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Jake Paul to fight Cedric Doumbe in Dubai on Christmas Eve
Jake Paul will fight MMA and kickboxing star Cedric Doumbe in an eight-round cruiserweight boxing bout on December 24 in Dubai.[2, 6, 7] Most Valuable Promotions announced the fight on Monday, according to UPI.[1] It will be Paul's first appearance in the ring since Anthony Joshua broke his jaw last December.[2, 7, 8]
Doumbe is a former kickboxing world champion with extensive MMA and kickboxing experience, but only one professional boxing bout, IJR reported.[2] ESPN described Doumbe as a former kickboxing world champion, while BBC and Al Jazeera called him an MMA star.[5, 6, 7]
Covered by UPI, New York Post, BBC News and 5 more
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How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 4 rated outlets that covered it, 0 are left of center, 1 is center and 3 are right of center (2 of them in the Right group). 4 more are not rated.
Why it's here Covered by 8 outlets: 0 left, 1 center, 3 right, 4 not rated. A possible blindspot: 0 of 42 left-leaning outlets covered it, and Tare found no matching headline from the others in the last 24 hours.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: none.
- Center: UPI (+0.17).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), IJR (+1.52).
Not rated Al Jazeera, The Athletic, BBC News, ESPN. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.
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- Left-leaning No left-leaning outlet in Tare's list covered it.
- Center Jake Paul to fight ex-kickboxing champion Cedric Doumbe
- Right-leaning Jake Paul-Doumbé Set for Dubai Christmas Eve Fight