OKTAGON 58 VÉMOLA VS. VÉGH 2: Preview & How To Watch

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OKTAGON MMA has steadily been constructing its status as considered one of MMA’s most fun promotions, and this week, the group takes one other big step ahead with OKTAGON 58.

The ten-fight card will happen on Saturday, 8 June, inside Prague’s Eden soccer stadium. It’s going to mark the corporate’s first occasion in an open-air soccer stadium, making it the right time for many who have but to take a look at an OKTAGON occasion to take action. The cardboard is on the market to be bought at OKTAGON TV and also will be stay on DAZN in all markets other than CZ/SK, in addition to RMC Sport in France.

A Extremely Anticipated Principal Occasion

Headlining the cardboard is a rematch over 4 years within the making, which sees Czech fighter Karel Vémola, who fought six occasions underneath the UFC banner, placing his gentle heavyweight title on the road towards the Slovakian Attila Vegh.

The pair first met at OKTAGON 15, with Vegh, the previous Bellator Mild Heavyweight Champion, ending the competition within the opening spherical after touchdown a heavy overhand proper that despatched Vémola crashing to the canvas and silenced his fervent fan-base.

Vegh has not graced an MMA cage since that evening in Prague, whereas Vémola dusted himself off to turn into considered one of OKTAGON’s most profitable fighters, capturing a middleweight title en path to turning into the sunshine heavyweight champion.

Now Vémola has the possibility to avenge that devastating loss to Vegh in entrance of his residence followers. The truth that he has confirmed that this would be the closing struggle of his profession provides an additional dimension to the competition.

Who Needs To Win A Million Euros?

Saturday evening’s card will function two of the Tipsport Gamechanger 2 Light-weight Quarterfinals. All 4 males competing on the evening will battle it out for a spot within the semi-finals, and the competitors’s general winner will pocket a cool a million euros.

The primary quarterfinal bout will see Spain’s Acoidan Duque taking up Chechen-born Austrian Mago Machaev. Duque didn’t overly spectacular within the opening spherical, which noticed him earn a split-decision victory over Germany’s Marcel Grabinski.

The Spaniard will sq. off towards Machaev, one of the intriguing prospects within the European scene. The 24-year-old Austrian has been competing within the professional ranks since 2017 and booked his quarterfinal spot with a third-round TKO victory over UFC veteran Makwan Amirkhani.

The second quarterfinal between Poland’s Mateusz Legierski and the UK’s Akonne Wanliss has the potential to be the struggle of the evening. Legierski is undefeated within the OKTAGON cage and was the previous light-weight champion earlier than leaving the promotion in 2020.

Since his return, he has chalked up 4 straight wins and is likely one of the favourites to stroll away with the a million euro. Nonetheless, this week, he’s up towards a rising star with a depraved stand-up sport and all the boldness on the planet.

Wanliss could have a considerably polarizing character. Nonetheless, the previous unique dancer is critical about his craft and turned heads together with his opening-round knockout victory over Sweden’s Sahil Siraj at OKTAGON 56.

A Pair Of Pivotal Welterweight Clashes

The evening’s co-main occasion will see OKTAGON’s former welterweight David Kozma champion sq. off towards Romania’s Ion Surdu. The Czech has not fought in ten months however appears to be like in nice form although he’ll must be at his finest to get previous Surdu’s harmful placing sport. The Romanian is a identified KO artist and can relish the possibility to compete on what would be the largest stage of his profession.

The winner of this bout will likely be in line for a shot on the vacant title, and can tackle the victor of the evening’s earlier welterweight conflict between Brazil’s Leandro Silva and Georgia’s Amiran Gogoladze.