Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-03, fight not so exciting between Cedric Doumbe and Alim Nabiyev: it gets two stars.The former Glory Ww and WAKO Pro Mw champion Cedric Doumbe entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 68-6-1 (39 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super middleweight in the world. He fought four times last year losing once, with Murthel Groenhart in their rematch (Doumbe vs Groenhart II) but then he beat Yohan Lidon (Cedric Doumbe vs Yohan Lidon 2).
His opponent, Alim Nabiyev, has an official record of 48-6-0 (20 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost to Diogo Calado in 2016 but then he has won over Vladimír Moravcík, Yohan Lidon, Zhang Yang, Jimmy Vienot and Nieky Holzken (Nieky Holzken vs Alim Nabiev). Nabiev vs Doumbe is on the undercard of Badr Hari vs Hesdy Gerges 2 – Glory 51. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: Glory 51: Rotterdam – Bad Blood
Date: 2018-03-03
Where: Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Division: catchweight (169.8 lbs, 77 kg)
Doumbe’s previous fight: Cedric Doumbe vs Yohan Lidon 2
Nabiev’s previous fight: Nieky Holzken vs Alim Nabiev
Doumbe’s next fight: Cedric Doumbe vs Thongchai Sitsongpeenong
Nabiev’s next fight: Harut Grigorian vs Alim Nabiev
Doumbe vs Nabiev fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmZXrJF9PmA
How the heck do u give Doumbé the win here as a judge? Even he didnt think he won. Judge should be punished for that one. Biggest problwm in combat sports is that the judges have nobody to answer too.
Steve Ford: I don’t understand your comment at all since the winner was Alim,
Please be so kind to clarify. Thank you
Interesting fight between two kick boxers with very similar fighting styles but an abysmal size difference. Alim was able to keep the pressure all the fight long and impressed better in the third round which was crucial to win the fight. The judges cards were right and it was a great win for Nabiyev because Cedric is a very good and seasoned fighter, in my opinion, probably currently the best in this category.