Jake Paul has announced he will fight MMA star Cedric Doumbe on 24 December in Dubai.<\/p>\n
The bout will be Paul’s first fight since losing to former British heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua last December.<\/p>\n
American Paul had to have two titanium plates fitted and some teeth removed after Joshua broke his jaw<\/a> during the contest.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old influencer said in May that his boxing career was “most definitely” in doubt<\/a> following the injury, but he will now return to action on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n The event, which will take place at the Coca-Cola Arena, will be a professionally sanctioned eight-round cruiserweight bout with the fighters using 10oz gloves.<\/p>\n Cameroonian-born Frenchman Doumbe is a multi-time kickboxing world champion-turned MMA fighter.<\/p>\n The 34-year-old is signed to the Professional Fighters League (PFL) – an MMA promotion that Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) merged with in July.<\/a><\/p>\n He has won two of his three fights since joining the PFL in 2023, but has only one professional boxing bout to his name, which he won in 2015.<\/p>\n Paul has won 12 of his 14 fights as a professional, with his two defeats coming against Tommy Fury and Joshua.<\/p>\n