Oktagon 65 Results: 3 World Titles On The Line

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The final MMA event of 2024 goes down this Sunday at the 02 Arena in Prague. Three world titles are on the line when Oktagon 65 takes place in the Czech Republic.

Oktagon 65 Results

Champ vs. Champ in Oktagon 65 Main Event

Oktagon lightweight champion Ronald Paradeiser (21-8) will put his belt on the line in the Oktagon 65 main event against the promotion’s featherweight champion Losene Keita (15-1) in the final of the Tipsport Gamechanger European MMA Champions League tournament, which carries a €300,000 prize for the winner.

The pair have clashed before in February of 2022 when Keita emerged victorious after 25 minutes to claim the interim lightweight championship. The Belgian went on to win the unified title before losing the belt when he picked up an injury in a fight against Mate Sanikidze in July of 2023.

Having made the move to 145 lbs and become a champion there, “Black Panther” is now ready to challenge for the lightweight strap once again.

Standing in his way will be Ronald Paradeiser who has sucessfully defended his title three times already this year. The Slovak is coming hot off the heels of a quickfire knockout victory over Spanish veteran Acoidan Duque in September and will surely go into Sunday’s main event brimming with confidence.

Clash Of The Giants In The Oktagon 65 Co-Main Event

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

PFL veteran Fleury finished Langer in just 91 seconds and immediately called for a title shot. After making Fleury wait a while, the bout was finally confirmed when the pair faced off inside the cage at Oktagon 63 in Bratislava in November.

Former UAE Warriors middleweight champion Fleury has had a sensational introduction to fans of the promotion, finishing two of the light heavyweight division’s top contenders (Langer and Daniel Skvor) in quick fashion.

“I did enjoy the victory (over Pavol Langer)” Fleury said during an exclusive interview with MMA Sucka in October. “Fighting in front of so many fans (at the Deutsche Bank Park) was a once in a lifetime experience. It was amazing but it’s very quickly onto the next thing and I have a huge opportunity ahead of me right now”.

Oktagon 65 Live Results

Oktagon 65 Prelims

Jakub Batfalsky vs. Dominik Topforcer – featherweight

Jakub Batfalsky wins by TKO at 1:41 of round 1. The 22-year-old Czech took control of the cage from the off and dictated the pace of the fight early on. He dropped Toporcer with a crisp combination before following him to the canvas and unloading a barrage of heavy hammerfists which forced the referee to intervene.

Batfalsky now moves to 6-1 after picking up the fifth stoppage of his young career.

Peter Gabal vs. Benny Bajrami – welterweight

Peter Gabal wins by unanimous decision. Utterly dominant performance by Gabral in the opening round, picking up a 10-8 on all three judge’s scorecards. Bajrami tried in vain to turn the tide as Gabal came close a number of times to finding a submission.

Marco Novak vs. Eemil Kurhela – featherweight

Marco Novak wins by unanimous decision. A close three-round battle in which Novak landed the cleaner strikes. Kurhela had some success in the wrestling department but Novak walks away with the victory.

Jakub Tichota vs. Ozan Aslaner – lightweight

Ozan Aslaner wins by split decision. A very close fight over three rounds and the German’s power helped him scrape by against the dangerous grappling of Jakub Tichota.

Agy Sardari vs. Ognjen Dimic – lightweight

Agy Sardari wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:32 of round 2. The Dutch lightweight picked up the 8th submission win of his career. After dominating the opening round, Sardari dropped Dimic with a headkick early in the 2nd before locking in the RNC finish.

Oktagon 65 Main Card

Radovan Uskrt vs. Daniel Schwindt – middleweight

Daniel Schwindt wins by TKO at 2:43 of round 2. A chaotic fight. Schwindt poured on the pressure through the opening round and almost finished the fight. Uskrt came back and had Schwindt on the ropes early in the second, before the referee intervened to (incorrectly) call an illegal strike.

Schwindt took over from the re-start as he dropped Uskrt and finished him with a flurry of hammerfists from the mounted position.

Jonas Magard vs. Igor Severino – bantamweight

Igor Severino wins by split decision. UFC veteran Severino just did enough over the course of three rounds, with Magard having his best showing in the second. Severino displayed great power and precision in his hands and called for a title shot during his post-fight interview.

Lucie Pudilova vs. Cecilie Bolander – vacant bantamweight championship

Cecilie Bolander wins by split decision. An outstanding 25 minute battle which played out primarily on the feet. With the fight hanging in the balance going into the final round, former IMMAF world champion Bolander found enough in reserve to push Pudilova to the brink and emerge as the new Oktagon bantamweight champion.

Oktagon 65 Co-Main Event: Karlos Vemola (c) vs. Will Fleury – light heavyweight championship

Will Fleury wins by unanimous decision. Utterly dominat 25 minute showing from Ireland’s Will “F**king” Fleury, who almost finished Vemola in the 3rd round. Vemola pressed the action at every opportunity but Fleury found his chin on multiple occasions.

Fleury landed over 250 strikes on “The Terminator” over the course of the fight and become’s the promotion’s first Irish champion.

Oktagon 65 Main Event: Ronald Paradeiser (c) vs. Losene Keita – lightweight championship

Losene Keita wins by TKO at 4:02 of the 2nd round. “Black Panther” dominated from the off with his noticeable speed advantage giving Paradeiser huge problems. After being pressed againt the fence, Keita landed a huge elbow to drop Paradeiser to the canvas before finishing him with heavy ground and pound.

Keita is now a two-weight Oktagon champion and the winner of this year’s Tipsort Gamechanger tournament.

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