Key takeaways
Ronald Paradeiser beat Acoidan Duque by knockout at 1:27 of round one in the main event of OKTAGON 61 at the Winning Group Arena in Brno. In the co-main event, Makhmud Muradov beat Scott Askham by unanimous decision after three rounds at middleweight.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout and nine on the judges' scorecards — three stoppages in twelve fights. One of the nine decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Ronald Paradeiser, who stopped Acoidan Duque at 1:27 of round one, and two of the three finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Vladimír Lengál's knockout of Corey Fry, 7 minutes and 27 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 27 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of eight, against one of the four below it. Tomáš Hron (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five weight classes were used, lightweight most often with five bouts.