Cédric Doumbé didn’t let splinters get in his method this time.
After strolling out with a vacuum to clear up any potential particles, Doumbé ignited a raucous crowd at Accor Enviornment with a first-round knockout of Jaleel Willis on Friday within the 175-pound co-main occasion of Bellator Paris.
The win places the French sensation again on monitor following a controversial outing in opposition to Baissangour Chamsoudinov in March that noticed Doumbé endure the primary lack of his skilled MMA profession when particles embedded itself in his left foot and referee Marc Goddard stopped the bout halfway by a aggressive third spherical.
After his bounce-back win, Doumbé (6-1) and former UFC light-weight champion Anthony Pettis confronted off within the cage, with Pettis calling to face Doumbé at a Paris occasion.
“Combating me abroad, that’s homicide, that’s insane. However combating me in Paris? This man is loopy,” Doumbé stated after main the gang on a call-and-response in opposition to Pettis.
Doumbé, 31, made it look straightforward in opposition to Willis (16-6), pulling down the previous LFA champion and seven-time Bellator veteran with a proper hand early in opening spherical earlier than dropping him once more with one other picture-perfect proper hook a number of minutes later and swarming with punches for the end. The official time of the stoppage was 3:33 of Spherical 1.
Watch footage of Doumbé’s handiwork beneath.
Willis has now misplaced back-to-back bouts by way of first-round knockouts.
