Will Fleury eyes MMA first after matching Conor McGregor feat with victory at OKTAGON 68

Will Fleury has the chance to create MMA history after his victory at OKTAGON 68.

Fleury defeated Lazar Todev last Saturday to be crowned the first-ever double champion of OKTAGON’s heaviest divisions.

The 35-year-old already held the light heavyweight strap ahead of his fight with Todev in Stuttgart, Germany, and outpointed his Bulgarian counterpart in a tough, gritty affair to secure a unanimous decision win and add the heavyweight belt to his collection. 

Fleury was ahead on all scorecards going into the final round and Todev came out strong during the final minutes, but it wasn’t enough to sway the bout in his favour.

The Irishman has now won all four of his fights under the OKTAGON banner since making his debut in April 2024, subsequently claiming two titles en route to becoming the promotion’s biggest star.

Speaking to marvelbet369.com before his last victory, Fleury didn’t rule out a massive weight cut back down to middleweight to become MMA’s first-ever three-division champion.

“I was thinking about going to middleweight before this fight came up,” he said.

“If an opportunity like that came up, it would take me a little while to get down to middleweight right now, obviously.

“But if the chance was there, I would go and do that. So we'll see. We'll see what happens. 

“There's opportunities everywhere, man. As long as you're the guy going in there and smashing it all the time, doors are going to keep on opening.

“And I plan on smashing everybody and keep opening them doors, you know.”

Conor McGregor made UFC history when he became the promotion's first fighter to hold two belts simultaneously after knocking out Eddie Alvarez in 2016.