Despaigne vs Parisian

Who won Despaigne vs Parisian?

Robelis Despaigne beat Josh Parisian by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 299, on Saturday 9th March 2024 at Kaseya Center in Miami.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Despaigne vs Parisian stats

Robelis Despaigne stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 4 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Josh Parisian made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Robelis Despaigne's UFC record stood at 1-0-0, while Josh Parisian's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Despaigne had a large advantage in power over Parisian, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Parisian's 73%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Parisian had an advantage over Despaigne, with a 13% submission rate over Despaigne's 0%.

Robelis Despaigne was the older man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Despaigne had a height advantage of 3 inches over Parisian. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Despaigne was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2022, 7 years and 6 months later than Parisian, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 5 to Parisian's 41.

Despaigne vs Parisian form

Parisian had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Martin Buday at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jamal Pogues at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield on 18th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Alan Baudot at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Don Tale Mayes at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round.

He had beaten Roque Martinez at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Activity check

Parisian's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Despaigne vs Parisian?

Robelis Despaigne was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Josh Parisian made his way into the ring at 31/10 (+310) with oddsmakers.