On March 7, Doumbé’s long-awaited fight against Baysangur “Baki” Chamsoudinov turned into a fiasco, ending in incomprehension after a surprising and contested decision by the referee.
The hostilities between two of the most popular French fighters started on high ground and in a heated atmosphere, but ended abruptly 21 seconds into the third round after Doumbé complained of a simple splinter in his foot…
Applying the rules to the letter, the referee stopped the fight, inflicting his first defeat in MMA on the former kickboxing champion. Result: big disappointment for the fans and immense frustration for the two rivals, left wanting.
Two and a half months later, the Frenchman, who still does not get angry with this decision, is already back in the cage to try to forget this episode.
