“Listen Well When I Speak”- Highly Touted Kick Boxing Champion Cedric Doumbe Shuts the Door on UFC Signing Rumors

The former two-time Glory Welterweight Champion, Cedric Doumbe, put an end to the rumors of him signing with the UFC. Doumbe has already proven that he is a great athlete with a tremendous 45 knockouts in his eight-year kickboxing career. The UFC always makes sure that they have the best and most famous fighters on their roster. Hence, the 30-year-old signing with the UFC was a rumor the MMA community could easily swallow without thinking twice. However, it seems that the news was not true, and Doumbe himself has cleared the air. It is speculated that one of the reasons why the former Glory welterweight champion does not want to join the world’s biggest MMA promotion is money.

 UFC has always been infamous for allegedly not paying its fighter fairly, and ‘Le Meilleur’ wants to explore other big organizations in the meantime that can offer him better. At the moment, the Cameroonian-born French fighter is moving forward with his MMA career with a record of four victories and zero losses. His last bout against Pawel Klimas at MMA Grand Prix: Paris helped him further solidify his TKO records. He won the bout two minutes and 56 seconds into the second round. However, all these achievements do not compel him to be a part of the UFC.

Cedric Doumbe put an end to the rumors

 On Sunday, Spinnin Backfist took to their Twitter handle to post, “former 2x GLORY WW Champ Cedric Doumbe has SIGNED to the UFC…per @beinsports_FR.“

The news circulated like wildfire, and the crowd believed that they were going to see the Frenchman soon in the UFC Octagon. In the end, Doumbe himself came forward to stop the rumor from spreading further. The translation of his tweet in French goes: “I never said I signed to UFC. Said that the contract was signed (before #ufcParis) and that until fight I’m not officially in the UFC so I can negotiate with other big organizations. You have to listen well when I speak.“

Spinnin Backfist retweeted his comment, and wrote, “well this sucks.“

 Under the tweet, the fans expressed their disappointment. Some thought it would be foolish if he didn’t join the UFC, as they believed popularity and money would come from UFC and nowhere else.

The budding MMA career of Doumbe

 Doumbe is not ready to join the UFC blindly because of the big name. He strongly believes that there are great organizations other than the UFC for him to explore.

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The former kickboxing champion has received huge attention from the start of his MMA career. Le Meilleur’s first professional MMA clash was against Arbi Emiev at SuperKombat on November 1, 2021. He won the bout via TKO in the very first round. Now, the fans need to wait to find out if Doumbe joins the UFC in the near future or not.

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