This is the Junior dos Santos vs. Robelis Despaigne live blog for the main card heavyweight bout at MVP MMA: Rousey vs. Carano on Saturday at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
Dos Santos (23-10) is a former UFC heavyweight champion and he holds notable wins over Cain Velasquez, Stipe Miocic, Fabricio Werdum, Mirko Cro Cop, Derrick Lewis, and Frank Mir, among others. The 42-year-old most recently competed under modified rules for Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA, having his hand raised with a knockout over Alan Belcher and a second win over Werdum. However, his UFC run ended in 2020 with four consecutive losses.
A former UFC fighter, Despaigne (5-2) has been reborn as one of the faces of Karate Combat, scoring multiple highlight-reel knockouts—including four in 20 seconds or less—en route to winning a heavyweight title. Despaigne has lost his past two MMA fights, but looks to add the decorated dos Santos to his increasingly impressive hit list.
Check out the MVP MMA: Rousey vs. Carano live blog for Junior dos Santos vs. Robelis Despaigne below.
Here it is: The first-ever MMA fight on Netflix and it features a beloved UFC heavyweight champion and Karate Combat’s resident force of nature.
Junior dos Santos and Robelis Despaigne, a future answer for a trivia question.
MMA! ON NETFLIX! What will they think of next?
The former champ is the underdog at +235 on FanDuel, while Robelis Despaigne is a considerable favorite at -320.
Despaigne just marching forward with his hands out wide, daring dos Santos to throw. Despaigne lands a punch, but dos Santos counters with a good leg kick. Winging punches from Despaigne, he wants to end this quickly, dos Santos not getting caught yet. Single leg by dos Santos! … and he’s shrugged off. Uh oh.
Looping right from dos Santos and that knocked Despaigne off balance (but not knocked down). Dos Santos walking forward with confidence. Dos Santos lands with a right, but Despaigne connects with a counter. Despaigne with another good straight right. Uppercut by Despaigne and dos Santos felt that. He ducks into another uppercut and now Despaigne is flurrying. Dos Santos avoids the worst of it, but it feels like Despaigne is closing in.
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