today 01:10 | Until recently, the champion of the Octagon in the Czech semi-heavyweight, Viktor Pešta, crashed hard in the first match after leaving the organization. At the first tournament in the new year of the American MMA organization PFL (Professional Fighters League), he faced UFC veteran Omari Achmedov. Pest was also a favorite in foreign betting offices. However, despite the paper’s assumptions, the Dagestanec ended the duel with a brutal knockout after only 85 seconds. From the beginning, more active and accurate Achmedov after a minute and a quarter hit the back and shook the opponent. After collecting the combination, Pest tried a desperate move. As he got up, he grabbed another back and fell to the ground in convulsions. After the knockout remained lying down, the referee called a doctor to the octagon. Instead of celebrating, Akhmedov waited for information about his opponent’s health. The Czech fighter was still visibly shaken after tens of seconds, but he got to his feet. Achmedov? The well-experienced UFC Pest veteran did not use the altitude or the expected force superiority. Achmedov returned from medium weight (up to 84 kg) to semi-heavy weight only in the last match (93). He had even wrestled in the velter (77) before. Pest, on the other hand, has spent most of his career in the heavyweight category (120). Among other things, the experience of a 34-year-old Russian was shown. He completed 15 duels in the UFC, and found a winner in only five cases. Among other things, he drew with the later title challenger of Israel Adesanya, Marvin Vettori. He has a total balance of 22-7 (1). Three years younger Pest in the UFC was far from successful (1-4), overall he has a balance of 18-7. Pest came as the octagon champion Pest came to the PFL as the octagon champion. He won the title with a victory over Stephan Pütz, when the referee at the October Octagon 28 did not let the Germans into the 4th round due to an open nose fracture. Pest subsequently had a conflict with the organization, when he allegedly learned about the planned retaliation with Pütz only from the match poster. At the time, he said, he didn’t even have a contract with Octagon. In Oktagon, he had previously lost a heavyweight fight with Michal Martínek and challenged both the players of the Century Wrestling, Attila Végh and Carlos Vémol. Read also The champion learned about the match from the poster: Unprofessional, weird. With Octagon … Who is Viktor Pest? In Rožmitál, barely five thousand below Třemšín, his parents led him in an intellectual-artistic direction. At the age of 18, he exchanged the potter’s wheel for MMA gloves, and the other five, after Vémol, became the second Czech to join the UFC. He faced a later title challenger, a member of the elite ten and a “Russian scavenger”. He told his story for ŠPORT.sk. He said his goal was not only to return to the UFC, but even to win the title. Read also Pest: Idiot? People are already laughing at Vémol. I had nothing to look for in the UFC, but I’ll come back … What is the PFL? American MMA organization in which the matches take place in the form of a long-term competition with the basic part and a playoff. In the basic part, the fighters go through two matches. The top four from each weight category will advance to the semifinals of the playoffs. The winner will receive a prize of one million dollars.