EFC 49 was held at the Big Top Arena at Carnival City and proved to be a stinger as Yannick Bahati overruled JP Kruger for the vacant middleweight belt.
EFC 49 was held on Friday, May 13, where Bahati was crowned the champion and took home the coveted belt.
The hometown favourite responded well in front of a packed crowd but Bahati emerged victorious after defeating JP via a Kimura submission.
The second last fight saw EFC veteran Andrew van Zyl claim a TKO victory over Polish giant Tomasz Kowalkowski. The fight was brought to a halt by referee Ferdi Basson after van Zyl pounded Kowalkowski for the count.
‘Fight of the Night’ was awarded to the middleweight bout on the undercard between Mark Kamba and Mzwandile Hlongwa. Performance bonuses were awarded to Wesley Hawkey, JP Buys, Wessel Mostert and Mthobisi Buthelezi.
EFC 49 results are:
Yusuf Hassan defeated Bill Thusi via a Rear Naked-Choke, 1:53 in round two.
Alain Ilunga defeated Jef Madiba via TKO (verbal submission) in round one.
Mzwandile Hlongwa defeated Mark Kamba via TKO, 4:21 in round one.
Mthobisi Buthelezi defeated Sifiso Ngcobo via TKO (punches), 3:28 in round one.
Wessel Mostert defeated Wilhelm Strauss via KO (punch), 1:44 in round one.
Wesley Hawkey defeated Brendon Katz via KO (punches), 1:28 in round one.
JP Buys defeated Abdul Hassan via TKO (punches), 2:06 in round one.
Themba Gorimbo defeated Joe Cummins via unanimous decision.
Andrew van Zyl defeated Tomasz Kowalkowski via TKO (punches), 2:41 in round one.
Yannick Bahati defeated JP Kruger via Kimura submission, 3:52 in round one.
EFC 50 takes place on Friday, June 17, at Sun City in North West Province. Tickets are on sale soon at www.computicket.com
Credit:EFC results
