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EFC 120: Badat retains welterweight belt; Van Staden dethrones Kabesa

EFC 120: Badat retains welterweight belt; Van Staden dethrones Kabesa

Zaakir Badat retained his welterweight after defeating Luke Michael at EFC 120 in Johannesburg on Thursday night, Afrosport reports. Badat’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu skills and physical strength were on full display as he unleashed a hellacious onslaught of ground and pound. He then locked in a rear-naked choke, forcing Michael to tap out in the first round to retain his title as Welterweight champion. #ANDSTILL Zaakir Badat...

EFC: Intense weigh-ins set tone for crunch bouts in EFC 120

Two title fights headline stacked 10-bout card at EFC 120

20 fighters are on hand to battle in the final EFC event of the year with EFC 120 showdown set for the World sports Betting Arena in Johannesburg on Thursday. The stacked 10-bout card is headlined by two title fights with the welterweight and lightweight belts up for grabs. Current middleweight champion Luke Michael will challenge Zaakir Badat for the welterweight title in the EFC 120...

EFC: Intense weigh-ins set tone for crunch bouts in EFC 120

EFC: Intense weigh-ins set tone for crunch bouts in EFC 120

The final EFC weigh-ins of the year provided an intense atmosphere inside the World Sports Betting Arena in Johannesburg with two highly anticipated title fights earmarking the EFC 120 event scheduled for Thursday, 12 December, Afrosport reports. 20 athletes made their way to the scales earlier today, as middleweight champion Luke Michael is set to challenge the reigning welterweight champion Zaakir Badat in a history-making bout,...

EFC 115: Lightweight title at stake as Igeu Kabesa battle Humphrey Mulenga

EFC 115: Lightweight title at stake as Igeu Kabesa battle Humphrey Mulenga

The Extreme Fighting Championship lightweight title is at stake at Hexagon on Thursday, July 11 when reigning champion Igeu Kabesa takes on Humphrey Mulenga in EFC 115 maincard. Kabesa holds the EFC featherweight and lightweight titles and will put the latter he won at EFC 112 in April on the line against Mulenga. Mulenga, nicknamed King Cobra, is staging a return to the Hexagon for the...

EFC 104: Kabesa defeats Bembe to retain featherweight title

EFC 104: Kabesa defeats Bembe to retain featherweight title

Africa’s most dominant Featherweight fighter, Igeu ‘Smiley’ Kabesa, has once again retained his title by defeating number one challenger, South Africa’s Vince Bembe, by submission in round one at the EFC Performance Institute in Johannesburg. Kabesa ensured he backed up his tough talk with his impressive skills. Despite Bembe taking him to the ground and attempting to put the champion in a headlock, the 30-year-old weathered...