It’s every combat sports fan’s dream scenario: Competitive violence from noon until past midnight ET. While this isn’t something you get all the time, it’s just what’s coming up this Saturday.
Between Oktagon MMA, GLORY Kickboxing, Cage Warriors, the UFC, and A1 Combat, you’ve got no fewer than 12 hours of action on July 20. It starts in Bratislava, Slovakia. Six weeks removed from a strong contender for one of MMA’s best events of 2024, Oktagon is back in action for the only time this month when Peugeot Arena plays host to Oktagon 59: Summer Party.
Live coverage of the first MMA event of the marathon day begins at 12 noon ET/ 9 am PT on DAZN inside the United States. If you’re watching from the United Kingdom, Channel Four will carry Oktagon 59 beginning at 5 pm local time Saturday evening. All told, barring any late postponements or adjustments to the card, the final version of the show features a 10-fight card
Paradeiser Fights Torres in Tipsport Lightweight Quarterfinal
Initially, the Oktagon 59 main event was to have been a battle for the promotion’s bantamweight championship between Felipe Lima and Jonas Magard before the former joined the UFC ahead of its first show in Saudi Arabia late last month. In that title fight’s stead, Summer Party will be headlined by two quarterfinal fights in the Oktagon Tipsport Gamechanger Lightweight Tournament, including the main event.
Current Oktagon MMA Lightweight Champion Ronald Paradeiser (19-8 MMA, 13-4 Oktagon) seeks to book his spot in the semifinals when he faces Daniel Torres (15-5, 2 NC MMA, 1-0 Oktagon.) This quarterfinal will be an advertised maximum of three rounds at five minutes per round to close the show.
🔥 IT’S FIGHT WEEK 🔥
OKTAGON 59: Summer Party goes down in the open air of Bratislava this Saturday.
💰 Paradeiser vs. Torres 💰
💰 Keita vs. Bogdanović 💰
💰 Buchinger vs. Rajewski 💰➕ Szabová, Úškrt, Michailidis, Mågård and more!
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Oktagon 59 Main Event Fighter Comparison and Betting Odds
Heading into the Oktagon 59 main event on Saturday, Ronald Paradeiser stands as the taller man at 6-foot-2, compared to the 5-foot-9 frame of Daniel Torres. The latter owns a 69.3-inch reach, with no such information accessible for the former.
Currently, the oddsmakers have Ronald Paradeiser installed as a -150 favorite on the money line, with Daniel Torres countering as a +110 underdog. If you plan on betting on this or any other fight happening in combat sports, please wager responsibly.
Paradeiser With Important “Home Game” Saturday in Oktagon 59 Main Event
Ronald Paradeiser enters the Oktagon 59 main event on Saturday having gone 5-0 in his last five fights. Presently, he’s on a six-fight winning streak dating back to September of 2022.
Last time out, he scored a split decision victory after three rounds over Attila Korkmaz (15-8 MMA, 1-1 Oktagon) on March 2 in the Round of 16 in the tournament. While Paradeiser is aiming for a spot in the semifinals later this year during this weekend’s headliner, he does so in front of his hometown fans.
In team-based sports, you hear athletes talk all the time about home-field advantage. There’s no more important time to have home-field, home-court, or home-ice advantage, than in a tournament scenario. It’s always great for a competitor to have a fight in his or her hometown, like Paradeiser will here on Saturday, but the stakes are higher here.
Will Paradeiser get to the semifinals? Tune into the Oktagon 59 main event and find out.
Torres Plans to Spoil the Party
In the other corner, Daniel Torres, the former KSW Featherweight Champion, has posted a mark of 3-1 with one no-contest in his last five fights. On March 2, he bested Vladimir Lengal (6-2 MMA, 3-4 Oktagon) by way of unanimous decision to set up this quarterfinal tilt.
During a recent episode of the Oktagon 59: Unlocked Web series on YouTube, Torres outlined his mission statement clearly.
“I know that Rony Paradeiser will be at his house and with family and friends and my plan is to break him in front of his people,” Torres began. “It’s the first time I’ve come here to prepare myself. I have [a] beef with too many people here. It’s not easy to do what is correct. The biggest fight is always inside our head. My head is still at peace. I care [about] just what I have to do step by step, learning, improving, doing the work to be a champion, to be the best martial artist.”
The time for talk is just about over. Will Torres send the fans home frowning after the Oktagon 59 main event?
Analysis, Film Study, and Prediction
Stylistically, the Oktagon 59 main event is another one of those toss-up fights. Both men are karate fighters.
Paradeiser Can Work Quickly
Sometimes in MMA, one punch landed right on the button is all it takes to end the fight. A textbook example occurred in Ronald Paradeiser’s 2022 fight versus Felipe de Maia.
Right after the fight began, Paradeiser landed a kick to the leg before uncorking a punch to the face, knocking de Maia out on contact. Time of the stoppage: 21 seconds.
If Paradeiser finds an opening to land the knockout blow early on in the Oktagon 59 main event, he’ll take it.
Torres Knows How to Bring the Pain
In the other corner, look for Daniel Torres to show off one-punch power of his own, like he did in KSW against Salahdine Parnasse in their first bout in 2021. During the opening round, Torres and Parnasse stalked each other, with Torres absorbing a leg kick.
By and large, these men took their time in this one, but Torres proved to be the aggressor on the night, landing a right forearm to the head to knock Parnasse down. While Parnasse rose to his feet, the referee intervened and called the fight in favor of Torres.
A subsequent rematch of this pairing was scheduled for December of that year, with Parnasse claiming the title in the renewal of hostilities. Daniel Torres has to beat Ronald Paradeiser to the punch on Saturday night.
Final Thoughts
Get your popcorn ready. Oktagon 59’s main event is going to be a fight you can’t miss.
Prediction: Ronald Paradeiser by First-Round Knockout.
