Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-12, close fight but not so exciting: Murthel Groenhart vs Cedric Doumbe gets two stars.Murthel Groenhart entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 58-20-3 (32 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super middleweight in the world while his opponent, Cedric Doumbe, has a record of 55-4-1 (35 knockouts). Both fighters lost their last bout, Groenhart was defeated by #1 Nieky Holzken at then end of 2015 (=Holzken vs Groenhart 2) while Doumbe lost to Fang Bian in 2016. Groenhart vs Doumbe is on the undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Mladen Brestovac – Glory 28; they also faced each other a second time on August 25, 2017 (Cedric Doumbe vs Murthel Groenhart 2) and a third time in January 29, 2021 (Cedric Doumbe vs Murthel Groenhart 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: Glory 28: Paris
Date: 2016-03-12
Where: AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
Division: catchweight (169.8 lbs, 77 kg)
Glory 28 fight card (main fights):
Rico Verhoeven vs Mladen Brestovac
Sitthichai vs Marat Grigorian 2 final
Murthel Groenhart vs Cedric Doumbe
Marat Grigorian vs Anatoly Moiseev semifinal
Sitthichai vs Davit Kiria 2 semifinal
Saulo Cavalari vs Artem Vakhitov 2
Sergey Adamchuk vs Mosab Amrani
Groenhart’s previous fight: Nieky Holzken vs Murthel Groenhart 2
Official video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
Good fight and very happy to watch how Cedric handled it subduing the bad boy Murthel who is always showing bad attitude and horrible mood.