Vlasto Cepo

Cepo closed his 2025 run with another first-round knockout, stopping Daniel Schwindt with a punch at Oktagon 77. The result mattered because it gave him a second straight rebound win after the Piotr Wawrzyniak loss and served as the last recorded fight before the August 2026 UFC debut booking.

Key moments

• Knocked out Schwindt with a punch at 3:38 of round one at Oktagon 77.
• The finish followed the April 2025 first-round knockout of Erhan Kartal at Oktagon 70.
• It stood as Cepo's final recorded win before the Aug. 1, 2026 UFC debut against Gilbert Urbina.

Cepo got back on track with a first-round knockout of Erhan Kartal at Oktagon 70. The win was important less for the method, which fit the rest of his record, than for the timing: it was his first fight since the 2023 loss to Piotr Wawrzyniak in the Oktagon 51 final.

Key moments

• Stopped Kartal by first-round knockout at 4:01 at Oktagon 70.
• The bout was his first appearance after the Dec. 29, 2023 loss to Piotr Wawrzyniak.
• It started the two-fight 2025 rebound that later included Daniel Schwindt at Oktagon 77.

Cepo's strongest pre-UFC run hit a wall in the Oktagon 51 final, where Piotr Wawrzyniak stopped him with punches in the third round. The defeat mattered because it snapped the streak of finishes and became the only recorded loss between the 2022 Joel dos Santos setback and the 2025 rebound wins over Kartal and Schwindt.

Key moments

• Lost to Wawrzyniak by third-round TKO at 3:19 in the Oktagon 51 final.
• The fight followed consecutive wins over Ion Taburceanu and Giovanni Melillo in Oktagon competition.
• It remained the lone defeat across his five most recent recorded bouts.

Cepo carried his finishing form into Oktagon 42 and stopped Ion Taburceanu with punches in the second round. The result pushed the Oktagon stretch forward and set up the year-end tournament final appearance against Piotr Wawrzyniak.

Key moments

• Stopped Taburceanu by TKO with punches at 1:54 of round two.
• The win followed the Dec. 3, 2022 first-round stoppage of Giovanni Melillo at Oktagon 37.
• It became the last victory before the Dec. 29, 2023 Oktagon 51 final loss to Wawrzyniak.

Cepo needed only one round to stop Giovanni Melillo with punches at Oktagon 37. The finish kept his all-action trend intact and fed directly into the stronger 2023 Oktagon dates that eventually ended with the Wawrzyniak final.

Key moments

• Finished Melillo by first-round TKO at 2:30 with punches.
• The bout came after the November 2022 rear-naked choke win over Antonio Zovak at Centurion FC.
• It became the earliest result in the five-fight sequence that ran through Taburceanu, Wawrzyniak, Kartal and Schwindt.

Cepo headlined Centurion FC in Malta and kept his finishing streak moving with a first-round rear-naked choke over Antonio Zovak. The result stood out because it showed the same front-running pace outside Oktagon and set up the quick return against Giovanni Melillo two weeks later.

Key moments

• Submitted Zovak with a rear-naked choke at 1:45 of round one in the Centurion FC main event.
• The fight came after the August 2022 first-round submission of Ivan Jakovljevic.
• It was the immediate lead-in to the Dec. 3, 2022 Oktagon 37 stoppage of Giovanni Melillo.

Cepo rebounded from the Joel dos Santos loss by taking a main-event slot in Belgrade and submitting Ivan Jakovljevic in just over a minute. The finish mattered because it restarted his momentum immediately and began the run that carried into the 2023 Oktagon tournament stretch.

Key moments

• Tapped Jakovljevic with a rear-naked choke at 1:17 of round one in a Centurion main event.
• The bout was his first recorded appearance after the June 2022 decision loss to Joel dos Santos.
• It started the six-fight winning stretch that later reached the Oktagon 51 final.

Joel dos Santos handed Cepo a rare trip to the scorecards and a unanimous-decision loss at Dracula Fight Night 7. The defeat matters because it is one of the few times his early finishing style did not break the fight open and it became the last setback before his six-fight rebound run.

Key moments

• Lost a unanimous decision to dos Santos over three rounds at DFN 7 in Zvolen.
• The result followed the February 2022 knockout of Alexandre Silva at Oktagon 31.
• Cepo answered the loss with consecutive first-round submissions of Ivan Jakovljevic and Antonio Zovak.

Cepo needed less than three minutes to knock out Alexandre Silva on the Oktagon 31 main card in Prague. It was an important statement win because it kept his pre-2022 surge intact after the quick stoppages of Milos Kostic, Slobodan Djordjevic and Leon Krajacic.

Key moments

• Knocked out Silva with a punch at 2:40 of round one at Oktagon 31.
• The finish followed his September 2021 50-second stoppage of Milos Kostic.
• It was the last win before the June 2022 decision loss to Joel dos Santos.

Cepo blasted through Milos Kostic in 50 seconds at Oktagon 27, finishing with knees and punches on the main card. The speed of the stoppage reinforced the same pattern seen throughout his record: early pressure, immediate damage and very little time for opponents to settle into the fight.

Key moments

• Stopped Kostic by TKO in 0:50 of round one at Oktagon 27.
• The result came two months after the 44-second finish of Slobodan Djordjevic in FNC's Armagedon tournament.
• It set up his next Oktagon appearance, the February 2022 knockout of Alexandre Silva.

Cepo barely gave Slobodan Djordjevic time to work, scoring a 44-second TKO in the FNC Armagedon quarterfinal stage. The result kept his post-2020 rebuild sharp and preserved the tournament momentum after the April win over Leon Krajacic.

Key moments

• Stopped Djordjevic with punches just 0:44 into round one.
• The bout was part of the FNC Armagedon quarterfinal bracket.
• It followed the April 2021 TKO of Leon Krajacic and led into the September 2021 Oktagon stoppage of Milos Kostic.

Cepo returned from the Mateusz Strzelczyk loss by stopping Leon Krajacic with punches in the first round at an FNC Armagedon finals show. The rebound mattered because it re-established his confidence after the only submission loss on his early record.

Key moments

• Finished Krajacic by first-round TKO at 3:11 with punches.
• The win came in his first recorded fight after the October 2020 loss to Mateusz Strzelczyk.
• It started the run that later included quick wins over Djordjevic, Kostic and Silva.

Strzelczyk handed Cepo his first recorded defeat inside a major regional promotion, catching him late in the second round at Oktagon 17. The loss was a useful checkpoint because it interrupted the all-finishes start to his pro run and forced the reset that preceded the 2021 knockout streak.

Key moments

• Lost by second-round submission at Oktagon 17 after 4:21 of the round.
• The fight was contested at welterweight in Brno.
• Cepo answered the setback with first-round stoppages of Leon Krajacic, Slobodan Djordjevic and Milos Kostic.

Cepo closed his first pro calendar year with another round-one stoppage, finishing Filip Le with punches at PCF 21. The result kept his unbeaten start intact and showed the same early-finishing style that would carry over into larger regional shows in 2021 and 2022.

Key moments

• Stopped Filip Le with punches at 1:55 of round one at PCF 21.
• The bout followed his October 2019 TKO of Danijel Arandjelovic at Dracula Fight Night 1.
• It remained part of a four-fight opening run in which every win ended in the first round.

Cepo's first recorded fight after his debut was another fast finish, a first-round TKO of veteran Danijel Arandjelovic at Dracula Fight Night 1. The matchup added an experienced regional name to the record and continued the pattern of ending fights before opponents could settle in.

Key moments

• Finished Arandjelovic with punches at 1:52 of round one.
• The win followed his June 2019 submission debut sequence against Sinisa Koncic and Vladimir Peric.
• It set up the year-end 2019 stoppage of Filip Le at PCF 21.

One week after his pro debut, Cepo returned and submitted Vladimir Peric in 79 seconds at Combat Fight Night 2. The quick turnaround and another first-round finish made it clear early that his record was being built on immediate pace rather than long, tactical fights.

Key moments

• Submitted Peric with a rear-naked choke at 1:19 of round one.
• The bout came seven days after the June 14, 2019 debut win over Sinisa Koncic.
• It gave Cepo back-to-back first-round submissions to open his professional career.

Cepo's pro debut lasted less than two minutes, ending with a guillotine choke over Sinisa Koncic at Night of Gladiators 6. It is the cleanest starting point for the rest of his record: early pressure, a first-round finish and no attempt to pace himself into a longer fight.

Key moments

• Won his pro debut by guillotine choke at 1:50 of round one.
• The fight started a career opening stretch in which his first four wins all finished in the first round.
• He turned around one week later and submitted Vladimir Peric at Combat Fight Night 2.