Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-06-10, nice and close fight between Cedric Doumbe and Nieky Holzken 2: it gets three stars.The Glory Ww and WAKO Pro Mw champion Cedric Doumbe entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 66-5-1 (39 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super middleweight in the world. He lost to Fang Bian at the beginning of 2016 but then he has won ten consecutive fights beating Nieky Holzken (=Holzken vs Doumbe I) and Yoann Kongolo in his last two (=Doumbe vs Kongolo 3).
His opponent, the former Glory Ww champion Nieky Holzken, has a record of 90-12-0 (56 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. Before losing to Doumbe last year, he had won over Yoann Kongolo in April (=Holzken vs Kongolo) and Murthel Groenhart in October (=Holzken vs Groenhart 3). Cedric Doumbe vs Nieky Holzken 2, main event of Glory 42, is valid for the Glory welterweight title (Doumbe’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Glory 42: Paris
Date: 2017-06-10
Where: AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
Division: catchweight (169.8 lbs, 77 kg)
Title: Glory Welterweight Championship
Doumbe’s previous fight: Cedric Doumbe vs Yoann Kongolo 3
Holzken’s previous fight: Nieky Holzken vs Cedric Doumbe I
Doumbe’s next fight: Cedric Doumbe vs Murthel Groenhart 2
Holzken’s next fight: Nieky Holzken vs Alim Nabiev
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Doumbe vs Holzken 2 Official Video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Dailymotion and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Nieky just couldnt pull the trigger and he had many opportunities. No leg kicks, body shots, boxing combos … compare this nieky to the one who fought valtellini and was tearing the divisions a*s apart …. he also seemed very gaunt and drained from the weight cut. the question is is it father time or is his head only in boxing full time now and he just came over for a payday?
Very nice fight between a bulldog (this time without teeth) against an extremely skilled adversary. Nieky in spite of being a very good and focused fighter has not chances at all to win this bout. The only one referee that saw him winning the whole bout is totally biased, useless and should be disqualified for good.