A typical MMA athlete relies heavily on his shoulder joints to drive power either while punching, or acting defensively. It is also a joint that is used for pushing, pulling, and for weight bearing on the ground. The joint must, therefore, be strong, stable and pain free. In order for the joint to function at [...]

‘King’ Leo visits Combat Coaching    Quintin van Jaarsveld – The Witness   EXTREME Fighting Championship (EFC) Africa star “King” Leo Gloss conducted two boxing workshops at the Amanzimtoti-based CombatCoaching.com gym recently. Gloss, a 12-time South African boxing champion, is one of the premier strikers in all of EFC – Africa’s biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) [...]

Its a crazy give away, you want to win. All you need to do is predict the winners at EFC 12 and how and you could win R1000 worth of Venum gear. Please send your prediction to sales@venumfightclub.co.za Special thanks goes to Venum Fight Club and World of Warriors. Dont miis out!

EFC AFRICA   Middleweight Championship GARRETH MCLELLAN vs.   JEREMY SMITH Plus WESLEY HAWKEY vs. DENZIL WAIT DINO BAGATTIN vs. MICHIEL OPPERMAN SEAN ROBINSON vs. TUMELO MAPHUTHA DONAVIN HAWKEY vs. DANIE VAN HEERDEN PETE MOTAUNG vs. JP KRUGER PAUL KIETZMANN vs. RICKY MISHOLAS DONALD NZIRAWA vs. BOYD ALLEN RYAN VAN NIEKERK vs. STEVEN MOMAH WADE [...]

                                                                SHIDO hosted its first MMA Stand Up seminar for 2012 on the 4th   Feb,The Seminar covered; Distance Management Power Striking Counter Striking Takedown Defence Changing levels with combinations Advanced Striking Techniques How to get your opponent in defence The seminar was hosted by one of SHIDO’s instructors, Morné Lotter and feedback from attendees received [...]

With Lenin Rajgopaul   Leg locks are amongst the most underutilised attacks in grappling and mma. Join us at World Of Warriors for an awesome and informative seminar with leg lock wiz, Lenin Rajgopaul. Lenin is a multiple time jits medallist( including  an Africa Cup gold medallist). He has been a student of the jits [...]

Smack Talk took a drive through to the east rand to have a look at the much talked about, new and exciting mma gymWorld of Warriors. Here’s the Scoop World Of Warriors (WOW) was originally a Muay Thai gym founded by Shaun Simpson. Shaun has been studying and teaching Kickboxing and Muay Thai for almost [...]

Created in 2006, Venum Fightwear has become the leader in innovative and creative designs for Mixed Martial Arts shorts and apparel. Securing such top level sponsored UFC fighters such as Champion Frankie Edgar, Lyoto Machida and Wanderlei Silva to name a few, Venum has become the standard. Venum Gloves have been constructed from the highest [...]

  We recently caught up with Puveshni Crozier, physiotherapist, MMA enthusiast and fixer upper at FFM. This was a quick hey how you doing, what you doing and the start of some educational articles and helpful info to the fighters and industry as a whole. Puveshni will be forwarding us content in the future and [...]

Remembering A Titan : Dean Strydom By Lenin Rajgopaul It’s been a few weeks since my friend and team mate Dean Strydom has passed on and sombre laden moments are still not uncommon. The greater portion of new age South African MMA aficionados have probably not heard of Dean as he has not competed in [...]

Saturday 3rd December, Graceland Casino Secunda was the place to be. Rise of the Warrior X was the main attraction and it rocked Graceland. We were treated to a packed fight card which for the first time included 3 pro fights. It was all action from the first bell with Team Mayhem’s Jean Barnard getting [...]

SHIDO fighting systems has done it again with their eleventh Rise of the Warrior tournament on the 3rof December at Graceland Casino in Secunda.  This event is the first of their Peermont Casino Challenge which will travel through the country to Richards Bay and Klerksdorp early in 2012.   This event is scheduled to be [...]

  Smack Talk Managed to track Martin down in Canada, where he is keeping company with some of the worlds biggest MMA stars. We hit him with a few of your questions.   What made you move to JHB and do you still support the SHARKS?   the reason i moved to Fight Fit Militia [...]

  Smack Talk travelled to the spruit over the weekend to watch NFN4.  After our last trip we were all very eager to return to witness another crazy night of fights.  Trust me we weren’t disappointed!   The event, organised by Bertus Coetzee and Craig Macfadyen, is an exciting well organized evening and gives the [...]

  At just 21 years of age, he is EFC Africa’s Featherweight Champion. Demarte “The Wolf” Pena is EFC Africa’s first black champion.” . Demarte says” Winning the title at EFC ‘10 has launched my career to another level. It’s an achievement that’s been a long time in the making, and I’m really glad that [...]

  We were back at the Dome waiting for a much anticipated final fight card for 2011, an early start and a late start in the same night, some fancy footwork from the production team and a whole lot of varied opinions  on predictions for the night. So let’s get into it. Tez Makeubo vs [...]

Smack Talk attended EFC 11 weigh ins at the dome on wednesday 09 November. Here are your weigh in results:   Tshikangu Makuebo (Tez) 82 kg vs Armand de Bruyn 83 kg Wesley Hawkey 66 kg vs Victor Anyaogu 65 kg Don Madge 70 kg vs Wade Groth 70 kg Amr Wahman 77 kg vs [...]

It’s been a crazy few weeks at the office, we’re heading into MMA mayhem !!!   EFC weigh-ins tomorrow, please show all these fighters and the EFC Africa promotion your support and make a plan to be there. Thursday night is fight night for what is pencilled to be their most explosive card to date [...]

EFC Africa 11 marks the final card of a great year for organisation, from the numerous epic title fights to the e.tv deal; it’s been a land mark year for EFC and MMA in general. On face value EFC11 seems a fitting way to end what’s been a fantastic year, so let’s break down the [...]

I’ve always heard that Voodoo Lounge was a jol and Saturday night was no different…  Except this time it was outside in a marquee, with tier raised seating, some testosterone, a great crowd and a dash of MMA !!!   Battle of the Titles was the wrap up for Godfather Productions events for 2011 and [...]