PFL Adds Former Glory Welterweight Kickboxing Champ Cedric Doumbe

- 2x Glory Kickboxing Welterweight Champion
- 2016 A1 WGP Final Tournament Champion
- World Kickboxing Association World Champion

"The Best" 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗. Welcome to the Professional Fighters League @CedricDoumbe pic.twitter.com/MuStGGGyNR

— PFL (@PFLMMA) May 10, 2023

Newly-signed Cedric Doumbe will make his Professional Fighters League debut this summer.

On Wednesday, the PFL announced Doumbe as the latest addition to its 170-pound division. The fighter took to his social accounts to unveil he would fight for the first time under the PFL banner in Atlanta on June 23.

“Cedric Doumbe is one of the greatest athletes in the world and a tremendous addition to the Professional Fighters League global roster,” said PFL President of Fighter Operations Ray Sefo in a press release. “Cedric dominated the sport of kickboxing and is poised to do the same in MMA. He is one of the most talented fighters in the world and will make an immediate impact here in the PFL.”

Better known as “Le Meilleur,” which translates to “The Best,” Doumbe completed his transition from kickboxing to mixed martial arts in November 2021, scoring a first-round technical-knockout victory. He then signed with French promotion Mixed Martial Arts Grand Prix, where he scored three more stoppages. In March, he crushed Pawel Klimas with punches in the second period.

As a kickboxer, Doumbe piled up a 75-7-1 record and won the Glory kickboxing 170-pound championship on two occasions. His latest victory in the squared circle went down at Glory 77 in January 2021, when he knocked out Murthel Groenhart in Round 2. Doumbe was really close to debuting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC Fight Night 209 when he should have fought against Darian Weeks at the promotion’s first event in France last September. However, the French Athletic Commission didn’t sanction the fight due to the in-cage experience discrepancy between Weeks — who had seven MMA fights under his belt — and Doumbe, who was 2-0 at the time. Neither the fight nor Doumbe’s UFC debut materialized.