Doumbe vs Willis

Who won Doumbe vs Willis?

Cedric Doumbe will fight Jaleel Willis in the co-main event of Bellator Champions Series, on Friday 17th May 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Doumbe vs Willis stats

Cedric Doumbe stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jaleel Willis made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

Cedric Doumbe will be making their debut in Bellator.

Jaleel Willis' Bellator record stood at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Doumbe had a massive power advantage over Willis, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Willis' 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Doumbe and Willis would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Cedric Doumbe was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Willis had a height advantage of 1 inch over Doumbe.

Doumbe was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 7 years and 6 months later than Willis, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 37 less professional rounds, 10 to Willis' 47.

Doumbe vs Willis form

Jaleel Willis had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ramazan Kuramagomedov at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kyle Crutchmer at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Sabah Homasi at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Before that, he had been defeated by Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

He had beaten Maycon Mendon a at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Doumbe's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Willis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Doumbe vs Willis?

Cedric Doumbe was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Jaleel Willis made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.