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This is the Bellator Paris live blog for Cédric Doumbé vs. Jaleel Willis, the 175-pound catchweight co-main event for Friday’s fight card at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.

Doumbé, who has become one of PFL’s rising stars, looks to get back in the win column in his first Bellator appearance. In his most recent outing, the former GLORY Kickboxing champion suffered a controversial TKO loss to Baysangur Chamsoudinov in the main event of PFL Paris in March. Prior to that, Doumbé finished all five of his MMA opponents inside of two rounds.

Willis, a former LFA champion and seven-fight Bellator veteran, hopes to pull off a massive upset and get back on track after getting stopped in 84 seconds in his most recent bout by Ramazan Kuramagomedov, and getting finished in three of his past four. Willis did enter his December 2022 fight against Kyle Crutchmer as a +200 underdog, but was able to pull out a decision win at Bellator 289.

Check out the live blog for Cedric Doumbé vs. Jaleel Willis below.

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On July 27 Tom Aspinall will join the very short list of fighters who have defended a UFC interim world championship — and Jon Jones couldn’t be more amused by it.

As announced by Dana White, Aspinall will put his interim heavyweight crown on the line when he co-headlines UFC 304 against No. 4 ranked contender Curtis Blaydes in Manchester, England.

The UK-based star will be just the third fighter to defend an interim belt in UFC history, the first being Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92. The last man to do it was Renan Barao who defended his temporary title on two separate occasions in 2013 before being promoted to undisputed bantamweight champion.

Learning of the news, reigning undisputed heavyweight king Jon Jones couldn’t help, but poke some fun at the announcement on social media, calling it nothing more than an “official number one contender” fight.

“Curtis versus Tom for the official number one contender spot!” Jones wrote on X in response to the news of Aspinall vs. Blaydes.

Jon Jones confirms date for his controversial clash with Stipe miocic

The announcement from White and the subsequent commentary from ‘Bones’ certainly struck a chord with fight fans, many of them taking to X (formerly Twitter) to once again slam Jones’ decision to “duck” Aspinall in favor of a fight with consensus heavyweight GOAT Stipe Miocic later this year.

“Trolls telling me I’m slowing down the division by getting injured,” Jones added. “Meanwhile, the next two heavyweights aren’t even a main event? Interesting. I’m on the right path, I got until November to remind the world. Again.”

No official date has been announced for Jones vs. Miocic, but both fighters have recently acknowledged that the bout would go down this November when the UFC makes its annual pit stop at the world’s most famous arena — Madison Square Garden.

“I’m definitely not retired,” Jones posted. “Sitting on my porch sore all over enjoying some time in the Metaverse. November 9 can’t come soon enough. I’m earning it every day. Just like I always have.”

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Edson Barboza is back on the main event scene.

The longtime featherweight contender successfully made weight Friday morning ahead of UFC Vegas 92, which marks the Brazilian’s fourth time headlining for the promotion. Barboza tipped the scales at 145.5 pounds, while his opponent Lerone Murphy weighed in at 146 pounds to make their bout official.

Murphy competes in a UFC main event for the first time. The British standout was the first fighter to step to the scale Friday.

All 24 fighters competing Saturday successfully made weight, with the lone scare being Oumar Sy. The UFC newcomer weighed in at 207.5 pounds on his first attempt, 1.5 pounds over the light heavyweight limit for his fight with Tuco Tokkos (205.5). However, Sy was allowed a second attempt and later made 206 pounds after stripping down and weighing in behind a box cover.

See official UFC Vegas 92 weigh-in results below.

Main Card (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

Edson Barboza (145.5) vs. Lerone Murphy (146)

Khaos Williams (170) vs. Carlston Harris (169.5)

Themba Gorimbo (170.5) vs. Ramiz Brahimaj (170.5)

Adrian Yanez (136) vs. Vinicius Salvador (136)

Luana Pinheiro (116) vs. Angela Hill (115.5)

Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

Victor Martinez (156) vs. Tom Nolan (155.5)

Oumar Sy (206)* vs. Tuco Tokkos (205.5)

Tamires Vidal (134.5) vs. Melissa Gatto (134.5)

Abus Magomedov (185.5) vs. Warlley Alves (186)

Piera Rodriguez (116) vs. Ariane Carnelossi (115.5)

Alatengheili (136) vs. Kleydson Rodrigues (135.5)

Vanessa Demopoulos (116) vs. Emily Ducote (115.5)

*Sy missed weight on first attempt, coming in at 207.5 pounds. However, he successfully made weight on his second attempt

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The UFC is headed back to the APEX this weekend with a card headlined by a featherweight matchup between Edson Barboza and Lerone Murphy.

Before they square off in the octagon in the main event of UFC Vegas 92, Barboza, Murphy and the rest of the fighters on the card hit the scale Friday with official weigh-ins set to begin at 12 p.m. ET.

Watch a live stream of the weigh-ins above, courtesy of Ag. Fight.

In addition to the main event, surging welterweight contenders face off when Khaos Williams takes on Carlston Harris in a co-main event clash that moves the winner one step closer to a top-15 ranking.

Also on the main card, the man with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s seal of approval, Themba Gorimbo, hopes to keep his winning streak intact amid personal turmoil when he takes on Ramiz Brahimaj in the featured fight of the evening.

See official UFC Vegas 92 weigh-in results below.

Main Card (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

Edson Barboza vs. Lerone Murphy

Khaos Williams vs. Carlston Harris

Themba Gorimbo vs. Ramiz Brahimaj

Adrian Yanez vs. Vinicius Salvador

Luana Pinheiro vs. Angela Hill

Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

Victor Martinez vs. Tom Nolan

Oumar Sy vs. Tuco Tokkos

Tamires Vidal vs. Melissa Gatto

Abus Magomedov vs. Warlley Alves

Piera Rodriguez vs. Ariane Carnelossi

Alatengheili vs. Kleydson Rodrigues

Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Emily Ducote

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Heavyweight Tom Aspinall will be defending his interim title in the UFC 304 co-main event on July 27 in Manchester, England in a rematch against fourth-ranked Curtis Blaydes.  But, Blaydes wasn’t the first choice.  

In a video posted to his YouTube channel, Aspinall revealed that former interim titleholder Ciryl Gane was offered the UFC 304 title fight but turned it down.  

“The UFC wanted me to fight Ciryl Gane, I said, ‘Okay, the UFC wants to do it, we can do it.’ I’m not bothered.  I feel like I’m the champion of the world.  I’m ranked No. 1 in the world.  I’ll fight anybody.  You don’t have to talk me into anything. The UFC are my bosses, they want me to fight Ciryl Gane, count me in.  That’s okay, we’ll do it,” Aspinall said

“Ciryl, on the other hand, he’s out there doing a film.  Ciryl is trying to be the French Arnold Schwarzenegger right now, and fair play to him.  If he wants to do films and be an actor, go and enjoy yourself Ciryl.  Go and do your thing, make some money, do whatever you doing. But, he didn’t take the fight.  He wanted to do his film, so Curtis Blaydes, they’ve thrown him in, very happy with it.  I’m happy to fight anybody.”

UFC 304 takes place at Co-op Live in Apinall’s hometown of Manchester.  It will be the fight promotion’s fifth visit to Manchester and the first since UFC 204 in October 2016.  

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