2024-03-22 22:52:30
Donn Davis, the boss of the PFL, announced this week that Cédric Doumbè could return to the cage on May 17 again at the Accor Arena as part of Bellator Paris, but not necessarily against “Baki”. “The Best”, beaten on March 7 by his young rival, could then, in 2025, perform at the Parc des Princes.
“We remain hungry, so obviously we all want to see a fight, quote unquote, because I don’t like the word revenge. This is the logical continuation: normally, it was “Baki” then Jason Jackson for the super-champion belt. This is what the public wants and we must give the public what they want. » Cédric Doumbè, who had discovered on the sidelines of these declarations made to the press after his defeat on March 7 against “Baki” that the Accor Arena would host Bellator Paris on May 17, did not think he was saying so well. And the 20,000 MMA fans present at the start of the month at Porte de Bercy will probably not have to wait long before seeing Doumbè in action again.
“The Best” could indeed return to the cage on May 17 on the Bellator card. In any case, that’s what Donn Davis suggested this week. Questioned on the MMA Hour channel, the boss of the PFL, mentioned a return of the former multiple world kickboxing champion on May 17 again at the Accor Arena, without necessarily talking about the long-awaited rematch against “ Baki.”
A Doumbè fight at the Parc des Princes in 2025?
“Prepare for an announcement in the next two or three weeks regarding Cédric. If you are a French fan, we will not disappoint you: you will see Cédric in Paris this year. Maybe in May and maybe at the Accor Arena. Against “Baki”? Maybe, but maybe it will be against someone else too. We work with Cédric on what may be interesting for him.” And perhaps before fighting, next year, at the Parc des Princes as Doumbè dreams of. Here too, the project seems to be under study. “Peter Murray (the CEO of the PFL) has started discussions with the management and owners of PSG,” Davis revealed.
It is a possibility, yes, to hold an event at the Parc des Princes in 2025 in front of 50,000 people. » In the meantime, it is especially important to Davis and Murray that the showman who fell on March 7 due to a splinter and who could appear on the same card as Francis Ngannou for the Franco-Cameroonian’s first PFL fight can this times “hold a whole fight”. “French fans are entitled to it.” Above all, they are waiting to see their hero return to the cage. And it obviously shouldn’t take long.
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