On October 29, the OCTAGON 80 tournament took place in Astana, where a title fight for the championship in the bantamweight division (up to 61 kg) was held. Kasymaly uulu, the reigning champion, defended his belt for the second time against Kazakh athlete Nurzhigit Baymen (8-01-2).
The match lasted all 5 rounds of 5 minutes each, and at the end of the fight, the judges unanimously awarded victory to the Kyrgyzstani.
This defeat was the first in Baymen's career.
Kasymaly uulu won his championship title on September 27, 2024, by knocking out a fighter from Azerbaijan, and on January 18, he made his first defense, winning the match by unanimous decision against Bair Shtepin from Russia.
