Zhumagulov Jumps to Bantamweight to Challenge Severino for Title at OKTAGON 89

Overview

• OKTAGON confirmed Sunday that flyweight champion Zhalgas Zhumagulov will face bantamweight titleholder Igor Severino on June 6 at Tipos Arena in Bratislava.
• Severino will make his first defense of the 135-pound belt with his championship on the line against the reigning flyweight king.
• Zhumagulov won OKTAGON’s flyweight title in 2025, defended it by finishing David Dvořák in December, and now pursues his first major European bantamweight crown.
• Severino, 22, rebounded from a 2024 UFC biting disqualification by beating Jonas Mågård and knocking out Khurshed Kakhorov to claim OKTAGON’s vacant bantamweight belt.
• The Bratislava card sits within the promotion’s ten-year anniversary slate and features a heavyweight bout between former title challengers Martin Buday and Lazar Todev.