Cédric Doumbé

Cédric Doumbé is a Cameroonian-born French professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, born on 30 August 1992 in Douala, Cameroon, who moved to France with his family at the age of nine. He and his sister were raised by their widowed mother, and in his late teens he took up full contact kickboxing, dropping out of university psychology studies to pursue it. He won the 2013 French Full Contact Cup in the A-class 75 kilogram division and the WKA Full Contact World Super Middleweight title in 2013 by a knockout after 13 seconds. In kickboxing he became a two-time Glory Welterweight Champion and was ranked number one welterweight in the world for several years. He was named Fighter of the Year by Combat Press and Liver Kick in 2016 and later fought in the Professional Fighters League. This entry is written from the English Wikipedia article on Cédric Doumbé.