Daniel Weichel is a road warrior. In 67 fights over 23 years, the German submission specialist has never fought in his hometown. That all changes on Saturday. Weichel, 40, is coming out of his two-year retirement to headline Oktagon 76, where he’ll throw down with Aboubakar Tounkara in a lightweight scrap at Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
Weichel, who won the M-1 Global featherweight championship before claiming the 2014 Bellator featherweight tournament title, retired after a two-decade career following a 2023 loss to Mads Burnell. Over the years, Weichel (42-15) often crossed paths with the best young talent in the world.