A significant welterweight title match has been formally confirmed for OKTAGON 93. The promotion has confirmed that champion Kaiku Brito will defend his belt towards Amiran Gogoladze on Saturday, September twelfth on the Profitable Group Enviornment in Brno, and the bout can be Brito’s first protection since reclaiming the title earlier this yr.
Kaiku Brito defends welterweight title towards Amiran Gogoladze within the Octagon
Brito comes into the bout with an expert file of 19-6 and belt historical past, together with two championships with OKTAGON. On December 3, 2022 at OKTAGON 37 in Ostrava, he gained his first welterweight title by stopping longtime divisional reigning champion David Kozma, ending Kozma’s reign in one of the vital title adjustments within the division’s current historical past. Brito has since left the promotion to seem on Dana White’s Contender Sequence, however Gogoradze’s official OKTAGON profile notes that the Georgian challenger additionally competed on the collection.
His most up-to-date title win got here in the principle occasion of OKTAGON 84, the place he knocked out Ronald Paradiser to win the vacant welterweight title. In line with a number of stories on the end result, Brito completed Paradiser within the third spherical in 1 minute and 18 seconds, after first hurting him with a spinning again elbow, then ending the struggle with a spinning backfist and follow-up punches. With this outcome, Brito returned to the highest of the burden class and secured his first protection towards a quickly gaining momentum.
Gogoradze competes on OKTAGON’s fighter web page with an official file of 17 wins and three losses, which lists him as 28 years previous, representing Georgia, and coaching as a part of the thirteenth Corps. His promotion is progressing steadily. His struggle historical past consists of OKTAGON’s victory over Lukasz Siwiec in October 2023 and a break up determination victory over UFC veteran Leandro Silva at OKTAGON 58 on June 8, 2024.
The conversation-changing efficiency got here on April 11, 2026, when Gogoladze confronted former champion Ion Surdu at OKTAGON 86 in Szczecin. The Octagon had scheduled this struggle prematurely as a significant contender matchup, however exterior information present Gogoradze gained by first-round knockout, incomes him the clearest proper to a title struggle towards Brito but. His OKTAGON profile additionally highlights a repute for quick ending, with eight stops below 100 seconds throughout his profession.
The Brno card may also characteristic native fighter Andrei Kalashnik, who has already been introduced, though his opponent has not but been introduced. However the focus of the principle occasion is easy. Brito’s energy and championship expertise towards Gogoradze’s undefeated OKTAGON run and up to date breakthrough finishes. In principle, this can be a true welterweight struggle and will have direct implications for the remainder of the division in 2026.
