2024-05-16 21:15:43
No extra humorous movies, no extra provocations a number of weeks earlier than the fights. Cédric Doumbè is not laughing, his again is in opposition to the wall. Crushed throughout his final confrontation, on March 7, by Baysangur “Baki” Chamsoudinov, the French fighter should completely win if he doesn’t need to significantly finish his profession. Devastated by a splinter in entrance of an incandescent viewers on the Accor Enviornment, “The Greatest” should regain his aura in the identical enviornment this Friday in opposition to Jaleel Willis.
This battle is far much less anticipated than the earlier one. Whereas the tickets for the Doumbè-Baki duel had been bought in simply 20 minutes, these for this Friday struggled to seek out takers. A contest carried out by Bellator and the media La Sueur even supplied 600 locations, which ought to enable the Accor Enviornment to be bought out on the final minute.
Discreet throughout its preparation
It should be stated that the Frenchman’s communication was far more timid. Whereas he had multiplied the provocations earlier than confronting Baki, notably publishing movies whereas driving an ambulance or in a hospital the place he supposed to ship his opponent, Cédric Doumbè was, this time, content material to reply to the assaults of Jaleel Willis.
At a press convention, nevertheless, he couldn’t include his true nature, and indulged in actual trashtalking. “Jaleel should go to Paris earlier than the battle as a result of afterward, he’ll go to the Paris hospital,” he stated earlier than persevering with: “he doesn’t want a joint as a result of on the first straight, he’ll be excessive for a very long time. »
Shy assaults, earlier than which he defined his lengthy absence from social networks following his defeat. “There was the month of Ramadan after I was silent as a result of I used to be targeted on a extra vital objective so I did not take the time to organize for a battle. Afterwards, I had to return to the health club very intensively in a short while. » This quick interval didn’t enable him to drop to 77 kg, his pure class. The battle will due to this fact happen in -80 kg.
Excited in the course of the ceremonial weigh-in
And it’s important for Cédric Doumbè. Conscious of the stakes, and {that a} defeat may significantly harm his profession, “The Greatest” awoke this Thursday in the course of the ceremonial weigh-in. When he had simply taken off his t-shirt to get on the scales, the Frenchman threw it at his opponent, who went on stage carrying a Borussia Dortmund jersey to pique the Parisian viewers. A battle broke out earlier than safety separated the 2 males.
The strain didn’t subside in the course of the press convention which adopted. Whereas Jaleel Willis promised a battle on the bottom and “quarter-hour on his again”, Cédric Doumbè replied that he solely wanted “one punch to knock him out”. “All of them need to take me to the bottom, all of them have the identical technique, however I can knock him out with only one alternative,” he continued. 5 minutes is a really very long time, he can take me to the bottom 20 occasions, I’ll rise up 20 occasions. »
5 different tricolors on show
The Frenchman took the chance to throw a number of “Jaleel, you are lifeless”, his trademark since his battle in opposition to Jordan Zebo final September, throughout which he entered chanting this phrase and knocked out his younger opponent in simply 9 seconds. And he acknowledged that he not had the correct to make errors. “We vacuum the cage, and we do the job,” he exclaimed. He would not know what awaits him. He enjoys the Eiffel Tower, he eats croissants, tomorrow he’ll eat my hook. » A hell of a promise.
This duel, probably the most anticipated of the night, is scheduled as a co-main occasion, earlier than a battle for the bantamweight title between Patchy Combine and Magomed Magomedov. Earlier than that, 5 French individuals will battle within the Accor Enviornment cage. Asael Adjoudj will open the preliminary card, earlier than adopted by Mansour Barnaoui, Thibault Gouti, Yves Landu and Grégory Babene.
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