A significant welterweight title combat is now official for OKTAGON 93. The promotion has confirmed that champion Kaik Brito will defend his belt towards Amiran Gogoladze on Saturday, September 12, at Successful Group Enviornment in Brno, with the matchup serving as Brito’s first protection since reclaiming the title earlier this yr.
Kaik Brito defends welterweight title towards Amiran Gogoladze at OKTAGON 93
Brito comes into the bout with a 19-6 skilled document and a historical past with the belt that already consists of two championship runs in OKTAGON. He first received the welterweight title when he stopped longtime divisional fixture David Kozma at OKTAGON 37 in Ostrava on December 3, 2022, ending Kozma’s reign in one of many extra vital title adjustments within the division’s current historical past. Brito later hung out away from the promotion and appeared on Dana White’s Contender Collection, whereas Gogoladze’s official OKTAGON profile additionally notes that the Georgian challenger competed on the sequence as properly.
His newest title win got here in the principle occasion of OKTAGON 84, the place he knocked out Ronald Paradeiser to seize the vacant welterweight championship. A number of stories on the outcome state that Brito completed Paradeiser 1:18 into spherical three after first hurting him with a spinning again elbow after which ending the combat with a spinning backfist and follow-up punches. That outcome restored Brito to the highest of the burden class and arrange a primary protection towards a challenger who has constructed momentum rapidly.
Gogoladze enters with an official 17-3 document on OKTAGON’s fighter web page, which additionally lists him as 28 years outdated, representing Georgia and coaching out of 13 Legion. His rise within the promotion has been regular. Combat historical past lists an OKTAGON win over Lukasz Siwiec in October 2023 and a split-decision victory over UFC veteran Leandro Silva at OKTAGON 58 on June 8, 2024.
The efficiency that modified the dialog got here on April 11, 2026, when Gogoladze confronted former champion Ion Surdu at OKTAGON 86 in Szczecin. OKTAGON had framed that combat as a key contender matchup beforehand, and out of doors information present Gogoladze received by first-round knockout, giving him the clearest declare but to a title shot towards Brito. His OKTAGON profile additionally highlights a popularity for quick finishes, noting eight stoppages in below 100 seconds throughout his profession.
The Brno card will even function hometown fighter Andrej Kalašnik, whose look has already been introduced, although his opponent has not but been revealed. For the principle occasion, although, the main target is straightforward: Brito’s energy and championship expertise towards Gogoladze’s unbeaten OKTAGON run and up to date breakout end. On paper, it’s a actual welterweight combat, and one that ought to have a direct impact on the division for the remainder of 2026.
