Key takeaways
Hatef Moeil beat Lazar Todev by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of OKTAGON 49 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Leandro Silva beat Christian Eckerlin after three rounds.
Across the ten bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in ten fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Arijan Topallaj, who stopped Roman Paulus at 1:41 of round one, and four of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kerim Engizek's knockout of Adam Horváth, 4 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 46 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against one of the five below it. Arijan Topallaj (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five weight classes were used, featherweight most often with three bouts.
