News UFC signs 6’7” Cuban Olympic Taekwondo medalist Robelis Despaigne

[BoxerMaurits]

Heavyweight from Cuba, 4-0 (4 KO’s) with a 86 inch reach

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Thoughts?

@Hellowhosthat IIRC you’ve been campaigning for Despaigne for some time now in the Worldwides

 

[Dirty Frank]

Is he a HW? A faster Volkov then?

 

[Marko Polo]

Never heard of this guy but it seems like a great signing. Hopefully he doesn’t get wrestle fooked

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

give him the gane treatment. no wrestlers on the way up

 

[Ares Black]

Three knockouts that took less than 20 seconds combined. 3,4, and 12 second KOs. The guy is in a hurry.

 

[Lax617]

Hope he's got some TDD or ground game. Could be interesting.

 

[Ares Black]

Is he a HW? A faster Volkov then?

He's 6'7 and cuts to 265 I should think. He's gigantic.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Don't tease us with that static image. Feed us some highlight reels bro.

 

[Greg House]

I know he is a 6'7'' medallist and whatever but the 3 guys he faced where making their debut and their fight with him it's the only fight they ever had:

Robelis Despaigne ("The Big Boy") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

Robelis "The Big Boy" Despaigne (5-2-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Florida, United States and the #76th ranked Top Heavyweight MMA fighter. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

www.tapology.com

So, he beat 3 random people with no experience at all that went on to never even fight again. I don't know. Sounds pretty suspicious to me...



Edit: The guy he just beat is the only guy in his record that had fought before and was 1-0 (and 4-0 as an amateur). I guess that's enough to get signed in the heavyweight division...

 

[Kryptt]

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Thanks bro

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Don't tease us with that static image. Feed us some highlight reels bro.

Here you go bud

 

[Safton]

I know he is a 6'7'' medallist and whatever but the 3 guys he faced where making their debut and their fight with him it's the only fight they ever had:

Robelis Despaigne ("The Big Boy") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology

Robelis "The Big Boy" Despaigne (5-2-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Florida, United States and the #76th ranked Top Heavyweight MMA fighter. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.

www.tapology.com

So, he beat 3 random people with no experience at all that went on to never even fight again. I don't know. Sounds pretyy suspicious to me...



Edit: The guy he just beat is the only guy in his record that had fought before and was 1-0 (and 4-0 as an amateur). I guess that's enough to get signed in the heavyweight division...

I smell another Braxton Smith... Parker Porter 'bout to claim another victim by taking this man down and smothering him with his belly for 15 minutes.

Would be neat to have another dynamic striker with his accolades added to the mix, though.

 

[Khaosan]

He looks to be what they’ve tried to sell Christian Leroy Duncan as.

 

[Alacran]

The man just got 12k richer props

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Thanks bro

Here you go bud

So nice I watched it thrice.

Looks great. Can't wait.

 

[HolmeZy55]

The guy he just beat is the only guy in his record that had fought before and was 1-0 (and 4-0 as an amateur). I guess that's enough to get signed in the heavyweight division...

That's always been the case but yeah this dude is completely unproven, fortunately for him there are many guys who will stand and bang with him so he might get a couple of wins but I imagine the first dude he faces who has some semblance of wrestling and BJJ will school him badly.

 

[xhaydenx]

I smell another Braxton Smith... Parker Porter 'bout to claim another victim by taking this man down and smothering him with his belly for 15 minutes.

Would be neat to have another dynamic striker with his accolades added to the mix, though.

The difference between this guy and Braxton is that Braxton had no martial arts training at all.

 

[Thesnake101]

I smell another Braxton Smith... Parker Porter 'bout to claim another victim by taking this man down and smothering him with his belly for 15 minutes.

Would be neat to have another dynamic striker with his accolades added to the mix, though.

Parker just got deaded by the two Tafa bros, Despaigne would melt him easily as well.

 

[Thesnake101]

The difference between this guy and Braxton is that Braxton had no martial arts training at all.

Or cardio, and incredibly short compared to Robelis.