Karlos Vemola

Vémola was to fight against Mahmoud "Steel Man" Salama on February 1, 2014 at UCMMA 38. However, Salama announced that he was withdrawing from his fight against Vémola and replaced by Marvin Campbell. But Campbell did not attend the official Weigh-In and he weighed shortly before the start of the event. It should be a light heavyweight bout but Campbell weighed 215 lb. Vémola defeated Campbell in the first round via submission.

Vémola faced Caio Magalhães on June 8, 2013 at UFC on Fuel TV 10. Despite a dominant first round, Vémola lost the fight via rear naked choke submission in the second round and was subsequently released from the promotion.

In his first fight after being released by the UFC, Karlos Vémola won the UCMMA Middleweight Champion by defeating then-champion Denniston Sutherland via unanimous decision on August 3, 2013.

Czech MMA artist and trainer Petr "Monster" Kníže insulted Karlos Vémola on social network and called him out. Some parts of Kníže martial arts career are unknown and his official MMA record by Sherdog is 3-0 (before fight with Karlos Vémola) but Czech MMA Association promoted his record as 21–0. Karlos Vémola accepted and both would face on November 10, 2013 at MMMA Arena 2 for middleweight title. Vémola won in third round by technical submission.

His next fight was in Prague. He fought longtime GCF Middleweight Champion Tomáš "Thor" Kužela for the GFC Middleweight Championship on December 7, 2013 at GCF 26: Fight Night. Vémola won in the first round by submission.

Vémola was expected to face promotional newcomer Ryan Jimmo on January 20, 2012 at UFC on FX 1. However, Jimmo was forced from the bout with an injury and the bout was scrapped.

Vémola faced Mike Massenzio in his Middleweight debut on May 5, 2012 at UFC on Fox 3. Vémola won by second round submission via rear-naked choke.

Vémola was expected to face former WEC Middleweight Champion Chris Leben on December 29, 2012 at UFC 155. However, Vémola was forced out of the bout and replaced by promotional newcomer Derek Brunson.

Vémola was expected to face Brazilian Luiz Cane on March 19, 2011, at UFC 128. However, Vémola was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Eliot Marshall.

Vémola was expected to face Stephan Bonnar on August 14, 2011 at UFC on Versus 5. However, an injury has forced Bonnar to withdraw from the bout. Newcomer Ronny Markes stepped in for the injured Bonnar to face Vémola. Vémola lost the fight via unanimous decision (30-27 on all cards).

In April 2010, Karlos Vémola signed with the UFC. Vémola made his debut at UFC 116 against Jon Madsen. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Following his first professional loss, Vémola decided to drop down to the Light Heavyweight division. He faced Seth Petruzelli on November 13, 2010 at UFC 122 and won the fight via TKO in the first round, picking up his first victory in the UFC, becoming the first man to defeat Petruzelli by strikes, and also earning Knockout of the Night Honors.

In 2010, he appeared as a fictionalised version of himself in the controversial movie Killer Bitch.

While working at his job as a bouncer he threw two men out of the nightclub who turned out to be MMA fighters. This led to his being asked by Alan Mortlock to fight in the Cage Fighters mixed martial arts organization. Karlos Vémola began unofficial and underground fighting at age of 21. Vémola made his professional MMA debut in 2008 when his weight was 255 lbs. Previously he fought in various street fights and underground fighting events.

Karel "Karlos" Vémola (born July 1, 1985) is a Czech professional mixed martial artist, former bodybuilder, wrestler and member of Sokol. A professional competitor since 2008, he became historically the first UFC fighter from the Czech Republic, and has also competed for UCMMA,