Olympic bronze medalist Robelis Despaigne delivered a memorable efficiency in his Octagon debut, smashing by heavyweight standout Josh Parisian in simply 18 seconds.
After making a reputation for himself on the regional scene with 4 straight first-round finishes, ‘The Massive Boy’ continued the development in his promotional debut at UFC 299 on Saturday night time. Within the opening seconds, Despaigne threw a thunderous head kick that took him off his personal ft. Scrambling again up, Despaigne met the approaching Parisian with a booming proper hand that instantly despatched his opponent crashing to the canvas.
Parisian ate two extra proper palms on the canvas earlier than the referee might step in and convey a cease to the bout.
Official End result: Robelis Despaigne def. Josh Parisian through TKO (strikes) at 0:18 of Spherical 1.
It goes down because the second-fastest knockout for a debuting heavyweight in UFC historical past. Despaigne is now 5-0 in his combined martial arts profession and has solely wanted a mixed 37 seconds to dispatch his final 4 opponents by means of knockout.