The loudest noise around Jake Paul vs. Cedric Doumbe so far has come from the two men themselves. Happy Punch posted their exchange on X, with Doumbe offering, “If you win, I retire,” and Paul answering, “I didn’t even know you existed before this. No one gives a f*ck about your retirement.”
Now the card has something to point to besides the trash talk. Chantelle Cameron and Mikaela Mayer will meet again on December 24, and MVP has confirmed the bout as the co-main event in Dubai, according to MiddleEasy. That report describes it as a rematch for the unified super welterweight title. Sky Sports and ESPN also reported the booking on the Christmas Eve undercard.
The event lands at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on a Thursday night. PFL’s account wrote on X that tickets go on sale Sunday, November 15, and its post opened with a line that points somewhere bigger: “Jake Paul wants Cédric Doumbé in MMA too 😳”
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The build so far has been noisy. Championship Rounds posted footage of Paul and Doumbe facing off for the first time, and Happy Punch caught Paul in Paris turning on a booing crowd: “Why y’all booing? You should boo yourself. Didn’t this place burn down? Shut the f*ck up!” Championship Rounds also shared a clip of Paul recreating the Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Merab Dvalishvili brawl.
That’s the noise. Cameron vs. Mayer brings the substance. A unified title on a Paul card puts two women who’ve already shared a ring in front of an audience that tuned in for a YouTuber and a kickboxer, and the co-main slot means they won’t be fighting to an empty arena while people find their seats. MVP has built its brand partly on putting women’s title fights in prominent positions, and this booking follows that pattern.
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The sources announcing the fight haven’t laid out the details of their first meeting or which fighter holds which belts heading in, so the specifics of the stakes will come into focus as fight week approaches. What is set: the rematch, the title, the slot, and the date.
Tickets open November 15. Cameron and Mayer go on December 24 in Dubai, right before Paul and Doumbe find out whether any of the retirement talk was real.
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