{"id":115638,"date":"2026-03-25T07:15:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dos-santos-vs-despaigne-mvp-stellar-card-with-mma-and-ufc-stars\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T07:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:15:35","slug":"dos-santos-vs-despaigne-mvp-stellar-card-with-mma-and-ufc-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/dos-santos-vs-despaigne-mvp-stellar-card-with-mma-and-ufc-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Dos Santos vs Despaigne: MVP Stellar Card with MMA and UFC Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Explosive Poster for the Inaugural MVP MMA Event<\/h2>\n\n\nThe world of mixed martial arts is preparing for an unprecedented event. Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) is ready for its MMA debut, with a card packed with UFC, Bellator, ONE, and KSW champions, as well as one of the best flyweights in the world. The main event will be headlined by the highly anticipated fight between Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano.\n\nThe return of Junior Dos Santos to the octagon is one of the most anticipated moments. The former UFC heavyweight champion will face Robelis Despaigne, current heavyweight champion of Karate Combat. This fight marks Dos Santos’ return to MMA since 2022.\n\nThis event, which will take place at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on May 16, will also include the fights between Francis Ngannou and Phillipe Lins, and Nate Diaz against Mike Perry.\n\n\n
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“I’m very excited to fight again. Fighting is my greatest motivation, the kind of challenge that feeds my soul,” Dos Santos declared. “MVP is the kind of promotion that the fight world needed. The possibilities with them are endless, and that inspires fighters to give the fans what they want to see. As always, Brazil and all JDS fans around the world will be well represented on Saturday, May 16th live on Netflix. I can’t wait. Let’s go!”<\/p>\n\nJunior Dos Santos<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nJunior Dos Santos, who won the UFC heavyweight title in 2011 after defeating Cain Velasquez, will seek to prove his worth once again. Throughout his career, Dos Santos has accumulated significant victories over names like Stipe Miocic, Derrick Lewis, and Tai Tuivasa.\n\nOn the other hand, Robelis Despaigne, who signed with the UFC in December 2023, will seek to establish his name in the MMA scene.\n\nThe high-caliber fight card will also feature former Bellator welterweight champion Jason Jackson facing Lorenz Larkin. In addition, KSW lightweight champion Salahdine Parnasse will face Kenneth Cross, and undefeated flyweight Muhammad Mokaev will face three-time ONE flyweight world champion Adriano Moraes.\n\nThe event promises to be a global spectacle, with exciting fights and a wide range of international talents.\n\nThe inaugural MVP MMA event is shaping up to be a milestone in the world of mixed martial arts, bringing together renowned fighters and promising a night full of action and excitement.\n\nThe fight card is completed with exciting matches including Aline Pereira, sister of Alex Pereira, against Jade Masson-Wong in a catchweight bout, Namo Fazil against Jake Babian in welterweight, David Mgoyan against Albert Morales in featherweight, and the return of Chris Avila, Nate Diaz’s training partner, against an opponent yet to be determined.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Explosive Poster for the Inaugural MVP MMA Event The world of mixed martial arts is preparing for an unprecedented event. Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) is ready for its MMA debut, with a card packed with UFC, Bellator, ONE, and KSW champions, as well as one of the best flyweights in the world. The main event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[12426,478,11930,228],"class_list":{"0":"post-115638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-junior-dos-santos","9":"tag-mma","10":"tag-ronda-rousey","11":"tag-ufc"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}