Key takeaways
Jack Grant beat Ronald Paradeiser by submission at 1:46 of round one in the main event of OKTAGON 89 at the Tipos Arena in Bratislava. In the co-main event, Lazar Todev beat Martin Buday by unanimous decision after three rounds at heavyweight.
Across the ten bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, two by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in ten fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Adam Palasz, who stopped Patrick Vespaziani at 1:38 of round one, and four of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Marek Bartl's knockout of Jozef Wittner, 8 minutes and 39 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 24 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against three of the five below it. Radovan Úškrt (knockout, round one), Rastislav Zvara (knockout, round one) and Adam Palasz (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six weight classes were used, middleweight most often with three bouts.
