Robelis Despaigne will return to the Karate Fight pit on Jan. 24 to face MMA veteran Marcos Brigagao in Miami, promotion officers confirmed to MMA Combating. The bout will likely be featured on the primary card.
Despaigne’s Karate Fight debut lasted solely 4 seconds, sufficient time for him to knock out Dominik Jedrzejczyk and set the document for quickest end in firm historical past this previous December.
The Cuban heavyweight is a taekwondo Olympic bronze medalist who made waves within the MMA circuit by scoring three lightning fast knockouts to earn a contract with the UFC, stopping Josh Parisian in simply 18 seconds in his first octagon look earlier than a pair of determination setbacks to Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Austen Lane.
Despaigne’s parted methods with the UFC and was signed by Karate Fight shortly after. He’s additionally inked a take care of new MMA promotion International Combat League, however his first battle below the GFL banner is but to be introduced.
Watch Despaigne’s Karate Fight debut end beneath.
Brigagao, his opponent later this month, went 11-0 in MMA to earn a shot at Dana White’s Contender Collection in 2019, shedding to Jamal Pogues. He went 6-7 in MMA since then, competing for the LFA mild heavyweight championship in early 2024. Brigagao’s final bout came about in November, when he misplaced a bareknuckle MMA contest to Guto Inocente at Gamebred.
