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More than 5 years has elapsed since Daniel Cormier denied any and all wrong-doing while on the scale ahead of his UFC Title fight at UFC 210. Until now! In what became known as “TowelGate”, we now know that Daniel Cormier intentionally grabbed the towel while on the scale ahead of his Light Heavyweight title […]
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 […]
In what was without doubt, one of the greatest night’s of boxing in many a year, a bloodied Katie Taylor (21-0, 6 Kos) defended her WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA undisputed lightweight titles by split decision over seven-division titleholder Amanda Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KOs) in Madison Square Garden, New York on Saturday night. It was […]
Its been more than 4 weeks since EFC 92! “Why does that matter?”, I hear you ask. It matter because when MMASA official, Natasha Brits, allowed a professional fighter to be choked out multiple times in her disastrous professional refereeing debut at EFC 88, MMASA conducted an investigation and the published outcomes on 17 August […]
Is the EFC organisation in more trouble than we originally thought? This critical question sits atop a number of other serious questions that should have fans and fighters alike, wanting answers. #QUESTION 1: Medical Concerns!? The return of so many older fighters that have not competed for such a long time should be of the […]
The first event of 2022 was meant to be a celebration of Martial Arts but did not go according to plan for the ONE Championship Organisation – ultimately ending in controversy! The celebration would start with the return to action following the end-of-year break and would also include the fact that the ONE Organisation would […]
The recent announcement by the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) that it has been awarded WADA Code signatory status by the World Anti-Doping Agency comes as great news for them in their quest to ultimately become an Olympic sport. But behind all the “huffing-&-puffing” of the various governing body’s statements, what does this all […]
To say that 2021 was a difficult year is to point out the obvious! A quick look at the EFC Fighter Roster will tell you all you need to know with so many of the faces and names no longer part of the organisation and yet we still see their portraits proudly displayed as current […]
