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AAAAND NEEEW! The incredible Losene Keita does it again!!
Losene Keita. Photo via OKTAGON
The OKTAGON 65 main event was a lightweight title fight between champion Ronald Paradeiser and featherweight champ Losene Keita. This high-stakes bout served as the finale of the Tipsport Gamechanger tournament, and had an €300,000 cash prize on the line.
Ketia started with all guns blazing. The tall Paradeiser had a problem finding his range while the shorter featherweight champion landed several heavy right hands to the head and body.
In the second round, the ”Black Panther” continued to dictate the pace. A clash of head seemed to change the dynamics, but when Ketia landed two big elbows agaist the cage and followed up with heavy strikes on the ground, the referee stepped in to stop the fight.
”It means a lot to me. I don’t know what to say,” Keita said after the fight. ”I worked my ass off to fight Rony.”
OKTAGON 65: Ronald Paradeiser vs. Losene Keita
Main card
- Lightweight title fight: Losene Keita def. Ronald Paradeiser via TKO, (ground-and-pound), round 2
- Light heavyweight title fight: Will Fleury def. Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision (50-44, 50-44, 50-44)
- Women’s bantamweight title fight: Cecilie Bolander def. Lucie Pudilova via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
- Bantamweight: Igor Severino def. Jonas Mågård via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Middleweight: Daniel Schwindt def. Radovan Uskrt via TKO, (ground-and-pound), round 2
Prelims
- Lightweight: Agy Sardari def. Ognjen Dimic via submission (RNC), round 2
- Lightweight: Ozan Aslaner def. Jakub Tichota via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Featherweight: Marco Novak def. Eemil Kurhela via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Welterweight: Peter Gabal def. Benny Bajrami via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27)
- Featherweight Jakub Batfalsky def. Dominik Toporcer via TKO (ground-and-pound), round 1