Oktagon MMA’s swap to open scoring didn’t make a lot of a distinction for Samuel Kristofic.
A 34-year-old Slovakian middleweight, Kristofic starched UFC veteran Karlos Vemola with a brutal first-round knockout in lower than two minutes on Friday at Oktagon 51. Regardless of coming into the bout as greater than a 4-to-1 betting underdog, Kristofic despatched Vemola toppling with a picture-perfect two-punch mixture, then adopted up with yet another proper hand for good measure as Vemola slowly crashed to the canvas.
The stoppage formally got here at 1:48 of the opening spherical.
Video of Kristofic’s ferocious fight-ending sequence will be watched beneath.
Kristofic (17-6) snapped a two-fight shedding skid together with his efficiency, whereas Vemola (36-8) suffered simply his second defeat over his previous 11 bouts.
Oktagon 51 occurred Dec. 29 on the O2 Area in Prague, Czech Republic.
Vemola, 38, fought six instances within the UFC’s heavyweight, mild heavyweight, and middleweight divisions from 2010-13, beating Seth Petruzelli and Mike Massenzio.
