OKTAGON 63 went down this previous Saturday night time (November 9) from Tipos Area in Bratislava, Slovakia, and completely lived as much as its billing. Many have been predicting a night of enjoyable, thrilling contests and that’s precisely what occurred because the main European promotion’s unrivalled 2024 schedule rolls on.
In the principle occasion, Ivan Buchinger (44-10) proved he’s nonetheless able to competing in opposition to one of the best the continent has to supply by stopping Hafeni Nafuka (10-2) in a 73kg/161lbs catchweight contest. ‘The Namibian Nightmare’ acquired the higher of the early going, dropping Buchinger, nevertheless it was the primary ever OKTAGON MMA double champion who acquired the final chuckle. Throughout spherical two, the extraordinary tempo grew to become an excessive amount of for Nafuka to deal with as ‘Buki’ stormed his way to a TKO victory. The 38-year-old teased retirement in his post-fight interview however then made it recognized he wasn’t prepared to hold up the gloves simply but!
‘Apollo’ Silva (29-12-1, 1NC) defeated fellow former title challenger, Máté Kertész (15-8, 1NC), at an 80kg/176lbs catchweight within the co-headliner. ‘Apollo’ was continuously one step forward of his opponent and was the higher athlete in all aspects of MMA. It was one of the best that the Brazilian has appeared in competitors for some time, displaying a extra aggressive and pressing facet to his skillset on his strategy to a unanimous resolution victory.
In a function bout, Zhalgas Zhumagulov (17-9) put your entire flyweight division on discover by completely dominating Aaron Aby (16-11-1) over fifteen minutes. He knocked the Welshman all the way down to the canvas through the opening spherical and in addition utilised his physicality to dictate the entire struggle. After the competition, he introduced that his sole goal is to assert the OKTAGON MMA flyweight title and he has champion, Sam Creasey, firmly in his sights.
Robert Pukač (18-13-1) earned a choice victory over Ammari Diedrick (6-3) in a 79.5kg/175lbs catchweight matchup and Gjoni Palokaj (10-3) bested Karol Ryšavý (13-8) at featherweight in a superb, backwards and forwards encounter. Damien Lapilus (18-18-2, 3NC) additionally efficiently returned to the promotion, ending František Fodor (10-9) by TKO in just over a minute.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, Jack Maguire (3-1) delivered a contender for ‘Comeback of the Year’ by submitting Radek Roušal (3-2) after being near knocked out himself, and Veronika Smolková (5-3) defeated Mileide Simplicio (4-2) due to strikes at flyweight.
OKTAGON 63 Outcomes
Most important Card
Most important Occasion
Catchweight (73kg/161lbs)
Ivan Buchinger (44-10) defeated Hafeni Nafuka (10-2) by TKO (punches) at 3:23 of spherical two
Co-Most important Occasion
Catchweight (80kg/176lbs)
‘Apollo’ Silva (29-12-1, 1NC) defeated Máté Kertész (15-8, 1NC) by unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Catchweight (79.5kg/175lbs)
Robert Pukač (18-13-1) defeated Ammari Diedrick (6-3) by unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight
Gjoni Palokaj (10-3) defeated Karol Ryšavý (13-8) by unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Catchweight (72kg/159lbs)
Damien Lapilus (18-18-2, 3NC) defeated František Fodor (10-9) by TKO (kick and punches) at 1:19 of spherical one
Flyweight
Zhalgas Zhumagulov (17-9) defeated Aaron Aby (16-10-1) by unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Preliminary Card
Catchweight (68kg/150lbs)
Jack Maguire (3-1) defeated Radek Roušal (3-2) by submission (triangle choke) at 2:44 of spherical two
Catchweight (63kg/139lbs)
Roman Paulus (11-4) defeated Janne Elonen-Kulmala (18-13-1, 1NC) by submission (rear bare choke) at 2:12 of spherical three
Flyweight
Veronika Smolková (5-3) defeated Mileide Simplicio (4-2) by TKO (punches) at 1:06 of spherical one
Catchweight (72kg/159lbs)
Tomáš Cigánik (4-2) defeated Kevin Enz (3-3) by unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Govt Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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