Cédric Doumbé kept his word. The Frenchman, who suffered a defeat against Baki, put on a show on Friday evening at the Accor Arena in Paris. He dominated the American Jaleel Willis from the first round, knocked to the ground and unable to respond to the blows of “The Best”. The referee decided to stop the fight.
Two and a half months after the fiasco of his previous fight, French MMA fighter Cédric Doumbé redeemed himself by beating the American Jaleel Willis in style, Friday at the Accor Arena in Paris as part of Bellator.
In front of an audience won over to his cause, Doumbé, who was largely the favorite, won by stoppage from the referee after a flurry of blows to the ground after 3 min 33 sec of fighting in the first round. The 31-year-old Frenchman absolutely had to forget his grotesque defeat against Baysangur “Baki” Chamsoudinov on March 7, a setback conceded because of a simple splinter in the foot.
Contract fulfilled for Doumbé who regains a certain credibility after this hiccup. When he entered the scene around 10 p.m., the specialist in verbal provocations also showed that he was capable of self-mockery by taking out a vacuum cleaner as he approached the cage, as if to ensure that no splinters were found. wasn’t going to bother him this time.
He thus puts his trajectory back on track and should continue for his next fight with a renowned opponent in the person of Anthony Pettis, former UFC champion, who came to challenge him in the cage following his victory. .