Karlos Vémola entered the cage at OKTAGON MMA 58 wanting like a person possessed, and the Czech legend didn’t disappoint, together with his legions of followers erupting in pleasure as he expelled the ghosts of his previous and earned maybe a very powerful win of his profession together with his second-round submission win over Attila Végh, dubbed the ‘ Rematch of the Century’.
Proper from the outset, Vémola took the combat to Végh, who struggled to match his opponent’s depth. The Slovakian was in a position to land a couple of photographs of his personal, however Vémola’s sheer relentlessness meant Végh, who had not fought because the pair’s final assembly over 4 years in the past, had no room to breathe.
Vémola’s ahead stress pressured Végh onto the again foot, and in contrast to their first assembly again at OKTAGON 15, Végh couldn’t land the knockout blow. As a substitute, Vémola got here away with the spoils in what seems to be to be his final outing as an expert fighter. If that is so, the Czech, who retains his gentle heavyweight strap couldn’t have scripted a greater ending to his combating profession.
Romania’s Ion Surdu showcased his spectacular stand-up recreation within the evening’s co-main occasion, securing his eleventh KO end with a shocking first-round stoppage of David Kozma.
A wonderfully positioned strike to Kozma’s temple despatched the Czech crashing to the ground; Surdu shortly adopted up with a hammer first to halt the proceedings. Surdu will now tackle Georgia’s Amiran Gogoladze, who earned a break up choice win over Brazil’s Leandro Silva, for the vacant welterweight strap.
Poland’s Mateusz Legierski and Spain’s Acoidan Duque are one step nearer to incomes 1,000,000 euros after punching their tickets to the Tipsport Gamechanger semifinals.
Each males picked up unanimous choice victories over their respective opponents, with Legierski, specifically, placing on a scientific efficiency to beat the towering determine of Akonne Wanliss. After a fiery opening stanza that noticed each males throwing heavy photographs, Legierski settled into his work, mixing up his putting and wrestling to finally put on down Wanliss. Legierski will now meet the victor of Losene Keita vs. Predrag Bogdanović.
Duque’s takedown protection was in full impact in his victory over Austria’s Mago Machaev. He nullified Machaev’s floor recreation and landed the more practical photographs. The Spaniard seemed sharper than he did in his earlier outing and might be filled with confidence as he heads into his semifinal bout with the winner of Ronald Paradeiser vs. Daniel Torres, who will face off at OKTAGON 59.
OKTAGON 58: VÉMOLA VS. VÉGH 2 Full Outcomes
Mild Heavyweight Championship: Karlos Vemola def. Attila Vegh through RD2 Sub.
Welterweight: Ion Surdu def David Kozma through RD1 KO
Middleweight: Marek Mazuch def. David Zawada through RD1 KO
Light-weight: Shem Rock def. Jaroslav Pokorny RD1 Sub.
Light-weight Grand Prix Quarter-Ultimate: Mateusz Legierski def. Akonne Wanliss through UD
Catchweight 195 lbs: Milos Petrasek def. Kamil Wojciechowski through UD
Light-weight Grand Prix Quarter-Ultimate: Acoidan Duque def. Mago Machaev through UD
Welterweight: Amiran Gogoladze def. Leandro Silva through SD
Featherweight: Deniz Ilbay def. Denis Tripsansky through RD2 TKO
Light-weight: Attila Korkmaz def. Makwan Amirkhani through RD3 Sub.
