Karlos Vémola Speaks Out After Defeat by Patrik Kincl in Oktagon Championship Fight

Kincl clearly won the closely watched duel in the O2 arena 5:0. “The long-awaited match is behind us and it didn’t go according to my expectations. Even though a lot of people said that I won it, it doesn’t matter now because I should have finished it and left no one in doubt,” Vémola wrote on social networks on Sunday evening .

The “Terminator” blamed himself for a poorly chosen tactic. “I went into the fifth round thinking I was in the lead. If I had known that wasn’t the case, I would have entered the last round differently and I would have easily risked getting knocked out… Patrik (Kincl) is the champion, that’s just the way it is. If you want to beat a champion, you have to run him over or finish him, and unfortunately I didn’t do that,” he said.

Vémola no longer wants to fight in the 84 kg weight class, to which he had to brutally lose weight: “No more gambling with my own health. There are younger and better guys here, and my body just can’t take it anymore, that’s a fact.”

The fighter protested that he showed disrespect to his defeater after the match when he disappeared from the hall immediately after the duel. “I’m sorry that I didn’t make it to the post-match press conference, but unfortunately my eyes took a lot of damage during the match and I had to go straight to the hospital for an examination. Anyone who knows me knows that I respect my opponents and can fulfill my duties even after a loss, but my health was more advanced,” he defended himself.

Now he has time to get himself together before the next matches. “My career is not over yet. I have already arranged matches with the Octagon and I will definitely keep them, after all I am the light heavyweight champion. What will happen next remains to be seen. I will think about everything calmly,” added Vémola, who now wants to rest and to my family.