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 [...]

                                                                                                                                                                                                              EFC AFRICA Heavyweight Championship RUAN POTTS vs. ANDREW VAN ZYL EFC AFRICA Lightweight Championship COSTA IOANNOU vs. ALEX CHEBOUB Plus NOLAN SWANEPOEL vs. MARTIN VAN STADEN JACQUES JOUBERT vs. TYRON RIGHTFORD CHETT MEYER vs. TUMELO MAPHUTHA YEHIA AKRAM DEGHIDY vs. DONAVIN HAWKEY JADYSON COSTA vs. JAMES RENNIE WENTZEL NEL [...]

Saturday 29th of October 2011 marks an historic occasion in South African Mixed Martial Arts. With the current trend in SA MMA in the pro’s being a one show place the only local circuit for fighters to show their stuff is the amateur one, and that’s way this Saturday night is so important, it’s not [...]

Johan van Staden has made the big move to JHB, Smack Talk caught up to him to get to know the rising star a bit better.   How old are you and where are you from? I am 26years old, from Durban; now up in JHB living in Fourways. What weight do you fight at? [...]

  The local Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) scene rages on with unconditional promise as scores of stars continue to emerge, especially in recent years.  However there is a Durban based fighter that most casual South African MMA followers have not heard of, yet the mentioned individual is a phenomenal MMA and Brazilian Jiujitsu (BJJ) vet [...]

  How old are you and where are you from? I’m 23 years old and I’m from Pretoria What weight do you fight at? I currently fight at light weight. I walk around at 74kg’s but cut easily to make the cut off at LW.im planning on making the drop to feather weight in the [...]

  World number 6 and South African K-1 champion Nkosinathi “Tiger” Ximba roared back from the disappointment of his world title fight postponement to put his physical preparation to good use in a hastily arranged match up with Pretoria North based Kyokushin and Tae Kwon Do star Jan Moatse at the AltXsports festival.  The K-1 [...]

EFC AFRICA Heavyweight Championship RUAN POTTS vs. ANDREW VAN ZYL EFC AFRICA Lightweight Championship COSTA IOANNOU vs. ALEX CHEBOUB Plus JACQUES JOUBERT vs. TYRON RIGHTFORD And many more Johannesburg (South Africa) – For the last fight night of 2011, EFC AFRICA 11 promises fans the perfect end of year present: the best MMA action! EFC [...]

The most prestigious event in grappling, the ADCC Submission Fighting World Championships, will be taking place this weekend in Nottingham, England. Out of the 96 competitors there is only one grappler from Africa and that is South Africa’s very own Penny Thomas. This will be Penny’s third appearance at the tournament and she has had [...]