{"id":326065,"date":"2025-12-05T01:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/326065\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T01:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:58:09","slug":"sam-alvey-robelis-despaigne-face-off-at-kc-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/326065\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Alvey, Robelis Despaigne Face Off at KC 58"},"content":{"rendered":"

IIn the co-main event, Morocco\u2019s Oussama Assli meets James Honey for the KC Welterweight title. The card also features several familiar names, including Chris Barnett \u2014 making his Karate Combat debut after his UFC release<\/a> \u2014 Lorenz Larkin, and the always-entertaining Brandon Jenkins.<\/p>\n

Watch the staredowns below:<\/p>\n

Alvey enters the fight riding high after scoring an upset second-round knockout over kickboxing legend Tyrone Spong (watch highlights<\/a>). He\u2019s now 4-0-1 inside the Karate Combat pit and enjoying a career resurgence.<\/p>\n

Despaigne, meanwhile, has lived up to his monstrous reputation, knocking out his first three KC opponents in a combined 30 seconds. He earned his title shot by running through a one-night Heavyweight tournament, defeating Saulo Cavalari, Tim Johnson, and Zac Pauga (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cSmilin\u2019 Sam\u201d knows he\u2019s facing a mountain of a man \u2014 literally.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a legacy kind of fight. When I\u2019m old and grey and talking to my great-grandchildren, I\u2019ll be able to tell them I beat Goliath. I literally beat a Goliath,\u201d Alvey told MMAFighting<\/a>. \u201cI beat a man who is five or six inches taller than me with a reach that is 10 inches longer than mine. It\u2019s crazy how long this man is. But they can say what they want \u2014 big tree, fall hard. I\u2019ll make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karate Combat 58 will stream for free on YouTube on Fri., Dec. 5, 2025, right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IIn the co-main event, Morocco\u2019s Oussama Assli meets James Honey for the KC Welterweight title. The card also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,22248,82,3194],"class_list":["post-326065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-regional-mma-news-results","tag-sports","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}