Broadcast live on DAZN and awaited for many months by MMA fans, the fight between Cédric Doumbé and Baysangur Baki Chamsoudinov gave birth to a mouse.
The two fighters did not go to the end of the meeting.
Why ?
Cédric Doumbé complained of discomfort in his left foot caused by a piece of glass, prompting the referee to immediately stop the fight.
As a result, Baki won the decision by medical judgment.
To discover
TV tonight: our selection of the day
“Masquerade”, “shame”, “lesson in humility”
… The comments, each more virulent than the other, quickly appeared on social networks to describe the disappointment of fans of Mixed Martial Arts, a discipline which often unleashes passions.
Live broadcast
While the messages of disappointment rained down on X (formerly Twitter), the live broadcast continued and the journalists present in the room tried to decipher this surprising outcome of the most anticipated fight of PFL Paris.
Also readMMA: Baki-Doumbé at PFL Paris, all that for that?
In the stands of the Accor Arena in Bercy, the spectators were left speechless at the scene playing out in the octagon.
However, while the special correspondent for the DAZN channel interviewed the protagonists and the trainers of the two fighters, an amateur magician invited himself into the background, in the field of the camera which was broadcasting the scene.
The young man, completely relaxed and focused on his performance, began to perform a live card trick.
Passing a ten of clubs from his right hand to the left, he made the card disappear, arousing the questioning of his neighbor on the left, bodyguard of the champions.
Enough to bring a smile to the faces of the viewers present in front of their screens and attract the attention of the digital media Cerfia, which posted the capture of this unusual moment on its account.
The story does not say whether this opportunistic magician will have seized the opportunity to return during the revenge which could arise during the coming months of this aborted fight...