Daniel Weichel made his triumphant return to the cage at Oktagon 76, defeating Abou Tounkara in his promotional debut.
Tounkara got here out and instantly threw a excessive kick, however was met with Weichel’s proper hand that put Tounkara on the mat. Tounkara shortly bounced again up, however ended up consuming mat a second time after getting tripped whereas making an attempt to ship a physique kick with lower than two minutes to go within the opening spherical.
Weichel held Tounkara’s again to the mat for the rest of the stanza, however couldn’t supply a lot in the way in which of offense.
With 40 seconds left within the second, Weichel landed probably the most vital shot of the struggle, flooring Tounkara with a booming proper hand. Nonetheless, Tounkara fought his manner again up and made it out of the spherical, although probably down 2-0 going into the ultimate 5 minutes.
Weichel dominated the motion within the third, chasing Tounkara and gunning for the knockout blow. Sadly, it by no means got here, nevertheless it was a ok efficiency for the 58-fight veteran to attain a clear sweep on the playing cards.
Official End result: Daniel Weichel def. Abou Tounkara by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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