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Draft:OKTAGON MMA

OKTAGON MMA
IndustryMMA, sport
Founded2016
FounderOndřej Novotný, Pavol Neruda
Websitewww.oktagonmma.com

Oktagon MMA is a Czechoslovak organization organizing tournaments in mixed martial arts (MMA) in Czech Republic, Slovakia, from June 2022 also in Germany and from November 2023 also in the Great Britain. Its founders and owners are Ondřej Novotný and Pavol Neruda.[1] The organization organized the first tournament on December 10, 2016 in Prague. Currently, the organization has organized more than 55 tournaments in 6 years. Every year, the organization also prepares a sports reality show from the world of combat sports called Oktagon Challenge.

History edit

The Oktagon MMA organization made itself known for the first time in 2016 when it started filming the Oktagon Challenge reality show, in which 8 fighters (4 from the Czech Republic and 4 from Slovakia) fought on the model of the American reality show The Ultimate Fighter for a contract with the organization and €10,000 . The challenge culminated on December 10, 2016 at the first-ever Oktagon 1 tournament, which took place in Prague's Sports Hall Královka, where the final of the first series of the Oktagon Challenge was won by the Slovak fighter Gábor Boráros, who defeated Jakub Běle after less than 4 minutes of the 1st round via submission (RNC).


During the following months, the organization began to organize tournaments in other cities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and for the first time showed up at the iconic Štvanice Stadium in the center of Prague. A significant moment was the signing of a contract with Karlos Vémola, the first Czech athlete to ever join the UFC.

Oktagon Underground edit

The covid situation in 2020 affected everything and everyone. Combat sports included. The Oktagon MMA organization had to cancel the tournament originally scheduled for March for this reason. The founders of the organization therefore came up with the unique Oktagon Underground project during the Covid lockdown. The first Oktagon Underground was a series of 7 tournaments in which male and female wrestlers competed in several weight classes under modified rules. These were exclusively bouts in the stance, but in which the fight could be transferred to the ground with a takedown. There, after 3 seconds of active control, the takedown was recognized as successful and the fight returned to the stance. Submissions and standing likes were also allowed.

Tipsport Gamechanger edit

The biggest project in the history of Oktagon MMA and the biggest project ever to take place on the European stage. In the pyramid, a total of 16 elite athletes of the welterweight division (weight category up to 77.1 kg) will face each other. In total, the sixteen fighters will divide among themselves rewards in the amount of one million euros. The absolute winner of the four-round elimination tournament will receive 300,000 euros, the first losers will receive 15,000 euros.[2]

Weight division Date Number of fighters Tournaments Rounds
Final Semifinal Quarterfinal 1/16 final
2023

(welterweight)

4. March – 29. December 16 5 Oktagon 51 Prague

(29. December 2023)

Oktagon 46 Frankfurt

(16. September 2023)

Oktagon 43

Prague

(20. May 2023)

Oktagon 44

Oberhausen

(17. June 2023)

Oktagon 40 Ostrava

(4. March 2023)

Tipsport Gamechanger 2023 edit

Tipsport Gamechanger 2023 started with the first round at the Oktagon 40 tournament, which took place on March 4 in Ostrava's Ostravar Arena. In the first year, 16 athletes participated, 15 were directly nominated by organizations, the sixteenth fighter came from a fan vote on the official website (the participation was decided between the Spanish MMA fighter Tato Primera and the representative of Montenegro, Miloš Janičić). After the first round, the winners chose their opponents for the next round as part of the live broadcast, thus determining the placement in the tournament for the semi-final fights and the final battle.

Tournaments edit

# Tournament Date Place Main fight Note Attendance Performance of the night bonus Ref.
1 Oktagon 1 10. 12. 2016 Hala Královka, Prague, Čzechia Gábor Boráros vs. Jakub Běle 2 000
not awarded
 [3]
2 Oktagon 2 7. 4. 2017 HANT aréna, Bratislava, Slovakia Gábor Boráros vs. Roland Čambal 2 500 [4]
3 Oktagon 3 29. 7. 2017 Centrální tenisový kurt Štvanice, Prague, Czechia Attila Végh vs. Paul Bryne 2 500 [5]
4 Oktagon 4 12. 11. 2017 HANT aréna, Bratislava, Slovakia Samuel Krištofič vs. Radovan Úškrt 4 500 [6]
5 Oktagon 5 17. 3. 2018 RT Torax aréna, Ostrava, Czechia Matěj Kuzník vs. Ľudovít Klein 5 000 [7]
6 Oktagon 6 26. 5. 2018 Steel arena, Košice, Slovakia Samuel Krištofič vs. Ondřej Raška 3 000 [8]
7 Oktagon 7 28. 7. 2018 Centrální tenisový kurt Štvanice, Prague, Czechia Michal Martínek vs. Daniel Dittrich Heavyweight title match. 7 000 [9]
8 Oktagon 8 1. 9. 2018 Hotel Imperial, Karlovy Vary, Czechia Karol Ryšavý vs. Aziz Dauliatov 200
9 Oktagon 9 15. 9. 2018 Zimný štadion Ondreje Nepelu, Bratislava, Slovakia Samuel Krištofič vs. Grzegorz Siwy 8 000 [10]
10 Oktagon 10 17. 11. 2018 O2 arena, Prague, Czechia Tomáš Deák vs. Cory Galloway 10 500 [11]
11 Oktagon 11 16. 3. 2019 Ostravar aréna, Ostrava, Czechia David Kozma vs. Samuel Krištofič Welterweight title match. 10 500 [12]
12 Oktagon Prime 1 26. 4. 2019 Crow arena, Košice, Slovakia Jozef Wittner vs. Adam Horvath 2 000 [13]
13 Oktagon 12 8. 6. 2019 Zimný štadion Ondreje Nepelu, Bratislava, Slovakia Attila Végh vs. Virgil Zwicker 10 000 [14]
14 Oktagon 13 27. 7. 2019 Centrální tenisový kurt Štvanice, Prague, Czechia Karlos Vémola vs. Henrique da Silva 7 000 [15]
15 Oktagon 14 14. 9.2019 Zimný štadion Ondreje Nepelu, Bratislava, Slovakia Tomáš Deák vs. Filip Macek Bantamweight title match. 8 500 [16]
16 Oktagon Prime 2 25. 10. 2019 Crow aréna, Košice, Slovakia Jozef Wittner vs. Maté Kertész 2 500 [17]
17 Oktagon 15 9. 11. 2019 O2 arena, Prague, Czechia Attila Végh vs. Karlos Vémola 19 500 [18]
18 Oktagon Prime 3 15. 2. 2020 X-Bionic Sphere, Šamorín, Slovakia Miroslav Štrbák vs. Mateusz Legierski Lightweight title match. 3 200 Ľudovít Klein [19]
19 Underground #1 16. 5. 2020 Praha, Czechia Tomáš Le Sy vs. Tadeáš Růžička 0 - without spectators (Covid 19)
not awarded
 [20]
20 Underground #2 23. 5. 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia Marek Bartl vs. Kamil Cibinski 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) [21]
21 Underground #3 30. 5. 2020 Prague, Czechia Lucie Pudilová vs. Tereza Bledá 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) [22]
22 Underground #4 6. 6. 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia Samuel Krištofič vs. Lukáš Eliáš 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) [23]
23 Underground #5 13. 6. 2020 Prague, Czechia Leo Brichta vs. Matouš Kohout 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) [24]
24 Underground #6 20. 6.2020 Bratislava, Slovakia Samuel Krištofič vs. Vlasto Čepo 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) [25]
25 Underground Super-Finále 4. 7. 2020 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Ronald Paradeiser vs. Matouš Kohout

Lucie Szabová vs. Tereza Bledá

1 200 - limited capacity (Covid 19) [26]
26 Oktagon 16 26. 9. 2020 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Karol Ryšavý vs. Ronald Paradeiser 1 000 - limited capacity (Covid 19) Ronald Paradeiser [27]
27 Oktagon 17 24. 10. 2020 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia David Kozma vs. Maté Kertesz Welterweight title match. 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) Andrej Kalašnik [28]
28 Oktagon 18 30. 12. 2020 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Jozef Wittner vs. Róbert Pukač 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) Leo Brichta [29]
29 Oktagon 19 5. 12. 2020 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Karlos Vémola vs. Václav Mikulášek 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) Karlos Vémola [30]
30 Oktagon 20 30. 12. 2020 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Karlos Vémola vs. Alex Lohoré Middleweight title match. 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) Leo Brichta [31]
31 Oktagon 21 30. 1. 2021 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Ronald Paradeiser vs. Ivan Buchinger Lightweight title match. 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) Lucia Szabová [32]
32 UNDG: Last man standing 27. 2. 2021 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Michael Krčmář vs. Milan Paleš Osmičlenná pyramida o titul UNDG: Last man standing. 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) Matěj Kozubovský

Sebastián Fapšo

[33]
33 Oktagon 22 27. 3. 2021 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Karlos Vémola vs. Milan Ďatelinka Middleweight title match. 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) Lucia Szabová [34]
34 Oktagon 23 1. 5. 2021 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Petr Kníže vs. Andrea Fusi 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) Kaik Brito [35]
35 Oktagon 24 29. 5. 2021 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia David Kozma vs. Leandro Silva Welterweight title match. 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) David Kozma [36]
36 Oktagon 25 19. 6. 2021 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Martin Buday vs. Kamil Minda Heavyweight title match. 0 - without spectators (Covid 19) František Fodor [37]
37 Oktagon 26 27. 7. 2021 Centrální tenisový kurt Štvanice, Prague, Czechia Samuel Krištofič vs. Marcin Naruszczka Middleweight interim title match. 5 000 - limited capacity (Covid 19) Lucia Szabová [38]
38 Oktagon 27 11. 9. 2021 Zimný štadion Ondreje Nepelu, Bratislava, Slovakia Ivan Buchinger vs. Vojto Barborík Featherweight title match. 8 500 Ivan Buchinger [39]
39 Oktagon 28 25. 9. 2021 O2 universum, Prague, Czechia Viktor Pešta vs. Stephan Pütz Light heavyweight title match. 3 000 - limited capacity (Covid 19) Andrej Kalašnik [40]
40 Oktagon Prime 4 6. 11. 2021 Enteria arena, Pardubice, Czechia Filip Macek vs. Jonas Mågård Bantamweight title match. 5 000 -

limited capacity (Covid 19)

Jakub Bahník [41]
41 Oktagon 29 4. 12. 2021 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia David Kozma vs. Bojan Velicković Welterweight title match. 1 000 - limited capacity (Covid 19) David Kozma [42]
42 Oktagon 30 30. 12. 2021 Zoner Bobyhall, Brno, Czechia Tereza Bledá vs. Mabelly Lima Flyweight title match. 1 000 - limited capacity (Covid 19) Matěj Peňáz [43]
43 Oktagon 31 26. 2. 2022 02 arena, Prague, Czechia Samuel Krištofič vs. Patrik Kincl Middleweight title match. 10 000 - limited capacity (Covid 19) Vlasto Čepo [44]
44 Oktagon Prime 5 26. 3. 2022 X-Bionic Sphere, Šamorín, Slovakia Máté Kertész vs. Bojan Veličković 3 500 Matouš Kohout [45]
45 Oktagon 32 9. 4. 2022 Ostravar aréna, Ostrava, Czechia David Kozma vs. Petr Kníže Welterweight title match. 11 000 Christian Jungwirth [46]
46 Oktagon Vémola vs. Marpo 21. 5. 2022 O2 arena, Prague, Czechia Karlos Vémola vs Otakar Petřina Marpo 18 000 Marek Mazuch [47]
47 Oktagon 33 4. 6. 2022 Festhalle Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Ivan Buchinger vs. Losene Keita Lightweight title match. 9 000 Losene Keita [48]
48 Oktagon 34 23. 7. 2022 Centrální tenisový kurt Štvanice, Prague, Czechia Karlos Vémola vs. Alexander Ilič Light heavyweight title match. 7 000 Filip Macek [49]
49 Oktagon 35 17. 9. 2022 Winning Group Arena, Brno, Czechia Patrik Kincl vs. Alex Lohoré Middleweight title match. 8 000 Patrik Kincl [50]
50 Oktagon 36 15. 10. 2022 Festhalle Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Christian Eckerlin vs. Neves de Oliveira 9 000 Máté Kertész, Christian Jungwirth [51]
51 Oktagon 37 3. 12. 2022 Ostravar aréna, Ostrava, Czechia David Kozma vs. Kaik Brito

Mate Sanikidze vs. Jakub Tichota

Welterweight title match.

Featherweight title match.

10 000 Kaik Brito [52]
52 Oktagon 38 30. 12. 2022 O2 arena, Prague, Czechia Filip Macek vs. Gustavo Lopez Bantamweight interim title match. 18 000 Jorick Montagnac [53]
53 Oktagon 39 11. 2. 2023 Audi Dome, München, Germany Christian Jungwirth vs Danilson de Oliveira 7 000 Losene Keita [54]
54 Oktagon 40 4. 3. 2023 Ostravar aréna, Ostrava, Czechia David Kozma vs Lukasz Siwiec Tipsport Gamechanger first round 10 500 Bojan Veličkovič [55]
55 Oktagon 41 15. 4. 2023 Home Credit aréna, Liberec, Czechia Jonas Mågård vs Gustavo Lopez Bantamweight title match. 7 000 Jonas Mågård

Mateusz Strzelczyk

[56]
56 Oktagon 42 29. 4. 2023 Zimný štadion Ondreje Nepelu, Bratislava, Slovakia Losene Keita vs Jakub Tichota Featherweight interim title match. 8 500 Vlasto Čepo
57 Oktagon 43 20. 5. 2023 O2 arena, Prague, Czechia Patrik Kincl vs Karlos Vémola Middleweight title match.

Tipsport Gamechanger quarterfinals

17 500 Louis Glismann [57]
58 Oktagon 44 17. 6. 2023 Rudolf Weber-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany Pavol Langer vs Alexander Poppeck Light heavyweight interim title match

Tipsport Gamechanger quarterfinals

10 000 Ronald Paradeiser [58]
59 Oktagon 45: Štvanice speciál 28. 7. 2023 Centrální tenisový kurt Štvanice, Prague, Czechia Jonas Mågård vs Felipe Lima Bantamweight title match 6 000 Vladimír Lengál
60 Oktagon 45 29. 7. 2023 Centrální tenisový kurt Štvanice, Prague, Czechia Mate Sanikidze vs Losene Keita Featherweight title match 7 000 Ivan Buchinger
61 Oktagon 46 16. 9. 2023 Festhalle Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Katharina Dalisda vs Jacinta Austin Strawweight title match

Tipsport Gamechanger semifinals

9 000 Bojan Veličkovič
62 Oktagon 47 7. 10. 2023 Zimný štadion Ondreje Nepelu, Bratislava, Slovakia Karlos Vémola vs Pavol Langer Light heavyweight title match 9 000 Karlos Vémola
63 Oktagon 48 4. 11. 2023 AO Arena, Manchester, England Aaron Aby vs Elias Garcia Flyweight title match 4 500 Ion Surdu
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Categories:
  1. ^ "Oktagon Owners Pavol Neruda and Ondrej Novotny: "We are the Champions League of MMA". FightBook MMA. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  2. ^ "The €1 Million Tipsport GAMECHANGER Welterweight Tournament". MMA Viking. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ^ "OKTAGON 1".
  4. ^ "OKTAGON 2".
  5. ^ "OKTAGON 3".
  6. ^ "OKTAGON 4".
  7. ^ "OKTAGON 5".
  8. ^ "OKTAGON 6".
  9. ^ "OKTAGON 7".
  10. ^ "OKTAGON 9".
  11. ^ "OKTAGON 10".
  12. ^ "OKTAGON 11".
  13. ^ "OKTAGON PRIME 1".
  14. ^ "OKTAGON 12".
  15. ^ "OKTAGON 13".
  16. ^ "OKTAGON 14".
  17. ^ "OKTAGON PRIME 2".
  18. ^ "OKTAGON 15: Vegh vs Vemola".
  19. ^ "OKTAGON PRIME 3".
  20. ^ "UNDERGROUND #1" (in Czech).
  21. ^ "UNDERGROUND #2" (in Czech).
  22. ^ "UNDERGROUND #3" (in Czech).
  23. ^ "UNDERGROUND #4" (in Czech).
  24. ^ "UNDERGROUND #5" (in Czech).
  25. ^ "UNDERGROUND #6" (in Czech).
  26. ^ "UNDERGROUND SUPER-FINÁLE" (in Czech).
  27. ^ "OKTAGON 16".
  28. ^ "OKTAGON 17".
  29. ^ "OKTAGON 18".
  30. ^ "OKTAGON 19".
  31. ^ "OKTAGON 20".
  32. ^ "OKTAGON 21".
  33. ^ "UNDG: LAST MAN STANDING" (in Czech).
  34. ^ "OKTAGON 22".
  35. ^ "OKTAGON 23".
  36. ^ "OKTAGON 24".
  37. ^ "OKTAGON 25".
  38. ^ "OKTAGON 26: Štvanice".
  39. ^ "OKTAGON 27: Buchinger vs. Barborík".
  40. ^ "OKTAGON 28: Pešta vs. Pütz".
  41. ^ "OKTAGON PRIME 4" (in Czech).
  42. ^ "OKTAGON 29".
  43. ^ "OKTAGON 30" (in Czech).
  44. ^ "OKTAGON 31".
  45. ^ "OKTAGON Prime 5".
  46. ^ "OKTAGON 32" (in Czech).
  47. ^ "OKTAGON VÉMOLA vs. MARPO" (in Czech).
  48. ^ "OKTAGON 33".
  49. ^ "OKTAGON 34: Štvanice" (in Czech).
  50. ^ "OKTAGON 35" (in Czech).
  51. ^ "OKTAGON 36" (in Czech).
  52. ^ "OKTAGON 37: Ostrava" (in Czech).
  53. ^ "OKTAGON 38: Praha" (in Czech).
  54. ^ "OKTAGON 39: Mnichov" (in Czech).
  55. ^ "OKTAGON 40: Ostrava" (in Czech).
  56. ^ "OKTAGON 41: LIBEREC" (in Czech).
  57. ^ "OKTAGON 43: PRAHA" (in Czech).
  58. ^ "OKTAGON 44: Oberhausen" (in Czech).
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