Attila Végh

Attila VÃÂ©gh (born August 9, 1985) is a Slovak mixed martial artist who competed in the Light Heavyweight divisions of Bellator Fighting Championships and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He won the Bellator 2012 Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament and then the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship. After losing it in his first defense, he was released from the promotion. A professional competitor since 2008, he has also competed for M-1 Global. Now coach of UFC fighters ÃÂ½udovÃÂt Klein and Martin Buday in Spartakus Fight Gym, Trnava.

Early life

VÃÂ©gh was born on August 9, 1985, in DunajskÃÂ¡ Streda, Slovakia. Growing up in GabÃÂÃÂkovo he started wrestling at the age of 5 up until the age of 16 when he switched to Kempo Karate. He became a successful Kempo Karate practitioner and won a number of titles including one world title, one European title and won the Hungarian kempo karate championships in his division 14 times.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

VÃÂ©gh made his professional MMA debut in Slovakia in March 2008. For the first year of his career, he was undefeated with a record of 9 wins and no losses.

In May 2009, VÃÂ©gh debuted for the KSW promotion in Poland and encountered his first professional loss by decision to Lukasz Jurkowski. In February 2010, VÃÂ©gh had the most important bout in his life when he faced Aleksander Radosavljevic in the title match of Noc Skorpiona 6 (an MMA tournament held in Karlovac, Croatia), where he won by split decision in Round 3. This made him become European MMA champion under World Free Fight Association. This was the main reason why he got a contract with Bellator through his manager Zvonimir Brala later on.

Over the next three years, VÃÂ©gh continued fighting for various promotions all over Central Europe. Following the loss to Jurkowski, he added to his record with 15 more wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws. Notable wins include highly touted Marcus Vanttinen and Jonas Billstein.

Bellator Fighting Championships

In late 2011, it was announced that VÃÂ©gh had been signed by Bellator MMA to fight in their Light Heavyweight division.

VÃÂ©gh made his Bellator debut in April 2012. He defeated Dan Spohn via split decision at .

In the summer of 2012, VÃÂ©gh entered Bellator's . In the opening round at , he faced Zelg Galesic and won via submission a minute into the first round. VÃÂ©gh faced Emanuel Newton in the semifinals at . He won the fight via controversial split decision. He faced Travis Wiuff in the tournament finals at on August 24, 2012. VÃÂ©gh won in impressive fashion, getting a KO victory just 25 seconds into the first round. With the win, he earned the chance to face Bellator Light Heavyweight World Champion Christian M'Pumbu at on February 28, 2013. He won the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship belt via unanimous decision.

VÃÂ©gh was expected to face Emanuel Newton in a rematch at Bellator 106, but pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Muhammed Lawal.

VÃÂ©gh faced Interim Bellator Light Heavyweight champion Emanuel Newton in a title unification bout at Bellator 113 on March 21, 2014. He lost the fight via split decision.

On August 25, 2014, VÃÂ©gh was released from Bellator, along with twelve other fighters.

M-1 Global

Over the years, VÃÂ©gh has experienced a mixture of victories and defeats in his MMA career. After a unanimous decision loss to Viktor Nemkov at M-1 Challenge 71. VÃÂ©gh rebounded with several impressive wins. He secured a unanimous decision victory against Paul Byrne at Oktagon 3: Open Air in July 2017, followed by a submission win via arm-triangle choke over Travis Fulton at Oktagon 4: Challenge Finals 2 in November of the same year. VÃÂ©gh continued his success in 2018 with a unanimous decision win over Maiquel FalcÃÂ£o at Oktagon 10 in Prague. However, in June 2019, he faced a setback when Virgil Zwicker knocked him out at Oktagon 12 in Bratislava. VÃÂ©gh bounced back in November 2019, scoring a knockout victory over Karlos VÃÂ©mola at Oktagon 15. 5 years later, VÃÂ©gh and Vemola rematched, this time with VÃÂ©gh suffering a submission loss via arm-triangle choke to Karlos Vemola in a rematch for the Oktagon Light Heavyweight Championship at Oktagon 58 in June 2024.

Championships and accomplishments

Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record