Elias Cepeda Scores First-Round TKO in His MMA Debut at United Combat League [VIDEO] [F*CK YEAH]
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Thanks to everybody who supported our friend and contributor Elias Cepeda in his official MMA debut last night! The Filet-O-Fish Assassin™ stepped into the cage against Glenn Evans at last night’s United Combat League show in Merrionette Park, Illinois, and walked away with an impressive stoppage victory, which you can watch above.
Quick summary: Elias foregoes the glove tap like a gangster, lands first with a leg kick, then sprawls out on a takedown and puts Evans on his back. The fight is effectively over at this point; Cepeda eventually creates some distance and starts dropping bombs, then brilliantly scrambles to Evans’s back and finishes him with strikes from back mount. UFC veteran referee Rob Madrigal calls it at 2:02 of round 1.
Three cheers for Elias. Can anybody stop this man?
Writers Who Fight
Elias Cepeda’s debut win made him one of a small group of MMA journalists who have competed in the sport they cover. Stepping into the cage gave him a first-hand understanding of training camps, nerves and fight-night pressure that informed his writing, which he documented in his Travel Chronicles series for CagePotato.
Cepeda continued to fight and to report on combat sports for major outlets, bringing a fighter’s perspective to coverage that is usually written from the outside.