The World Sports Betting Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa, played host to the first weigh-ins of 2025, as all bouts for the Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) 121 card are locked and loaded, Afrosport reports. Fans inside the WSB Arena, who have been anticipating Africa’s first major combat sports event of 2025, watched along as the interim featherweight champion Roedie ‘Relentless’ Roets stared down his undefeated challenger...
Former welterweight champion Leon Edwards has been given a new opponent in the main event at UFC 255 Fight Night in London on 22 March, Afrosport reports. Edwards, who was initially supposed to fight No. 4 ranked Jack Della Maddalena at O2 Arena, will now face fifth-ranked American Sean Brady as part of several changes announced by CEO Dana White. Maddalena, meanwhile, has been given a...
Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira faced each other several times in combat sports, but they never let their competition turn into personal hate, according to the latter, Afrosport reports. When they talk trash before a fight and compete in the octagon, it might seem like they really dislike each other. Pereira won against Adesanya twice in kickboxing, even knocking him out in their second fight. Adesanya...
Faeez Jacobs captured a second Bantamweight Championship title after a two-round victory over Vince Bembe in the main event at EFC 117 on Thursday evening, Afrosport reports. Both men showed their athleticism from the very first bell inside the Hexagon but it was Jacobs also known as the ‘Troublemaker’ who ultimately reclaimed the belt by sinking in a triangle choke in the second round and reaffirming...
The World Sports Betting EFC Arena will come alive with excitement on Thursday as EFC 117 sets the stage for another epic night of mixed martial arts, Afrosport reports. The main event for EFC 117 will see Faeez ‘The Troublemaker’ Jacobs square up against Vince Bembe for the vacant Bantamweight Championship title. Jacobs, who is one of the most renowned fighters to emerge from Cape Town,...
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