Cédric Doumbé faces Derek Anderson at Bellator Champions Sequence: Paris
𝗖𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗦! 🇫🇷@CedricDoumbe makes the stroll to the Bellator Cage for the primary time on Might seventeenth LIVE from the Accor Enviornment
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Doumbé has taken MMA by storm since making the full-time transition from skilled kickboxing. Earlier than making his MMA debut in Nov. 2021, Doumbé was the Glory Kickboxing welterweight champion, amassing a 75-7-1 file within the ring.
After knocking out Murthel Groenhart at Glory 77, Doumbé centered on his MMA debut, knocking out Arbi Emiev at Superkombat Universe. All 5 of his profession MMA wins have come by knockout, together with a nine-second win in opposition to Jordan Zébo in September.
Doumbé’s addition to the Bellator Champions Sequence Paris card is a welcomed enhance to the occasion. The cardboard lately misplaced a Bellator light-weight title matchup between Usman Nurmagomedov and Alexandr Shabliy after Nurmagomedov withdrew resulting from harm.
It’s unsure, as of this writing, if Doumbé will compete on the PFL Europe circuit after his upcoming Bellator debut. A rematch with Chamsoudinov can be a risk for later this 12 months.
Doumbé will face a steep take a look at in Anderson, who’s 17-4-0 in his MMA profession. He returns to Bellator after a loss to Michael ‘Venom’ Web page at Bellator 258.