{"id":479782,"date":"2026-02-14T15:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/479782\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:54:07","slug":"exclusive-tomas-mudroch-targets-finishes-at-oktagon-84-homecoming-i-dont-feel-pressure-for-knockouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/479782\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Tomas Mudroch Targets Finishes At Oktagon 84 Homecoming &#8220;I Dont Feel Pressure For Knockouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomas Mudroch heads into his lightweight bout against Fedor Duric at Oktagon 84 with hometown support in Ostrava. The 22-year-old Czech fighter, nicknamed the \u201cOstrava Express,\u201d carries an 8-1 record, all wins by first-round stoppages on a six-fight streak.<a href=\"https:\/\/oktagonmma.com\/en\/events\/oktagon-84-ostrava\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>Tomas Mudroch at OKTAGON 84<\/p>\n<p>Mudroch sees the February 14, 2026, fight at Ostravar Ar\u00e9na as opportunity, not pressure. \u201cNo, I just see opportunities because I got many fans there and my family also going to the hal,l so I\u2019m looking forward to it,\u201d he said in a recent interview. His finishes come naturally: \u201cI don\u2019t feel pressure to submit people or take KOs but it\u2019s in my nature probably finishing people, so I\u2019m glad I\u2019m finishing people. I\u2019m not looking for a bore for 15 minutes.\u201d\u200b<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mudroch started BJJ at 20 after football, drawn to gyms for size and cardio. He credits Karel V\u00e9mola for growing MMA in Czech Republic, calling Oktagon the second-biggest organization worldwide. After calling out Ivan Buchinger post-Berlin, Mudroch respects the veteran\u2019s title path. This marks his 10th pro fight, with 2025 action totaling under six minutes.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Fedor Duric, 8-1 with eight wins in nine recent fights, brings Serbian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/alina-dalaslan-vs-karolina-sobek-oktagon-83\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aggression<\/a>. Duric, who turned pro at 17, eyes dominance: \u201cDon\u2019t close your eyes and uh watch the whole fight. It will be dominant.\u201d Odds list Duric slight favorite at 1.73, Mudroch at 2.05. A win catapults either toward lightweight top spots.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Oktagon-MMA-Oktagon-84-Paradeiser-vs-Brito-110385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u200b<\/p>\n<p>The card headlines Ronald Paradeiser vs. Kaik Brito for vacant welterweight title, plus David Kozma vs. Jozef Wittner. Weigh-ins passed without issues on February 13. Main card starts 6 PM CET; PPV available on Oktagon TV. Mudroch thanked his team and fans: \u201cBuy <a href=\"https:\/\/oktagon.tv\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pay-per-views<\/a> or go to the hall, make some good atmosphere.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.gidstats.com\/events\/oktagon_84-2601\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tomas Mudroch heads into his lightweight bout against Fedor Duric at Oktagon 84 with hometown support in Ostrava.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-479782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}