Zaakir Badat

EFC 124: Badat ends Ogunnoiki in first round to retain welterweight title

EFC 124 lit up the World Sports Betting Arena on Thursday night with 13 explosive bouts that delivered brutal finishes, razor-thin decisions, and a statement-making title defence. In the welterweight championship main event, Zaakir Badat wasted no time dispatching Nigerian challenger Segun Ogunnoki, securing a rear-naked choke submission at 3:47 of the first round to retain his title and his unbeaten EFC streak. Welterweight Championship...

26 fighters present in lively press conference for EFC 124 fight card

by admln

3 June 2025

All of the main card athletes competing at EFC 124 were present at the World Sports Betting Arena to kick-off fight week with the official press conference. With the event detonating in Johannesburg on 5 June, it will be one of the biggest fight cards in promotional history with 26 fighters in total competing in the ultimate human proving ground, topped by the main event title...

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

by Kunle Fayiga

13 December 2024

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

by Ibikunle Salako

12 December 2024

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

by Ibikunle Salako

11 December 2024

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,...

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EFC 124: Badat ends Ogunnoiki in first round to retain welterweight title

26 fighters present in lively press conference for EFC 124 fight card

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

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

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

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