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December 30, 2021

Ruckus EFC 2021

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 […]

In these times we generally accept that all our carefully crafted plans can suddenly amount to nothing in the blink of an eye. This was certainly the case for the EFC 91 fight card, when at weigh-ins on Friday morning, 4 fights were pulled from the card due to various medical issues and the co-main […]

November 29, 2021

Ruckus ONE

Billed as events for the best up-and-coming superstars, ONE: NEXTGEN was nothing more than bullshit baffling brains! The 29 October event kick-started the trilogy with the finalists of the ONE Women’s Atomweight World Grand Prix, featuring the likes of former two-sport ONE World Champion Stamp Fairtex (MMA: 7-1 / Kickboxing: 63-17-5 / MuayThai: 4-2), Julie […]

The EFC’s Fight Night 1 took place at the EFC Performance Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 9 October and the card delivered some great action from the athletes and some dubious performances from a referee.  The Bantamweight main event saw Shana Power defeat Christine Wolmarans by contentious submission early in round 2. The […]

The EFC celebrates their 90th event with their first Fight Night (a la the UFC) taking place this coming Saturday at the EFC Performance Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa. A glimpse at the card highlights that the EFC are following in the footsteps of the UFC where Fight Night events feature lower-profile athletes – marketed as future contenders – […]

Let us start where the rest of the global MMA community left things off following on EFC88 – with the officiating debacle where referee Natasha Brits allowed a debuting athlete to get choked out on 3 occasions!  The MMASA “Corrective Actions” as outlined in their letter dated 17 August 2021, clearly stated that Mrs Brits “will have to pass a locally presented officials’ course, and only then […]

This weekend’s UFC event, billed as the biggest event of the year, showcased the very best and the very worst that the UFC stands for – from creating dreams to witnessing utter classlessness! The outcome of the main event of UFC 264 did not play out like anyone would have imagined. Poirier fans will no […]

No Platform Means No Fighters After 2 great return events in May and June following on an enforced COVID hiatus, EFC87 left many fans bewildered at it’s sheer lack of depth. With many of their champions having moved on to bigger pastures and many others having signed with other promotions, EFC87 was billed by EFC […]

The main card on Yas Island this weekend held a special place for many South African fight fans with the announcement two weeks ago that local MMA superstar Dricus du Plessis would make his UFC debut as a short notice replacement to fight Markus Perez. Du Plessis was one of three short notice fighters all […]

The return of Alpha MMA (AMMA) was most certainly a joy to behold, not so much for fans of the sport as the event was mostly “spectatorless”, but more so for the athletes and all those those that work passionately behind the scenes to ensure that Amateur Fight Sports is alive and flourishing. Saturday marked […]


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