Oktagon 20

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Middleweight title bout: Karlos Vémola - Alex Lohoré

Besides that

Ivan Buchinger - Piotr Niedzelski (lighweight)*

and
Daniel Škvor - Oumar Sy (light heavyweight)*

added to the fightcard.


*according to Oktagon page as of now, at the same time they have Holota - Jungwirth as ligh heavyweight at the momment, so take it with a grain of salt.

According to the event page it's being postponed to May dur to the covid situation, can anyone confirm it? 

No, Oktagon 20 should go on as announced (with changes to the fight card, including the title fight being in question due to the situation with new coronavirus strain and travel restrictions as Lohoré lives in UK) in Brno as the previous events.

The O2 Arena date is announced as a replacement to cancelled/postponed event there in 2020, adding that bought tickets are still valid, which might be also a motivation to motivate people not to return the tickets.

Oktagon 20 a of now seems pretty stacked with 12 fights including local big names like Vémola, Pešta, Buchinger, Škvor (Glory) and upcoming promising talents. Subject to change, it is given something will prevent all 12 will go through as planned but still.

@RookiePundit

If Alex Lohoré lives here in the UK then there's no way he'll be able to get out of the country to fight in this event as the Covid-19 situation has got really bad here right now.

* Edited at 12.21.2020, 3:25 PM ET *

Yup, even if he did, apparently he would have to undergo a quarantine, if he was in UK for at least 24 hours in last 14 days. It doesn't matter if it could be shortened by negative tests, this close to fight, that should have put an end to it.


Allegedly Patrik Kincl (the biggest czech name in middlewight outside of Oktagon, if we don't count Muradov) offered himself as a replacement. He just KO Drwal in first round in last KSW, so he should be quite fight ready. But he can't afford a loss outside of KSW, so that would be a big risk, no matter how much he wants a re-match with Vémola. I doubt anything will come from this, but interesting call out.

One factor is the promoters surely want local bigger names to face each other with spectators to fill out the big arenas while relying on PPV till then, doing events without people in Brno, using it laso for build up to those showdown for local public, for example Pešta wants Vémola and debuts in light heavyweight against Ildemar Alcantara in this event as Vémola would not face him in Heavyweight.

Buchinger is out (eye injury; he had a cut in his eyebrow in the last video, might be related?).
Lohoré claims he will make it, we should be sceptical though. Fightcard as of now though includes both:
https://oktagonmma.cz/event/oktagon-20/

@RookiePundit

There's no way he'd be able to get out if he's still in the UK at the moment as the Czech Republic have suspended all passenger flights from the UK until at least the end of the year.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/czech-republic/entry-requirements

Vémola – 83,7
Lohoré – 82
Pešta – 93
Alcantara – 93,45
Ďatelinka – 84,05
Hošek – 84,1
Brichta – 70,8
Kohout – 70,8
Brož – 73,8
Malach – 73,7
Paulus – 70,05
Zajac – 70,05
Holota – 77,45
Jungwirth – 77,4
Šormová – 52,64
Wozniak – 52,4
Škvor – 93,25
Sy – 93,45
Fiala – 70,3
Elderbiev – 70,5
Hromek – 77,5 
Fajk – 77,4


Brož - Malach is  74kg catchweight bout.

* Edited at 12.29.2020, 12:09 PM ET *

Vémola vs. Lohore
Karlos Vémola, DEC
I'm going with the majority here but Lohore is no joke and could certainly win this.

Pešta vs. Alcântara
Viktor Pešta, SUB, R2
I doubt either of these guys will get back into the UFC but I think Pesta has more left in the tank at this point

Ďatelinka vs. Hošek
David Hošek, TKO, R1
Hosek looks roided as hell

Brichta vs. Kohout
Leo Brichta, SUB, R2
Brichta already beat Kohout by UD in amateurs

Paulus vs. Zajac
Roman Paulus, SUB, R1
freebie

Šormová vs. Woźniak
Magdaléna Šormová, DEC
Some up-and-coming serious contenders here. Love seeing WMMA evolve, we are going to be seeing more fights like these in the years to come, what a time

Škvor vs. Sy
Daniel Škvor, TKO, R1
Can Sy stop the Skvor KO streak? I don't think so

Can't imagine scenario where Vemola is going into the fifth round. He's really not famous for having a great cardio... max for two rounds, the third is usually his weakest. 

Guys, PPV is out, 3rd bout of the night is about to begin - Glory fighter Daniel Skvor will have his MMA debut.

https://oktagon.tv/

Tomas Fiala def. Said Elderbiev by TKO (punches) Round 1 3:28
Jan Fajk def. Daniel Hromek by Unanimous decision