Jake Paul will face former GLORY kickboxing champion C\u00e9dric Doumb\u00e9 in an eight-round cruiserweight fight on Thursday, December 24, at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, Most Valuable Promotions announced.<\/p>\n
The Christmas Eve bout will be professionally sanctioned at 200 pounds, with both fighters wearing 10-ounce gloves.<\/p>\n
Paul enters at 12-2 with seven knockouts. Doumb\u00e9 has just one professional boxing bout on his record, a win, but brings considerable experience from kickboxing, where he went 75-7-1 with 45 knockouts and became a two-time GLORY welterweight champion.<\/p>\n
Doumb\u00e9 also holds a 6-1 MMA record, with all six victories coming by knockout. His nine-second finish of Jordan Zebo in September 2023 helped build his following in France, but December 24 puts him back under boxing rules against an opponent with more professional rounds in that sport.<\/p>\n
Paul went straight at that distinction in his statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m rusty, my jaw is janky and I don\u2019t have kickboxing world titles like you do. But guess what, this isn\u2019t kickboxing mon ami. This is BOXING.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fight will be Paul\u2019s first professional appearance in Dubai. He previously beat former MMA champions Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva, defeated Nate Diaz, and added a win over former middleweight titleholder Julio C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Jr. in June 2025.<\/p>\n
Doumb\u00e9 aimed his response at Paul\u2019s December 2025 fight with Anthony Joshua<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cJake loves to talk, and so do I, but after what Joshua did to his jaw, I\u2019m not sure how much talking he has left. I\u2019m going to finish the job Joshua started.\u201d<\/p>\n Born in Cameroon and raised in France, Doumb\u00e9 will meet Paul at two public press conferences before fight week. The first takes place at Pavillon Cambon in Paris on November 10 at 6 p.m. CET. A second follows in Dubai on November 12 at 6 p.m. GST. Both are free to attend.<\/p>\n General ticket<\/a> sales open November 15 at noon GST, or 9 a.m. CET, through Coca-Cola Arena. Registered fans get presale access on November 14 at the same time, while PFL Dubai ticket purchasers have an earlier window beginning November 6.<\/p>\n MVP is staging the card in cooperation with Dubai Sports Council and Dubai\u2019s Department of Economy and Tourism. No undercard bouts were named in the announcement.<\/p>\n Share this article\t\t<\/p>\n
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