Robelis Despaigne is a contented man contained in the Karate Fight pit.
Again to his knockout methods with a record-setting four-second end over Dominik Jedrzejczyk in his promotional debut again in December, the Cuban expertise determined to waste no time on the sidelines, reserving one other conflict for this weekend’s present in Miami, going through Marcos Brigagao at Karate Fight 52.
The UFC veteran made waves within the octagon with a 18-second end in his debut — plus three different sub-minute finishes within the regional scene previous to that — however was let go by the promotion after back-to-back determination defeats. Now signed with Karate Fight and newly based MMA promotion GFL, he celebrates good offers for 2025.
“The contract with the UFC was a fast one, I didn’t have the chance to resume it,” Despaigne instructed MMA Preventing. “However sure, [Karate Combat] is paying me much more than the UFC.”
GFL will maintain its 2025 draft on Friday night time, too, so it may decide a date and opponent for Despaigne’s return to MMA. He didn’t need to wait, although, selecting to be a part of Karate Fight 52 within the meantime.
“The [Jedrzejczyk] combat was very fast and we now have no time to waste right here,” Despaigne mentioned. “I completed it effectively, not taking harm or something, so I went after one other combat.”
Brigagao is a 6’4” Brazilian fighter with a 17-7 report in MMA, together with a 2019 look on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. He scored 12 of his 17 professional MMA wins by knockout however was stopped in his most up-to-date one, a first-round loss to Guto Inocente in a bare-knuckle MMA bout at Gamebred.
“He’s excellent and has much more expertise regardless of the actual fact he’s youthful than me,” Despaigne mentioned of Brigagao. “He has greater than 20 MMA fights and is extra skilled than me, so it’s going to be a tough combat. I’ve watched his fights and he’s a very good fighter.”
On prime of his excellent Karate Fight debut, Despaigne is an Olympic bronze medalist in taekwondo with all MMA wins coming by the use of knockout. He continues to work on wrestling and jiu-jitsu for his eventual return to MMA later this 12 months, however gained’t spend any pointless seconds within the pit for expertise.
“Successful is what issues,” Despaigne mentioned. “If I can get the knockouts, let’s go, however successful is what issues probably the most. [But I do] favor fast knockouts all the time [laughs]. Each fighter will select a fast knockout if he has the chance, proper?”
