"Our long-term goal is to be so interesting and good so that the journey to the UFC is a worse option," Pavol Neruda told to Sport.cz.

OKTAGON used to have clauses in their contracts stating that if an offer comes from the UFC, the fighter can use it, but that has changed, which was felt by lightweight champion Rony Paradeiser, for example, who received the offer, but even if he wanted to, he couldn't use it, "I would be surprised if Rony went to the UFC, but you never know. I can't see into his head and haven't talked to him about it, but I'd be surprised. If he won everything with us, defended his titles and felt that he had no one to compare himself to, then at that time I would say that it is probably the time. He would have accomplished all he could, and he must move on. But I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon because the divisions are extremely loaded and it's going to be tough. He will constantly have great challenges here, and as OKTAGON grows, the fighter wants to experience it. He wants to fight on the biggest platforms.”

Only the biggest stars now have the UFC clause in their contracts, "The exception is a very small number of fighters, in fact almost no one. It is of no use to us, on the contrary, we are trying to make the fighter great and then to leave us? We already believe in it because, in my opinion, we are the most interesting organization after the UFC, and therefore I think it is completely justified that we do not want to let them go. Holding someone down for ego is not good either, but I know we do it to give the fighters something. It is not only good for us, but also for them.”