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By modern day standards, UFC 281 was one very special event! With seven first round knockouts, two new champions crowned and some outcomes that could define future career paths, it will take some very special match-making to emulate UFC 281! The athletes of today a more well-rounded than those of the previous generations, so when […]
EFC 99 MAIN CARD Igeu Kabesa (14-2) vs. Bradley Swanepoel (5-0) – Featherweight Championship Fight Kabesa was only 6-0 when he first fought and beat Danny Hendry for his first Featherweight strap at EFC 47. Since then he has lost and won back the title on 2 occassions (EFC 57 – Loss to Danny Hendry; […]
Conspiracy theorists are going to have an absolute blast with the latest intallment of the UFC number events. The weigh-in drama that led the the main card being shuffled around, along with the back-stage altercations – which are currently under investigation by the Nevada State Athletic Commission – have cast a shadow on the sport’s […]
The 20th edition of ESPN Africa Boxing was a mix of interesting action featuring an all-male undercard and an all-female main card, including two title fights. The headline events saw both Smangele Hadebe and Ellen Simwaka defend their respective ABU Flyweight and IBF Bantamweight straps in contrasting ways. Simwaka was made to work hard against a […]
It is the day before ESPN Africa Boxing 20 where only female boxers will step into the ring on an all-female fight-card, scheduled to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa. For those that wonder why and what the hubbub is all about, it’s Women’s Month here in South Africa, a time when a little more attention is […]
We all know the issues facing boxing at present and we all lament to ongoing lack of care taken by those who are tasked with the role of safe-guarding and building the sport. The Saturday night rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia has become the latest spectacle in a very long […]
Titles for Everyone! EFC 96 was most certainly an event filled with many title fight conversations! Starting with that early 3rd round liver-kick that extended his winning streak, and based on the recent modus operandi of the EFC, Tapiwa Katikati (4-0) should be receiving his title-shot contract in the very near future. Bradley Swanepoel announced himself ready – both […]
The main event of EFC 94 witnessed the only EFC championship defence of the year as Sindile ‘Ghost’ Manengela aimed to defend his EFC Bantamweight strap against Cameron ‘MSP’ Saaiman. The first two rounds belonged to Manengele who used his Judo background to perfection. The momentum shifted in the last three rounds with Saaiman keeping […]
In an attempt to finish off the year with EFC 100, the EFC Organisation staged their second Fight Night event at the EFC Performance Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday night. It was a Brave opening of the Main Card with the first 2 encounters having very much a Brave FC feel about them. […]
This past weekend (April 28 to 30) saw Mixed Martial Arts South Africa (MMASA) host the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Africa Championships at the Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) Performance Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event featured athletes from 7 African nations, namely Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and […]
