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Top Bouts Confirmed for EFC Africa 18 on March 1, 2013


Another six top match-ups have been confirmed for EFC AFRICA 18, presented by MusclePharm, on 1 March at Carnival City, leading up to the highly anticipated re-match for the heavyweight title between undefeated champion Ruan 'Fangzz' Potts and iron-jawed Andrew 'One Gear' van Zyl.

Former welterweight champion Dallas Jakobi (6-4) is making the cut down to lightweight where he will take on former title contender Alex 'The Professor' Cheboub (9-7).

Highly rated kickboxing fundi Jason 'JMC' Culverwell (2-0) faces off with South African born and U.K. champion Fraser Opie. Opie left for the U.K. in 2003 where he has racked up an impressive MMA résumé (10-5), and now returns to African shores to fight for EFC AFRICA gold.

Tyron 'The Rush' Rightford (3-1) drops to welterweight where he will face David Buirski (3-1) in a talented clash of skills.

A knockout is looming as two top strikers clash when heavyweights Ricky 'Apocalypse' Misholas (2-1) and Sors 'Guru' Grobbelaar (0-1) go to war.

Ian Visser (0-1) cuts to light heavyweight where he takes on EFC AFRICA newcomer Chris 'Danger' Du Pont (2-0).

Top featherweights Abdul 'Hollywood' Hassan (5-3) and Gareth BuirskI (3-1) will face-off in a highly anticipated clash.

EFC AFRICA 18, presented by MusclePharm, takes place at the Carnival City Big Top Arena on 1 March 2013. Tickets on sale at Computicket http://www.computicket.com and tickets for the live broadcast to Nu Metro Cinemas available at http://www.numetro.com.

Broadcast information and full fight card available at efcafrica.com

Buirskis, Hassan, Rightford Tapped for EFC Africa 18 Card


EFC AFRICA 18 full fight card is nearly finalized, and fans can expect the last two bouts to be announced within the next week.

The main card bouts, which are broadcast live on TV across the globe, have seen an update with two explosive additions. Abdul Hassan vs. Gareth Buirski and Tyron Rightford vs. David Buirski have entered the live TV broadcast, joining the anticipated rematch of Ruan Potts vs. Andrew van Zyl.

"The two brothers have made huge names for themselves on the continent and Rightford and Hassan are top draw-cards, and besides the explosive action that we expect from these fights, all of these athletes really deserve to be on this exciting main card," said EFC AFRICA President Cairo Howarth.