Gauteng dominated the South African Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Championships at the Brakpan Indoor Sports Centre last weekend.
The province took home 23 medals at the event, which ran from Thursday to Sunday. They won 13 gold, four silver and six bronze medals.
Gauteng was followed by KwaZulu Natal in the medal count. KZN won 19 medals (five gold, seven silver and seven bronze).
Mpumalanga followed with three medals. Northern Cape, Western Province and Eastern Province each finished with two medals.
The winners in the various weight divisions are as follows:
• Men senior super heavyweight: 1 Brandon Wright (KZN).
• Men senior heavyweight: 1 Johan van Schaik (Mpumalanga), 2 Andile Madlaba (KZN), 3 Zamani Sibiya (KZN).
• Men junior light heavyweight: 1 Muhammed Mall (KZN).
• Men senior light heavyweight: 1 Zhane Tannous (Gauteng), 2 Muhammed Mall (KZN), 3 Johan Pfahil.
• Men junior middleweight: 1 Dylan Behrens (KZN).
• Men senior middleweight: 1 Adei Volker (KZN), 2 Adebayo Ojewole (KZN), 3 Juhan Botha (Eastern Province).
• Men junior welterweight: 1 Thabang Kobedi (Northern Cape).
• Men senior welterweight: 1 Throne Msibi (Mpumalanga), 2 Brendan Jenkins (Gauteng), 3 Stiaan Brown (Gauteng).
• Men senior lightweight: 1 Liam Schultze (Gauteng), 2 Alistair Kunene (Gauteng), 3 Nasipi Vellem (KZN).
• Women junior lightweight: 1 Kiara Fegen (Gauteng).
• Women senior lightweight: 1 Kiara Fegen (Gauteng), 2 Erin Fourie (KZN).
• Men junior featherweight: 1 Tiaan Davel (Western Cape).
• Men senior featherweight: 1 Thimna Mhluaii (Gauteng), 2 Nicolaas Vermaak (Gauteng), 3 Brendon van Zyl (KZN).
• Women junior featherweight: 1 Saentone Louw (Gauteng).
• omen senior featherweight: 1 Saentone Louw (Gauteng), 2 Londiwe Hadebe (KZN), 3 Demi Thomas (KZN).
• Men junior bantamweight: 1 Willie van Rooyen (Gauteng).
• Men senior bantamweight: 1 Willie van Rooyen (Gauteng), 2 David Makane (Mpumalanga), 3 Godfrey Mkwanazi (Gauteng).
• Men senior flyweight: 1 Philani Schabalala (Gauteng), 2 Lucky Duma (KZN).
• Men senior strawweight: 1 Philani Ngqoyiya (KZN), 2 Freedom Nkululeko (KZN).
• Women flyweight juniors: 1 Nicole van Wyk (Gauteng).
• Women flyweight seniors: 1 Nicole van Wyk (Gauteng), 2 Nadia Terreblanche (Gauteng).
• Men junior lightweight: 1 Kenneth Gold (Gauteng), 2 Manqoba Ndlovu (Western Province), 3 Benjamin Swarmers (KZN).
