Cedric Doumbe out of his PFL debut fight due to injury

One of the PFL's most recent high-profile additions won't be making their debut for a little while.

Cedric Doumbe, a well-known kickboxer, was forced to postpone his June 23 debut matchup with Jarrah Al-Silawi, the league stated on Wednesday. Doumbe is replaced in the fight by Zach Juusola, who takes on Al-Silawi.

Doumbe used social media to explain that a wrist ailment is the cause of his withdrawal.

“Now, we are training, we trained, we trained a lot. Everything was good. At the grappling training I don’t know why but my wrist hurt, I told myself it will heal. There’s always little injuries during the training camp. And then, at home I wasn’t able to move my wrist, it hurt me so bad. I waited two, three days to see if it would pass and the next day I was’nt able to use my wrist.

“So, I went to the doctor and he forbade me to fight. ‘You can fight but if you want to use only 20 percent of your abilities, that’s your problem.’ ... We’re gonna try to fight quickly, maybe this summer, September, or October.”

The PFL made no mention of Doumbe's potential return date or whether it would make an effort to reschedule his matchup with Al-Silawi after Al-Silawi's subsequent fight.

Doumbe joined the PFL earlier this year after a successful kickboxing career that included two stints as the welterweight champion of Glory Kickboxing. Doumbe said that the offer he received from the league was "10 times" greater than one from the UFC during an appearance on The MMA Hour.