EFC 69 is on the horizon
The exhilarating EFC 69 fight night is almost here and the final main card has been revealed.
South Africa’s Quaid Openshaw will take on France’s Ibrahima Mané at Carnival City on April 28.
This massive middleweight fight joins the already star-studded two title fight event.
Headlining the epic five-fight main card sees former flyweight champ, JP Buys move up a division to face number one contender Philippe Rouch for the vacant EFC bantamweight world championship. Flyweight champion Nkazimulo Zulu goes head-to-head with his biggest challenge yet, Angola’s Marino Cutendana.
In six fights Openshaw has only ever been out of the first round once and carries a 100 per cent finish rate.
The Pretoria-based athlete knows what he needs and how to get it.
“I always want that KO finish,” he said in his latest post-fight interview after a submission win.
Making his main card debut at EFC 69, a win in the limelight over a big name such as Mané could thrust him up the middleweight ranks and put his name into the title fight conversation.
France’s Mané is all about perfection and technique.
Skills crafted out of Kumite Team in Paris. Mané rose to fame on MMA reality TV show, The Fighter Season One (TF1).
Having convincingly defeated his opponents in the earlier rounds in the house, he came up just short in the season finale against Brendan Lesar.
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In the dying seconds of the finals, Mané landed a devastating kick that wreaked havoc on Lesar’s face.
Many believed he had synched the win, but it was not to be and he suffered his first ever loss.
Now he is coming for redemption.
He is coming to show the world his impeccable striking.
He is coming to get what he believes is his, a shot at the top of the division.
In a stacked middleweight pack, a new threat to the title will rise.
In addition to this and the two title fights, the EFC 69 main card also sees South Africa’s Pierre Botha against Scotland’s Calum Murrie, Luke Michael versus Anicet Kanyeba, Juan Bezuidenhout versus Simon Harle and many more.
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