Somebody’s block will get knocked off come October.
Robelis
Despaigne (5-1) is slated to commerce leather-based in opposition to Austen Lane
(12-5) on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas in Oct. 19. The matchup was
first introduced on Monday by Despaigne on Instagram, and later
confirmed by
a number of retailers. The 2 will tangle on a at the moment unnumbered
UFC Combat Night time present that at the moment solely has its headliner
introduced between Michel
Pereira and Anthony
Hernandez.
2012 taekwondo Olympic bronze medalist Despaigne began his MMA
profession with 4 consecutive first-round knockouts, combining for
5:13 of complete cage time. His UFC debut in March went swimmingly, as
the Cuban crushed Josh
Parisian in 18 seconds at UFC 299. “The Unhealthy Boy” was then
matched up in opposition to Waldo
Cortes-Acosta in a fast turnaround at UFC St. Louis in Could,
however that didn’t go so effectively for him. Cortes-Acosta derailed the
6-foot-7 striker by outwrestling him to earn a unanimous resolution
win.
In the meantime, former NFL defensive finish Lane is but to select up his
first UFC victory since getting signed from his second stint on
Dana White’s Contender Sequence. Lane’s
promotional debut went poorly, as he and Justin
Tafa’s match resulted in a no-contest when Lane inadvertently
poked Tafa’s eye. The 2 ran it again lower than three months later,
and Tafa smashed him in 82 seconds. Lane returned in April, solely to
get drummed out by Jhonata
Diniz. The 2 heavyweights on this affair have fun 16
knockouts throughout their 17 victories, with all of Lane’s profession
defeats coming as a consequence of strikes.
