🏆 Vacant Flyweight Title 🏆
The OKTAGON 56 headliner for gold is official!
Aaron Aby - 56.5kg/125lbs ✅
Sam Creasey - 56.5kg/125lbs ✅
Who leaves Birmingham tomorrow night as the champion?
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Oktagon MMA, in its bid to elevate its stature as a top European mixed martial arts organization, looks poised to blow the roof of the Resorts World Arena this Saturday in Birmingham, England. Oktagon 56 promises pulse-pounding action and builds upon the organization’s propensity for staging incredible audiovisual spectacles.
The showcase slot features a marquee attraction pairing Aaron Aby—a courageous cancer survivor performing main event duties while living with cystic fibrosis—with Sam Creasey in a rematch from their 2021 clash. In their first encounter, Creasey overwhelmed Aby for a unanimous decision. In Aby’s defense, he was still recovering from the lingering effects of chemotherapy at the time. Since that loss, Aby has posted a 5-4 record, while “Urai” carries the momentum of a two-fight winning streak. Aby fought for the inaugural flyweight title at Oktagon 48 against Elias Garcia, but despite a valiant effort, he lost the fight due to a severe cut.
In the headliner, Shaqueme Rock, a stablemate of Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight sensation Paddy Pimblett, squares off against Stefano Catacoli. On top of that, the card features plenty of other exciting clashes, as Will Fleury makes his promotional debut against Daniel Skvor and Denis Frimpong, a master at verbal fencing, takes on Callum Mullen in an Ireland-versus-England showdown.
Oktagon 56 streams live to Octagon.tv pay-per-view at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT. A closer look at the particulars:
THE LINEUP
125: Aaron Aby vs. Sam Creasey155: Akonne Wanliss vs. Sahil Siraj
150: Shaqueme Rock vs. Stefano Catacoli
205: Daniel Skvor vs. Will Fleury
170: Andrej Kalasnik vs. Liam Etebar
155: George Staines vs. Tomas Ciganik
145: Jakub Dohnal vs. James Hendin
155: Denis Frimpong vs. Callum Mullen
185: Mick Stanton vs. Kamil Wojciechowski
170: Max Handanagic vs. James Dixon
170: Ammari Diedrick vs. Daniel Hromek
145: Beau Gavin vs. Mbaye Gaye
125: Megan Morris vs. Aitana Alvarez