Cedric Doumbe and Jaleel Willis practically began their struggle 24 hours early after chaos erupted on stage on the Bellator Paris weigh-ins.
The welterweights didn’t even get an opportunity to interact within the customary faceoff earlier than a bodily altercation passed off. As Doumbe set foot on the size, Willis came to visit shouting and instantly shoved the previous GLORY kickboxing champion.
Cooler heads prevailed however solely momentarily as Doumbe then returned the favor with a shove to Willis after the fighters had been lastly introduced collectively for the faceoff. Regardless of the simmering dangerous blood, another try was made the deliver the fighters collectively and it seemed like tensions had calmed down sufficient for a fast staredown between the fighters.
With Dan Hardy between them, Doumbe and Willis had been nonetheless jawing at one another, but it surely appeared the turmoil was over.
That modified instantly after Willis ducked underneath the safety crew beforehand holding him again and he rushed at Doumbe and returned the shove from earlier. Safety rushed in to maintain the fighters separated earlier than a full-on brawl may get away on stage.
Regardless of the sick will between the co-main occasion fighters, they re-joined Bellator commentator Chael Sonnen on stage a couple of moments later for an interview.
“F*ck the folks’s favourite fighter,” Willis stated about Doumbe after the faceoff. “This n**** delusional as f*ck. This man believes he can knock out Anthony Pettis. Are you severe proper now? Ya’ll f*cking loopy. Placing fingers on this man is one of the best factor I did all week.”
Doumbe and Willis look to settle their dangerous blood when the meet within the co-main occasion at Bellator Paris on Friday.
