No one wanted to miss this!
Five months after the knockout inflicted by Cédric Doumbé on Jordan Zebo in 9 seconds, the stands looked like a poeple parade.
Jules Koundé, ex-basketball player Tony Parker, rugby player Cameron Woki, actors Vincent Cassel, Jamel Debbouze, Stomy Busy, Tarek Boudali, and even rappers Kaaris, Kalash Criminel, KobalaD and Mister V attended the Accor Arena in Paris to witness the long-awaited duel between the big mouth of MMA and his French compatriot Baysangur “Baki” Chamsoudinov.
A list of “people” so long that it is impossible to draw up exhaustively.
Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana.
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Expected to turn the corner after an intense “trashtalking” campaign, the one who nicknamed himself “The Best” had already put on the show in front of some 6,000 excited spectators, including Kylian Mbappé and Maître Gims, at the Zénith in Paris five months ago.
Layvin Kurzawa, PSG player (LP/Baptiste Fernandez/Icon Sport)?
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This time, it is the Accor Arena in Bercy and its 15,000 seats which welcomes the Doumbé phenomenon for his second appearance in the American PFL league, the organization that is rising in the world of mixed martial arts.
Jules Kounde, FC Barcelona player.
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Announced in mid-January, the poster against “Baki”, another fighter particularly appreciated by French fans and considered at 22 years old as a great hope in MMA, was immediately sold out.
Rappers Mister V and Theo Juice (Anthony Dibon/Icon Sport).
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It must be said that the fight started much longer on social networks, with the two rivals raising the temperature for months.