Unbeaten Alina Dalaslan (6-0) and Niamh Kinehan (3-0) will fight for the vacant OKTAGON women's bantamweight title in the OKTAGON 101 main event in Stuttgart on Jan. 16, 2027.
What we know
- Dalaslan and Kinehan will fight for the vacant OKTAGON women's bantamweight title in the OKTAGON 101 main event.
- OKTAGON 101 takes place at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart on Jan. 16, 2027.
- The champion's position in OKTAGON's Oct. 23 women's 135-pound rankings is marked to be determined; Dalaslan is ranked first and Kinehan third.
- OKTAGON announced the pairing on Oct. 22; tickets are on sale and further fights will be announced in the coming weeks.
One unbeaten record will go on January 16. OKTAGON has put Alina Dalaslan and Niamh Kinehan in the main event of OKTAGON 101 for the vacant women's bantamweight title, and neither woman is defending anything: the champion's spot in the promotion's Oct. 23 rankings is marked to be determined.
Dalaslan is the home fighter. The 26-year-old German, who trains with Planet Eater, is ranked first in the division and fought in Stuttgart before, at OKTAGON 83. There she stopped Karolina Sobek, who is still ranked fifth, by third-round TKO after a hook hurt Sobek and the referee stepped in. The title fight brings her back to the same city with a belt at stake instead of another contender bout.
Kinehan, 27, comes from England and is ranked third. She is a striker first: OKTAGON credits her with WBC, WMO and ISKA titles in Muay Thai before her move to MMA. Her best-known pro win is the TKO of Emilia Czerwińska in Szczecin, where a second-round head kick dropped Czerwińska and a left hook finished it shortly before the final bell.
The matchup skips the second-ranked contender, Lucie Pudilová, who sits between the two. Ivana Petrović is fourth. The booking follows reports of Lucia Szabova's expected exit from OKTAGON for the UFC, which left the division's top spot in question.
Dalaslan's style edge shows in the way she beat Sobek, winning the striking exchanges before the finish, and Kinehan's résumé suggests she will want the same fight on the feet. Tickets are on sale, and OKTAGON says more fights will be announced in the coming weeks. The rest of the card is the next thing to watch.
Dalaslan is the home fighter. The 26-year-old German, who trains with Planet Eater, is ranked first in the division and fought in Stuttgart before, at OKTAGON 83. There she stopped Karolina Sobek, who is still ranked fifth, by third-round TKO after a hook hurt Sobek and the referee stepped in. The title fight brings her back to the same city with a belt at stake instead of another contender bout.
Kinehan, 27, comes from England and is ranked third. She is a striker first: OKTAGON credits her with WBC, WMO and ISKA titles in Muay Thai before her move to MMA. Her best-known pro win is the TKO of Emilia Czerwińska in Szczecin, where a second-round head kick dropped Czerwińska and a left hook finished it shortly before the final bell.
The matchup skips the second-ranked contender, Lucie Pudilová, who sits between the two. Ivana Petrović is fourth. The booking follows reports of Lucia Szabova's expected exit from OKTAGON for the UFC, which left the division's top spot in question.
Dalaslan's style edge shows in the way she beat Sobek, winning the striking exchanges before the finish, and Kinehan's résumé suggests she will want the same fight on the feet. Tickets are on sale, and OKTAGON says more fights will be announced in the coming weeks. The rest of the card is the next thing to watch.
- Summary
- Unbeaten Alina Dalaslan (6-0) and Niamh Kinehan (3-0) will fight for the vacant OKTAGON women's bantamweight title in the OKTAGON 101 main event in Stuttgart on Jan. 16, 2027.
- Key points (one per line)
- Dalaslan (6-0) meets Kinehan (3-0) for the vacant women's bantamweight title at OKTAGON 101.
The card is at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart on Jan. 16, 2027.
Only one of the two can leave still unbeaten; the champion's rankings spot is marked to be determined.
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