A heavyweight bout between Robelis Despaigne and Waldo Cortes-Acosta kicked off tonight’s UFC St. Louis foremost card lineup.
Despaigne (5-1 MMA) had most beforehand fought and defeated Josh Parisian (15-8 MMA) by TKO this previous March at UFC 299. The Cuban slugger entered tonight’s contest having gained his final 4 fights in an unbelievable complete mixed time of 37 seconds.
In the meantime, Waldo Cortes-Acosta (12-1 MMA) stepped into the Octagon this night sporting a two-fight win streak, this after defeating Lukasz Brzeski (9-4 MMA) and Andrei Arlovski (34-23 MMA) in his earlier two UFC appearances.
Tonight’s ‘Despaigne vs. Cortes-Acosta’ matchup begins resulted in a dominant resolution victory for Cortes-Acosta. After surviving an early onslaught of strikes Robelis Despaigne, ‘Salsa Boy’ was in a position to get the combat to the bottom and proceeded to cruise to a unanimous resolution victory. The highly effective Cuban appeared misplaced on the bottom and was by no means in a position to get the combat again to the ft after being taken down.
Official UFC St. Louis Outcomes: Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Robelis Despaigne by unanimous resolution (30-27 x2, 30-26)
Try how the professionals reacted to ‘Despaigne vs. Cortes-Acosta’ under:
Excited to look at this Despaigne dude compete 👊🏼 #BigBoy #JustScrap
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) Might 11, 2024
We dwell on @KickStreaming watching the fights tune in! @showmethepod @MattyBetss @moicanoufc @hayjivepicks Let’s go!!
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) Might 11, 2024
Okay that advised us loads. #UFCStLouis
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) Might 11, 2024
Despaigne appears exchausted
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) Might 11, 2024
Put up-fight reactions to Waldo Cortes-Acosta defeating Robelis Despaigne at UFC St. Louis:
All people wanna be within the UFC youngsters be sure you’re prepared for the UFC
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) Might 11, 2024
Fights like that @ufc are what make the @bareknucklefc look good 👍
LayNPray HW’s , the worst— Massive Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) Might 11, 2024
Who would you prefer to see Waldo Cortes-Acosta combat subsequent following his resolution victory over Robelis Despaigne this night in Missouri? Who would you prefer to see ‘Salsa Boy’ combat subsequent following his dominant resolution win over the beforehand undefeated Despaigne? Share your ideas within the feedback.