Cédric Doumbé stole the show in his in front of the home crowd in France with a first-round victory at the second Bellator Champions Series event of 2024.
Doumbé picked up a technical knockout win over Jaleel Willis and did so in front of NBA star Victor Wembanyama who sat impressed cageside.
After dodging some aggressive attacks, the former kickboxer Doumbé landed a series of strikes and ended things early.
Afterwards he participated in a stare down and verbally agreed to a future matchup with Anthony Pettis.
The event was headlined by Patchy Mix defending his Bellator bantamweight title with a split decision win over Magomed Magomedov.
Below are the complete and official results:
MAIN CARD
-- Patchy Mix def. Magomed Magomedov by split decision (48-47, 46-49, 48-47)
-- Cédric Doumbé def. Jaleel Willis by TKO at 3:33 of Round 1
-- Costello Van Steenis def. Gregory Babene by submission (Von Flue choke) at 2:16 of Round 2
-- Yves Landu def. Jonas Bilharinho by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
-- Archie Colgan def. Thibault Gouti by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26).
PRELIMINARY CARD
-- Slim Trabelsi def. Louie Sutherland by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
-- Mansour Barnaoui def. Yusuke Yachi by submission (D’arce choke) at 4:08 of Round 1
-- Mike Shipman def. Steven Hill by TKO at 5:00 of round one
-- Aspen Ladd def. Ekaterina Shakalova by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
-- Asael Adjoudj def. Bruno Fontes by knockout at 1:11 of Round 2
