Junior Dos Santos To Fight On Gina Carano vs. Ronda Rousey Undercard
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos will return to the cage on May 16 on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano.
Andreas Hale of ESPN reports that dos Santos will face current Karate Combat heavyweight champion Robelis Despaigne. This will be the first MMA fight for JDS since 2022. He fought two bareknuckle MMA fights, beating Fabricio Werdum and Alan Belcher.
Also added to the card is Jason Jackson against Lorenz Larkin, KSW lightweight champion Salahdine Parnasse taking on Kenneth Cross and undefeated flyweight Muhammad Mokaev against three-time ONE flyweight world champion Adriano Moraes.
“This card delivers on MVP’s ethos of building the biggest and most global events in combat sports that are mainstream must-sees while giving hardcore fans fights to feast on,” Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul, co-founders of MVP, said in a statement. “‘Cigano’ is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a Brazilian icon, Salahdine Parnasse is France’s brightest MMA star, Mokaev is one of the best in the sport and Larkin vs Jackson is everything you want in a matchup. Alongside other exciting fighters from around the world, these fights make the card even bigger and reflect the true global scale of the sport.”
Fightful will have coverage of Rousey vs. Carano on May 16.
