VIDEO. MMA: two months after the splinter affair, Doumbè will not have his revenge against Baki but will console himself with a new fight scheduled for May 17 in Bercy

Cedric Doumbè sera de retour dans l’octogone le 17 mai à Bercy. MAXPPP – Photo Maxime JEGAT

More than two months after his epic defeat against Baki in Paris, French MMA fighter Cédric Doumbé will return for a duel against American Derek Anderson on May 17 at the Accor Arena.

Doumbé will fight as part of the "Bellator Champions Series Paris", according to a press release sent by the organization, Bellator having become a franchise of the PFL, the American football league. rsquo;mixed martial arts, since last November.

The French welterweight, who has five wins and one loss, "has also signed an exclusive, multi-year contract extension with the PFL and will make his debut for Bellator immediately after his participation in the PFL Europe Paris", indicates the press release.

Bellator regular Anderson

Derek Anderson (17 wins, 4 losses), 34 years old and nicknamed "Barbaric", has won in three of his last four appearances in Bellator. Cédric "The Best" Doumbé, 31, will therefore make his return to the Accor Arena in Paris-Bercy, for the first time since his fight, organized by the PFL and lost against Baysangour "Baki" Chamsoudinov on March 7, for a case of a splinter in the foot.

The long-awaited duel ended with a taste of unfinished business when the referee chose to stop the hostilities at the start of the third round, after Doumbé had stopped. complained about this splinter in my toe. The referee then gave victory to Baki, causing the amazement of the 15,000 spectators present at Bercy.

The two fighters quickly mentioned a possible rematch, which will therefore not take place for the moment. The other main fight of the evening will pit the Russian Magomed Magomedov (16 wins, 1 loss) against the American Patchy Mix (19 wins, 1 loss), who will thus defend his bantamweight belt. Among the other French people taking part on May 17, one of the pioneers of French MMA, Grégory Babene (23-11), will fight against the Dutchman Costello van Steenis for a middleweight world champion title.