Former Glory kickboxing champion and latest ex-kickboxing standout Cédric Doumbé is making the transition from kickboxing to mixed martial arts and is soon to launch the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Two-time Glory kickboxing welterweight titleholder
Cedric Doumbe faces Darian Weeks at UFC Fight Night 209. which will go down on
September 3 in UFC Fight Night 209.
Doumbe is a two-time Glory welterweight champion
with five total defenses, the most being against Murthel Groenhart at Glory 77.
Doumbe (2-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a two-time GLORY
welterweight champion, switched to MMA last October. The Cameroonian-born
French fighter has won both of his professional bouts by knockout.
Meanwhile, Weeks (5-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) will be looking
for his first Octagon win. The 28-year-old dropped unanimous decisions to Bryan
Barberena at UFC 273 in April and more
recently to Ian Garry.
UFC Fight Night 209 is making headlines due to the
heavyweight affair between former interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane and
Tai Tuivasa. In the co-main event, former 185-pound kingpin Robert Whittaker
will take on Marvin Vettori.
In addition, the UFC Paris lineup includes:
Ciryl Gane vs. Tai Tuivasa
Marvin Vettori vs. Robert Whittaker
Joaquin Buckley vs. Nassourdine Imavov
Absupiyan Magomedov vs. Makhmud Muradov
Zarah Fairn vs. Ailin Perez
Alessio Di Chirico vs. Roman Kopylov
Nasrat Haqparast vs. John Makdessi