The highlight of the tournament was a duel of two former titers of fair weight. On one, the Serb Bojan Veličković introduced himself, on the other the Hungarian Máté Kertész. There was a lot in the game, the winner could get back to the title chance and a careful game was expected. But that didn’t happen, and right from the beginning, a great split started. Several clean shots found their target and the blood did not wait long. In addition, at the end of the first round, the former tried to strangle him, which did not work for him.
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The match flipped from one side to the other in the next few minutes. In addition, Kertész benefited from a quality second round, when he was significantly more accurate in his position, and he was also able to deliver a takedown. Before the last five minutes, the Hungarian wrestler was the favorite, who did not slow down. Veličković still had his hands full defending against takedowns, which took a lot of his strength and his sok took control of the end. However, the final scoring of the judges, who unanimously marked the winner, Veličković, brought a shock.
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Surprise for everyone. In the main match, the referees awarded Veličković the victoryVideo: Oktagon TV
The Slovak beat Karol Ryšavý scored a great end. An opponent changed at the last moment, and so many of the Iranians, Ibrahim Hosseinpour, did not know what to expect. And it was nothing clear. On the contrary, there was a great battle, which offered uncompromising moments from both sides. Nevertheless, the match reached the third round, when Ryšavý hid a birthday present for himself in the form of a scary knee on the opponent’s chin.
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The duel between Kaik Brit and Andrej Kalašnik had a short duration. Less than a minute later, a shootout broke out in the middle of the cage, in which the Brazilian bombed his target precisely to sleep. The opponent did not stop it, he ordered to the ground, where the ruined Brito completed the work of destruction. The Brazilian wrestler thus corrected the hesitation from the previous match against Petr Knížeti and thus returned to the game for the title chance of fair weight.
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The carving was also expected from the match between the Brazilian Rafael Xavier and the Polish fighter Marcin Lazarz, which was also confirmed. But few would expect the fight to extend to all three rounds. While the introduction belonged to a Polish wrestler, the subsequent minutes were directed by a shapely Brazilian who often waved to his opponent.
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Great KO by Karol Ryšavý. He celebrated his birthday with a victory over the Iranian HosseinpourVideo: Oktagon TV
It threatened from both sides, so the final blow could come every second. But he didn’t come. In the end, it was Xavier who was more active, who, with the unanimous statement of the judges, won another win. After the match, Karlos Vémola said about the match. “Another opponent I have in the viewfinder,” reads Instagram.
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Matouš Kohout also offered an uncompromising end. He managed to send the German Arda Adas to the ground in the second round after a hard combination at the mesh, where precise work in the form of hard ground and pound followed. After a clean shot elbow, the referee jumped between the two wrestlers and it was over.
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Matouš Kohout’s uncompromising elbow. In the second round, he sent the German Adas to the countryVideo: Oktagon TV
The talented Jakub Tichota, who flew into the duel with Finn Jann Elonem-Kulmala in great style, scored a valuable prize. After a few seconds, he hit the hard right and the opponent fell on his back. But that did not mean the end. The battle suddenly moved to the ground, where the Czech beater tried several times.
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The duel may have stretched a bit unexpectedly until the last round, where the same picture of the fight was on display. Tichota on the ground worked in an advantageous position for a possible termination, a very experienced opponent did not allow him much, yet the Czech beater rejoiced in winning the points.
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