News OKTAGON UNDERGROUND SUPERFINALS - Czech vs Slovakia

[Tokoloko]

Finally some matches! Oktagonmma started new project "UNDERGROUND" and its going to be pyramid 7 weeks 7 tournaments

PRIZE Money : 100 000 euro

RULES:
in octagon with mma gloves
3x3 rounds + extra round if draw
weights:70 kg,80 kg,90 kg, 100 kg , womans 61 kg

every known standup techniques are allowed also clinch and work on cage is allowed (must be active)

Fighters can take match on ground by takedowns but after 3 seconds of control are takedowns recognized as succesfull and fight will continues in stand up



matches will have no effect on official record of fighter (sherdog) and every CZ/SK professional MMA fighter can register into pyramid there is chance we will see fighters like : Lucie Pudilová(UFC Veteran) , Makhmud Muradov (UFC) , Karlos Vémola (UFC Veteran) , Viktor Pešta (UFC Veteran),Patrik Kincl (KSW) , Tomáš Hron (Glory), Matěj Peňáz ( Glory) , Jiří Procházka (UFC), Ivan Buchinger(KSW), Michal Martínek (PFL) + Oktagonmma fighters https://oktagonmma.cz/rankings/ - 4 Fighters form Czech republic and 4 fighters from Slovakia in every pyramid

 

[Tokoloko]

FIRST Confirmed fighter is - Matěj "Money" Peňáz 3-1 in glory https://www.glorykickboxing.com/fighters/matej-penaz:ef80b037-6911-49ee-8570-9ea0e7cccc90

Makhmud Muradov few minutes ago announced that his fight on UFC 249 is canceled and he would like to appear in 80 kg pyramid!




Leandro "Buscape" Silva ( UFC Veteran from Brazil) is trying to get into 70 kg pyramid

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Fights are stood up after three seconds of ground time? That means these fights can't be considered pro MMA fights, they're mixed rules at best. You did note that they have no effect on their official records, but this is a strange exhibition event.

 

[skylolow]

3 seconds seems a little harsh.

Maybe one minute.

Oh well, coronavirus for the win.

 

[Tokoloko]

Fights are stood up after three seconds of ground time? That means these fights can't be considered pro MMA fights, they're mixed rules at best. You did note that they have no effect on their official records, but this is a strange exhibition event.

Its "MMA Standup fightstyle"(in Octagon and with MMA small gloves) and its also pretty unique event i created thread about it over here because Oktagon is MMA promotion and in times like this we should appreciate every try by promotions

3 seconds seems a little harsh.

Maybe one minute.

Oh well, coronavirus for the win.

Yes its weird rule but its something new they call it "MMA Standup fight" they wanted give little advantage to wrestlers so after 3 takedowns in one round they obtain same points as for Knockdown - unique and weird rules but its going to be crazy.. mainly 80/90/100 kg pyramids

 

[kingcillo24]

Why even allow takedowns if it is only 3 seconds?

 

[Tokoloko]

Why even allow takedowns if it is only 3 seconds?

u have to ask owners of Oktagonmma if u want to know it for 100 % but i guess its bcs they want give some advantage to MMA fighters and also test takedown defense of guys from glory and other world class fighters which are not from MMA + MMA standup is different to Muaythai,Kickbox etc.why? fear of takedown... btw i hope there will be some slam Ko's

 

[InfinityLens]

If only 3 secs it seems pointless, might as well watch kickboxing.

 

[Tokoloko]

If only 3 secs it seems pointless, might as well watch kickboxing.

3 takedowns in one round are count as *knockdown and 1 takedown as significant strike

 

[Tokoloko]

Finally some matches! Oktagonmma started new project "UNDERGROUND" and its going to be pyramid 7 weeks 7 tournaments

PRIZE Money : 100 000 euro

RULES:
in octagon with mma gloves
3x3 rounds + extra round if draw
weights:70 kg,80 kg,90 kg, 100 kg , womans 61 kg

every known standup techniques are allowed also clinch and work on cage is allowed (must be active)

Fighters can take match on ground by takedowns but after 3 seconds of control are takedowns recognized as succesfull and fight will continues in stand up



matches will have no effect on official record of fighter (sherdog) and every CZ/SK professional MMA fighter can register into pyramid there is chance we will see fighters like : Lucie Pudilová(UFC Veteran) , Makhmud Muradov (UFC) , Karlos Vémola (UFC Veteran) , Viktor Pešta (UFC Veteran),Patrik Kincl (KSW) , Tomáš Hron (Glory), Matěj Peňáz ( Glory) , Jiří Procházka (UFC), Ivan Buchinger(KSW), Michal Martínek (PFL) + Oktagonmma fighters https://oktagonmma.cz/rankings/ - 4 Fighters form Czech republic and 4 fighters from Slovakia in every pyramid

These pyramids going to be crazy!
Confirmed fighters :
Tomáš "Rattlesnake" Hron (Glory) - 100 kg
Daniel "Dee Dee" Škvor (Glory) - 100 kg
Matěj "Money" Peňáz (Glory) - 80/90 kg
Matouš Kohout (Oktagon) - 70/80 kg
Igor Daniš (Oktagon) - 70/80 kg
Leo Brichta (Oktagon) - 70/80 kg
Samuel Krištofič (XFN) - 70/80 kg
Daniel Vítovec -(2x Amateur Czech Muay Thai Champion ,
European Cup in Dresden Winner) - 80 kg
Vasil Ducár (Czech #1 and World #32 ranked Pro Boxer) - 90/100 kg
Jakub Klauda ( Muay Thai IFMA Europe champion , IFMA World Cup #2 place) - 90 kg
Jakub Benko (Muay Thai WMC I1 World Champion,WMF World Champion) - 70/80 kg
Václav Holota (IAF) - 80 kg
Rado Uškrt (Oktagon) - 70/80 kg
Jozef Wittner (Oktagon) - 70/80 kg
Vlasto Čepo (Oktagon) - 70/80 kg
Tomáš Le Sy (Oktagon) - 70 kg
Michal Konrád (Oktagon) - 70 kg
Tadeáš Růžička (Muay Thai IFMA Royal World Cup Champion) -70/80 kg
Ladislav Krištůfek (K-1 Wako EU Cup Winner) - 70 kg

Woman 61 kg
Magdalena Šormová -Former champ of (WWFC)
Lucia Krajčovič - (Oktagon)

Rumoured:
Makhmud "Mach" Muradov (UFC) - 80 kg
Michal "Blackbeard" Martínek (PFL) - 100 kg
Lucie "Bullet" Pudilová (UFC veteran) - 61 kg woman
Viktor Pešta (UFC veteran) - 100 kg
Petra Částková (Bellator) - 61 kg woman
Veronika Rodová (Oktagon) - 61 kg woman
Patrik Kincl (KSW) - 80 kg
Ludoviť Klein (Oktagon) - 70/80 kg
Mateusz Legierski (Oktagon LW Champion) -70 kg
and much more..

 

[Tokoloko]

Oktagonmma is Czech and Slovakian promotion which is growing soo fast .. and their future goal is to takeover Europe and to be biggest promotion in Europe.... So whats your opinion on Oktagonmma do they have potential to become european top mma organization?

First Oktagon event- Oktagon 1 (20.12.2016) was in small arena with 2,500 people capacity (they didnt sold it out) how far they've come from 2k16?

Oktagon 15 (9.11.2019) O2 Arena (Cz/Sk biggest arena with capacity of 21,000 people) -SOLD OUT by the all info it was event with biggest attendance ever in europe (in closed arena)

Fighters from Oktagonmma in UFC - Makhmud "Mach" Muradov
David "Undertaker" Dvořák

PFL - Michal "Blackbeard" Martínek

Fighters from Oktagonmma which have bright future -

Ludoviť "Lajoš" Klein (16-2) FW
Timo Feucht (8-1) LHW
Jan "Jay Jay" Gottvald (9-3) LHW
David Hošek (4-1) MW
Maté Kertesz (8-2) WW
Vojto Barborík (12-1) LW
Mateusz "Dynamit" Legierski (6-0) LW
Niklas "Green Mask" Stolze (12-3) WW

Honorable mention :
Jakub Tichota (1-0) FW - Actually biggest talent on Cz/Sk mma scene

All matches + 40 min document from Oktagon 15 - 11 Fights- (8 Ko's/Tko's 1 SUB 2 DEC)

Oktagon 15 - A Star is Born

„The journey of the thousand miles begins with one step."-Lao Tzu




Prelims:

Salčák vs. Michálek


Krajčovič vs. Cypriánová


Barborík vs. Belov


Běle vs. Hošek


Legierski vs. Bahník
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_cb4tABQFo&feature=emb_title

Petrášek vs. Christensen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmD_GVvxbUY&feature=emb_title


MAIN CARD -

Benko vs. Štáfek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLRKdxxSR0A&feature=emb_title

Bryczek vs. Silva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjE-3mOZHOQ&feature=emb_title

Boráros vs. Brito
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCmxnRrXyIM&feature=emb_title

Martínek vs. Pešta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkInnsTqjF8&feature=emb_title

Végh vs. Vémola
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQEnAra8qcI&feature=emb_title




So does have Oktagonmma potential to take over Europe???

 

[amok attitude]

The potential to take over Europe ?!
Well il depends of the number of practionners in czech republic, the quality of the coaching, the tradition of martial arts practice in the country, the support of a tv channel etc...
Said like that, i doubt they can "take over" europe anytime soon but i wish them the best.
(21k attendance is huge and its a great thing, i think gus vs rumble did more though)

 

[europe1]

I mean....
Do they have any pull what-so-ever outside Checkoslovakia?

Seems difficult to overtake KSWs's popularity (who sold out 50.000+ arenas and has beachheads in other countries) but we'll have to see how well they move on after losing big stars like Mamed and Pudz.

A lot of the Russian orgs are hobbies of oligarcs and billionares so they're not as concerned with ratings or ticket-buyers. And those who aren't are like M-1 are in a decline.

Pretty cool though that a new org is springing up though. Especially from a more anonymous country like Czech.

 

[Koniradi98]

Don't know if there is an organization that can take over europe, at all.
MMA isn't that popular here outside some exceptions in central/eastern europe. Where the market already seems to be quite saturated.

And I am not sure if you can get the people in western europe interested (on a big scale) for another MMA organization than the UFC.
And southern europeans don't seem to be into combat sports in general.
Imo the market with the biggest potential is the balkan region, where KSW already slowly started to expand.

I have to admit Oktagon and MMA in the czech republic has grown faster than I thought and expected.
Would think that the rise and fall of XFN probably also had some influence to this.
But yeah, the czech republic and slovakia aren't big countries and sooner or later their potential will be exploited and oktagon has to expand if they are actually interested in growing.

 

[Tokoloko]

The potential to take over Europe ?!
Well il depends of the number of practionners in czech republic, the quality of the coaching, the tradition of martial arts practice in the country, the support of a tv channel etc...
Said like that, i doubt they can "take over" europe anytime soon but i wish them the best.
(21k attendance is huge and its a great thing, i think gus vs rumble did more though)

I mean....
Do they have any pull what-so-ever outside Checkoslovakia?

Seems difficult to overtake KSWs's popularity (who sold out 50.000+ arenas and has beachheads in other countries) but we'll have to see how well they move on after losing big stars like Mamed and Pudz.

A lot of the Russian orgs are hobbies of oligarcs and billionares so they're not as concerned with ratings or ticket-buyers. And those who aren't are like M-1 are in a decline.

Pretty cool though that a new org is springing up though. Especially from a more anonymous country like Czech.

Don't know if there is an organization that can take over europe, at all.
MMA isn't that popular here outside some exceptions in central/eastern europe. Where the market already seems to be quite saturated.

And I am not sure if you can get the people in western europe interested (on a big scale) for another MMA organization than the UFC.
And southern europeans don't seem to be into combat sports in general.
Imo the market with the biggest potential is the balkan region, where KSW already slowly started to expand.

I have to admit Oktagon and MMA in the czech republic has grown faster than I thought and expected.
Would think that the rise and fall of XFN probably also had some influence to this.
But yeah, the czech republic and slovakia aren't big countries and sooner or later their potential will be exploited and oktagon has to expand if they are actually interested in growing.

By rumours Oktagon is supported by Ivo Rittig which was able to buy UFC and he refused to because he wanted to support home scene - he also support most of Czech top fighters so i think they have enough money to take over europe and they think that they have right recipe to do it so we will see in the future .. BTW their PR is incredible they know how to hype shitty fighters and how to build big story around every match and yes MMA is no popular in much countries in europe but it was same over here and now? its probably most popular sport over here all because of Vémola and Oktagon + they sold out tickets for Oktagon 16 in 2 hours 13-14k tickets in 2 hours...

and gyms in Cz/Sk? - MMA Monster coach Petr Kníže - (Makhmud Muradov) , Penta Gym coach Daniel Barták( Viktor Pešta - UFC Veteran) , ReindersMMA coach André Reinders (Michal Martínek -Oktagon HW champ, currently in PFL) ,
Jetsaam Gym coach Martin Karaivanov (Jiří Procházka- Rizin LHW Champ , currently in UFC) , MMA Příbram coach Ladislav Erdélyi (Lucie Pudilová - UFC Veteran), OFA coach Ilja Škondrič (Klein ,Deák,Barborík etc..), Spartakus fight gym Trnava (Attila Végh - former Bellator champ) ,All Sports Academy Hradec Králové (Patrik Kincl - KSW , David Dvořák - UFC)
Honorable mentions: PriMMAt Gym Prague , Hanuman GYM

They mentioned MMA Monster in last UFC Connected -

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Nah, Europe is going to stay regional outside the UFC. It might compete with KSW in Eastern Europe, but I can't see it competing with ACA in Russia and I don't think anyone in the UK is going to give much of a shit about it.

 

[Tokoloko]

Nah, Europe is going to stay regional outside the UFC. It might compete with KSW in Eastern Europe, but I can't see it competing with ACA in Russia and I don't think anyone in the UK is going to give much of a shit about it.

of course they cant take over poland and russia but countries like Germany,Austria,Hungary,Bulgaria,Denmark,France etc...

 

[Hellowhosthat]

of course they cant take over poland and russia but countries like Germany,Austria,Hungary,Bulgaria,Denmark,France etc...

I think ARES are best positioned to do well in France. Cage Warriors has some presence in Denmark. Germany I imagine would be more likely to have their own. I think other Eastern European places are realistic.

 

[skylolow]

If a country isn't clamouring for the UFC to come to it I'm not sure how big MMA can really get in those areas. Even someone like KSW who by all accounts has found great success in Poland. I really wonder how strong they are from a financial standpoint.

From a fan's perspective you usually seek out the best a sport has to offer on the most simplest level. North America you take Football for example, NFL kills it in the US, Canada, and Mexico and the CFL(Canada) does well in Canada but is literally not followed at all outside of Canada. I'm sure there is pockets of CFL fans in the US but they mean very little to the revenue line of the CFL. I think the European countries in general the MMA fans follow UFC first and foremost and these regional shows secondary. Not that these regional promotions can't find success but to think they can overtake a continent as the number 1 MMA promotion when the UFC is out there is probably a stretch most of the time.

 

[Yrat]

Will be like KSW, i was hoping for them to be more english speaking. I mean yes, Rizin is japanese but they have atleast english commentators.