czech Republic) | Jindrich Byrtus (Czech Republic) | Non-title |
Jason Ponet (France) is the only French fighter on the card, meeting Czech welterweight Tomas Mudroch. Belgian Ayton De Paepe faces Jakub Batfalsky at featherweight.
Prelims
The card opens with six bouts, including David Hosek’s fight against a late replacement opponent.
| Weight class | Fighter 1 | Fighter 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Not specified | Natalie Hlavackova (Czech Republic) | Fanni Sos (Hungary) |
| Not specified | Kacper Smielowski (Poland) | Anzor Mezhidov (Russia) |
| Not specified | “Andres” Raska (Czech Republic) | Schober (Austria) |
| Not specified | Hendin (Czech Republic) | Sadat (not specified) |
| Lightweight | Patrik Sebek (Slovakia) | Adrian Hamerski (Poland) |
| Not specified | David “Spartan” Hosek (Czech Republic) | Janur (not specified) |
What is at stake
Mateusz Legierski makes the second defense of the lightweight title he reclaimed on November 22, 2025, in Munich with a unanimous decision over Attila Korkmaz, five years after first winning it. The Pole, who carries a 14-2 record, made his first defense of this second reign by TKO against Gokhan Aksu on June 20, 2026, in Berlin.
Ivan Buchinger, 40, holds a 46-10 record and has won his last three fights by submission or TKO since November 2024, including back-to-back chokes against Vladimir Lengal in June 2025 and Richie Smullen in October 2025. The Slovak veteran is chasing a third reign atop the promotion’s lightweight division.
Jason Ponet (France) is the card’s only direct French interest, in a non-title welterweight bout against Czech fighter Tomas Mudroch.
OKTAGON 98 is the promotion’s penultimate card of the year, with OKTAGON 99 set for December 5, 2026, at Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, according to the league’s official schedule.
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