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Oktagon MMA is scheduled to host its next event on April 11 at the Enea Arena in Szczecin, Poland. The main attraction of the card will be a matchup between Poland’s Michal Materla (33-11) and Germany’s Christian Jungwirth (16-9), under the promotion’s new “Stand and Bang” rules. Co-founder Ondrej Novotny recently explained that the new rules include boxing with MMA gloves, clinching, but no kicks or takedowns.
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“Our new rules, ‘Stand and Bang,’ between Materla and Jungwirth, that would be something special,” he told MMAjunkie.com. “… Now it’s basically gonna be boxing with small gloves, with elbows also, clinch on the fence, but no takedowns, no kicks. And I believe this will be something special.”
‘Everybody Wants to See Fights Like That’
Novotny explains that the new “Stand and Bang” rules are an upgrade of the older Underground rules, which included shorter 3-minute rounds, and allowed kicks and takedowns. The name “Stand and Bang” is an original from longtime Oktagon MMA presenter Brian Lacey. Novotny wants to give a chance to those fighters who just want to trade fists without having to worry about the grappling part of MMA. Novotny also believes that the new rules will ensure fan-friendly bouts.
“It came out from underground rules, what we invented for Covid,” Novotny said. “To give a chance to standup fighters also to make some money, and to MMA fighters. So we were looking for rules which could be suitable for both sides. And here we are with ‘Stand and Bang’ rules, the name is original from Brian Lacey. Sometimes we got fighters who want to really fight without all these different BJJ, grappling, wrestling styles. And they just want to stand and bang. And this is something people basically like, everybody wants to see fights like that.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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