Key takeaways
Ion Surdu beat Andrej Kalašnik by knockout at 4:26 of round one in the main event of OKTAGON 79 at the Winning Group Arena in Brno. In the co-main event, Vladimír Lengál beat Ognjen Dimić by knockout at 4:52 of round two at lightweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, four by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Vašek Klimša, who stopped Jessy Joaquim at 1:23 of round one, and six of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Samuel Bark's submission of Mate Sanikidze, 14 minutes and 30 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 18 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: five of six, against four of the five below it. Nathan Haywood (knockout, round one), Vàclav Štěpán (submission, round two) and Liam Pitts (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six weight classes were used, lightweight most often with three bouts.