Cédric Doumbé had a thrilling knockout in front of a raucous home crowd at Bellator Paris , but there was only one problem. He wasn’t in the main event. That spot belonged to Bellator bantamweight champion Patchy Mix , who defended his title against Magomed Magomedov .
But after seeing and hearing the kind of reception he received from his hometown fans, Doumbé believes PFL and Bellator officials made a mistake putting him lower on the card. “I didn’t really enjoy being the co-main event,” Doumbé said recently on The MMA Hour . “Even after my fight, some people left the arena.
It’s better [if I’m the main event]. I think they will not do the same mistake [again]. Even if there is a belt on the card, they will put Cédric Doumbé at the end of the night.
” Doumbé said the whole experience threw him off because he didn’t even get the chance to embrace the crowd as he was being rushed through his post-fight interview to make way for the main event. “I even missed [the chance] to say my famous sentence,” Doumbé said. “Always, all the time when I win the fight, I say in French, ‘What did I tell you? KO, first round, nobody can test me.
’ Now, I forgot to say because the speaker was really quick, it wasn’t the same. “When you’re the main event, you take your time. You can play with the crowd, with the audience, with everybody.
” After scoring a vicious knockout of Jaleel Willis , Doumbé faced off with his next opponent in the cage. F.