Fighter portrait

Vlasto Čepo

Middleweight
Record Record: 14-4-0
Wins
14
Losses
4
Draws
0
10KO/TKO
4Sub
0Dec
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Vitals

Height, reach, and career background.

Age
31
Height
6′0″1.83 m
Reach
73″185 cm
Weight class
Middleweight
Nationality
Serbia
Team
American Top Team Zagreb
Active
2019-present

Record

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LossRecord after fight: 14-4-0TKO
Opponent: Gilbert Urbina, their record after the fight: 8-5-0punches and elbowsR1 1:01

Cepo pressed forward aggressively from the opening bell. Urbina met him as he came in. Urbina dropped Cepo with a stiff jab. The fight then went to the floor. Urbina followed with an unanswered barrage on the floor, and Marc Goddard stopped the fight at 1:01 of round one.

Key moments

  • Cepo came forward aggressively from the opening bell.
  • Urbina dropped Cepo with a stiff jab as he closed distance.
  • An unanswered barrage on the canvas brought Marc Goddard in at 1:01 of round one.
WinRecord after fight: 14-3-0KO
Opponent: Daniel SchwindtPunchR1 3:38
Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 77: Engizek vs. Humburger
4 Oct 2025
WinRecord after fight: 13-3-0KO
Opponent: Erhan KartalPunchR1 4:01
Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 70: Kristofic vs. Humburger
26 Apr 2025
LossRecord after fight: 12-3-0TKO
Opponent: Piotr WawrzyniakPunchesR3 3:19
Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 51: Final
29 Dec 2023
WinRecord after fight: 12-2-0TKO
Opponent: Ion TaburceanuPunchesR2 1:54
Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 42: Keita vs. Tichota
29 Apr 2023

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.
WinRecord after fight: 11-2-0TKO
Opponent: Giovanni MelilloPunchesR1 2:30
Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 37: Kozma vs. Brito
3 Dec 2022

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.
WinRecord after fight: 10-2-0SUB
Opponent: Antonio ZovakRear-Naked ChokeR1 1:45
CFC - Centurion FC: Ad Maiora
17 Nov 2022

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.
WinRecord after fight: 9-2-0SUB
Opponent: Ivan JakovljevicRear-Naked ChokeR1 1:17
CFC Malta 9 - Centurion Fight Championship 9: Rudit Leo
24 Aug 2022

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.

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.
LossRecord after fight: 8-2-0DEC
Opponent: Joel dos SantosUnanimousR3 5:00
DFN 7 - Dracula Fight Night 7
18 Jun 2022
WinRecord after fight: 8-1-0KO
Opponent: Alexandre SilvaPunchR1 2:40
Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 31: Kristofic vs. Kincl
26 Feb 2022

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.
WinRecord after fight: 7-1-0TKO
Opponent: Milos KosticKnee and PunchesR1 0:50
Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 27: Buchinger vs. Barborik
11 Sep 2021

Cepo blasted through Milos Kostic in 50 seconds at Oktagon 27, finishing with knees and punches on the main card.

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.
WinRecord after fight: 6-1-0TKO
Opponent: Slobodan DjordjevicPunchesR1 0:44
FNC - Armagedon 2 Quarterfinals II
17 Jul 2021

Cepo barely gave Slobodan Djordjevic time to work, scoring a 44-second TKO in the FNC Armagedon quarterfinal stage.

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.
WinRecord after fight: 5-1-0TKO
Opponent: Leon KrajacicPunchesR1 3:11
FNC - Armagedon 1 Finals
10 Apr 2021
LossRecord after fight: 4-1-0SUB
Opponent: Mateusz StrzelczykArmbarR2 4:21
Oktagon MMA - Oktagon 17: Kozma vs. Kertesz
17 Oct 2020

Strzelczyk handed Cepo his first recorded defeat inside a major regional promotion, catching him late in the second round at Oktagon 17.

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.
WinRecord after fight: 4-0-0TKO
Opponent: Filip LePunchesR1 1:55
PCF 21 - New Era
21 Dec 2019
WinRecord after fight: 3-0-0TKO
Opponent: Danijel ArandjelovicPunchesR1 1:52
DFN 1 - Dracula Fight Night 1
5 Oct 2019

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.

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.
WinRecord after fight: 2-0-0SUB
Opponent: Vladimir PericRear-Naked ChokeR1 1:19
CFN - Combat Fight Night 2
21 Jun 2019
WinRecord after fight: 1-0-0SUB
Opponent: Sinisa KoncicGuillotine ChokeR1 1:50
NOG - Night Of Gladiators 6
14 Jun 2019

The Read

Style, strengths, and defining traits.

Vlasto Čepo moved from football into boxing after deciding to channel energy properly. Čepo won the Oktagon Underground tournament. In boxing, Čepo won the Slovakian light heavyweight title in 2018. Outside competition, Čepo owns a security company and runs a shooting range as an instructor.