Cedric Doumbe Withdraws from June 23 PFL Debut

Je reste positif et je reviens au plus vite ⏰🤜🏾 Jarrah a de la chance cette fois mais il ne peut pas se cacher. @pflmma c’est chez moi maintenant, alors je vais botter les fesses de tous ces poids welters … #ticTac ⏰ #PoignetMort #AlHamduliLlah pic.twitter.com/uP0JpZGttT

— Cédric Doumbè (@CedricDoumbe) June 7, 2023

Cedric Doumbe’s highly-anticipated Professional Fighters League debut will have to wait.

The organization announced on Wednesday that Doumbe has withdrawn from a proposed welterweight clash against Jarrah Al-Silawi at PFL 6 on June 23. As a result, Zach Juusola will step in and face Al-Silawi at the event.

Doumbe took to social media to reveal that a wrist injury was the reason behind his exit.

“Now, we are training, we trained, we trained a lot. Everything was good. At the grappling training I don’t know why but my wrist hurt, I told myself it will heal. There’s always little injuries during the training camp. And then, at home I wasn’t able to move my wrist, it hurt me so bad. I waited two, three days to see if it would pass and the next day I wasn’t able to use my wrist.

“So, I went to the doctor and he forbade me to fight. ‘You can fight but if you want to use only 20 percent of your abilities, that’s your problem.’ ... We’re gonna try to fight quickly, maybe this summer, September, or October.”

Doumbe was an accomplished kickboxer, compiling a 75-7-1 career mark while twice winning the 170-pound championship with Glory. The 30-year-old Frenchman is 4-0 since transitioning to MMA, most recently defeating Pawel Klimas via second-round TKO on March 4.