OKTAGON

OKTAGON 81: Fleury vs. Buday

Completed O2 Arena, Prague, Czechia 11 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Will Fleury beat Martin Buday by knockout in the main event.
  • Zhalgas Zhumagulov beat David Dvořák by knockout in the co-main event at flyweight.
  • Seven of the eleven results came early: four knockouts and three submissions.

Main card

WF

Will Fleury vs Martin Buday

Heavyweight
Knockout R1 1:41
MB
Zhalgas Zhumagulov

Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs David Dvořák

Flyweight
Knockout R3 5:00
DD
PK

Patrik Kincl vs Robert Pukač

Middleweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
RP
PV

Patrick Vespaziani vs Daniel Škvor

Heavyweight
Submission R2 3:16
OR

Ondřej Raška vs Pavel Tóth

Catchweight
Knockout R1 1:19
PT

Preliminary card

MP

Miloš Petrášek vs Mateusz Strzelczyk

Light heavyweight
Submission R2 1:50
MS
JM

Jonas Mågård vs Elvis Silva

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
ES
VS

Veronika Smolkova vs Marta Sós

Flyweight
Knockout R1 2:28
MS
VK

Vojtech Khol vs Hugo Vach

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
HV
AH

Alex Hutyra vs Viktor Kováč

Welterweight
Submission R2 2:52
VK
IK

Ivan Klevets vs Bartłomiej Skowyra

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
BS
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Results

Main and co-main events

Will Fleury beat Martin Buday by knockout at 1:41 of round one in the main event of OKTAGON 81 at the O2 Arena in Prague. In the co-main event, Zhalgas Zhumagulov beat David Dvořák by knockout at 5:00 of round three at flyweight.

How the card was decided

Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Ondřej Raška, who stopped Pavel Tóth at 1:19 of round one, and three of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Zhalgas Zhumagulov's knockout of David Dvořák, 15 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 43 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The main card finished at the higher rate: four of five, against three of the six below it. Mateusz Strzelczyk (submission, round two), Veronika Smolkova (knockout, round one) and Alex Hutyra (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Eight weight classes were used, heavyweight most often with two bouts.