Oktagon 65 Preview

Tis The Season For Oktagon 65

Chirstmas could also be right here however there may be nonetheless some motion for MMA followers to get their tooth into over the vacations. Oktagon 65 goes down this Sunday (Dec twenty ninth) on the 02 Enviornment in Prague, Czechia and options three title fights on the prime finish of the cardboard.

The promotion have had an distinctive yr with some large landmark moments to recollect. Oktagon 62: Larger Than Ever came about in October on the Deutsche Financial institution Park in Frankfurt, Germany in entrance of 59,148 screaming followers.

They may shut out their busy 2024 schedule this weekend in entrance of a passionate crowd and three fighters will stroll away carrying championship belts. Let’s check out a few of the unmissable matchups on the primary card.

Ronald Paradeiser vs. Losene Keita, Tipsport Gamechanger Last, Light-weight Title Combat

Oktagon light-weight champion Ronald Paradeiser (21-8) will put his belt on the road at Oktagon 65 towards the promotion’s featherweight champion Losene Keita (15-1) within the closing of the Tipsport Gamechanger European MMA Champions League event, which carries a €300,000 prize for the winner.

The pair have clashed earlier than in February of 2022 when Keita emerged victorious after 25 minutes to say the interim light-weight championship. The Belgian went on to win the unified title earlier than dropping the belt when he picked up an damage in a combat towards Mate Sanikidze in July of 2023.

Having made the transfer to 145 lbs and develop into a champion there, “Black Panther” is now able to problem for the light-weight strap as soon as once more.

Standing in his approach will probably be Ronald Paradeiser who has sucessfully defended his title thrice already this yr. The Slovak is coming sizzling off the heels of a quickfire knockout victory over Spanish veteran Acoidan Duque in September and can absolutely go into Sunday’s most important occasion brimming with confidence.

Karlos Vemola vs. Will Fleury, Gentle Heavyweight Title Combat

Three-time mild heavyweight champion Karlos Vemola (37-8) will face surging Irish contender Will Fleury (13-3) in a matchup that obtained large consideration following Fleury’s sensational win over Pavol Langer at Oktagon 62 in October.

PFL veteran Fleury completed Langer in simply 91 seconds and instantly known as for a title shot. After making Fleury wait some time, the bout was lastly confirmed when the pair confronted off contained in the cage at Oktagon 63 in Bratislava in November.

Former UAE Warriors middleweight champion Fleury has had a sensational introduction to followers of the promotion, ending two of the sunshine heavyweight division’s prime contenders (Langer and Daniel Skvor) in fast style.

“I did benefit from the victory (over Pavol Langer)” Fleury mentioned throughout an unique interview with MMA Sucka in October. “Preventing in entrance of so many followers (on the Deutsche Financial institution Park) was a as soon as in a lifetime expertise. It was superb but it surely’s in a short time onto the following factor and I’ve an enormous alternative forward of me proper now”.

Lucia Szabova vs. Lucie Pudilova, Ladies’s Bantamweight Title Combat

Unbeaten Slovak sensation Lucia Szabova (8-0) will sq. off towards Czech UFC veteran Lucie Padilova (15-10) for the vacant ladies’s bantamweight title.

Padilova picked up a break up choice victory over Cecilie Bolander on her return to the promotion at Oktagon 61 in September, whereas Szabova has gained all 4 of her contests below the Oktagon banner in spectacular style.