Oktagon MMA will be returning to Prague for its final event of 2024, on December 29.
Liverpudlian star and submission artist, Shem Rock (11-1-1), will face Jakub Bahnik (10-5) in a fight that many are touting as a title eliminator. Rock is riding a three-fight win streak, all via first round rear-naked chokes, and a victory would cement him as one of Oktagon MMA’s biggest talents.
Rock, who trains out of iconic UK gym Next Generation MMA alongside Paddy Pimblett, Molly McCann, Nathan Fletcher, George Staines, and many others, is looking to top off an incredible 2024 for the Liverpool-based gym.
Ahead of his return, Rock commented: “He knows, we all know, that it’s the Shem show all over again. I’ll finish him however I want to finish him, and we know I’m going to finish him. I can take him down and submit him in the first round.
“He’s too old, he’s too slow, he’s too stiff…but if he can keep it on the feet, I’ll knock him out.”
The event, which will welcome 18,000 fans, will be headlined by Ronald Paradesier vs Losene Keita in the Tipsport Gamechanger final, crowning Oktagon MMA’s next €1 million winner.
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