The former Glory Ww and WAKO Pro Mw champion Cedric Doumbe entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 67-6-1 (39 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super middleweight in the world. He has fought three times in 2017 beating Yoann Kongolo (=Doumbe vs Kongolo III) and Nieky Holzken (=Doumbe vs Holzken II) but then he lost to Murthel Groenhart (=Doumbe vs Groenhart II).
His opponent, the former Wbc, Iska, Wmc, Wako Pro and current Wkn world champion Yohan Lidon, has an official record of 93-36-1 (56 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He has already fought four times in 2017 defeating Patrik Vidakovics, Djibril Ehouo and Florian Kroger but before his last victory against Kroger he had lost to Yoann Kongolo (=Lidon vs Kongolo). In their first fight Doumbe was defeated by Lidon by unanimous decision (October 23, 2014); this second fight is on the undercard of Artem Vakhitov vs Ariel Machado – Glory 47. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Glory 47
2017 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Artem Vakhitov vs Ariel Machado – full fight Video Glory 47
The former WMC muay thai and current Glory light-Hw champion Artem Vakhitov entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 18-5-0 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super cruiserweight in the world. He lost to Saulo Cavalari in their first fight in 2015 (via split decision) but then he has won five bouts taking revenge on Cavalari in 2016 (=Cavalari vs Vakhitov 2) and in 2017 (=Vakhitov vs Cavalari 3).
His opponent, Ariel Machado, has an official record of 45-8-0 and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts last year, against Zinedine Hameur-Lain (Hameur-Lain vs Machado I) and Yousri Belgaroui but he came back to win in 2017 taking revenge on Hameur-Lain and beating Danyo Ilunga. Vakhitov vs Machado, main event of Glory 47, is valid for the Glory light heavyweight title (Vakhitov’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!