Key takeaways
Sam Creasey beat Aaron Aby by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of OKTAGON 56 at the bp pulse Live in Birmingham. In the co-main event, Akonne Wanliss beat Sahil Siraj by knockout after 50 seconds at lightweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, two by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Andrej Kalašnik, who stopped Liam Etebar after 41 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Mick Stanton's knockout of Kamil Wojciechowski, 13 minutes and 56 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 48 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of six, against three of the five below it. James Hendin (knockout, round two), Mick Stanton (knockout, round three) and Ammari Diedrick (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Seven weight classes were used, lightweight most often with three bouts.