The home of African MMA got its first taste of EFC on Friday as
hundreds of fans raised the roof when 22 of the continent’s greatest
athletes converged on the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC)
for the official weigh-in of EFC 33.
The event is headlined by the massively anticipated middleweight title
fight between Durban’s born and bred champion, Garreth ‘Soldierboy’
McLellan, and the undefeated 20-year-old sensation Dricus du Plessis,
haliing from Pretoria.
Bout 9 : Middleweight bout
Armand de Bruyn 83.55kg
Michiel Opperman 83.60kg Win - Submission Rd 2
Bout 10 : Light heavyweight bout
Bernardo Mikixi 91.25kg
Donavin Hawkey 92.75 Win - TKO Rd 1
Bout 11 : Welterweight bout
Jeremy Smith 76.50kg
Martin van Staden 76.60kg Win - TKO Rd 1
Bout 12 : Middleweight title bout
Dricus du Plessis 83.70kg
Garreth McLellan 83.65 Win - Submission Rd 3
Saturday Night was kicked off with the Prelim Bouts, this was the perfect setting to get the Durban crowd pumped for what was still to come.
The ICC hosted this event for the first time in Durban, South Africa and proved to be an amazing event.
EFC 33 weigh-in results were as follows:
Bout 1 : Featherweight bout
Bill Thusi 63.90kg
Sizwe Mnikathi 66.00kg Win - Submission Rd 1
Bout 2 : Lightweight bout
Luke Michael 69.70kg Win - Submission Rd 1
Texier Kabesa 70.00kg
Bout 3 : Bantamweight bout
Baldwin Mdlalose 60.90kg
Craig Ninow 60.50kg Win - Split Decision Rd 3
Bout 4 : Lightweight bout
David van Schalkwyk 70.00kg
Saxon Delafield 70.00kg Win - Submission Rd 1
Bout 5 : Bantamweight bout - Cancelled
Abdul Hassan
Gareth Buirski
Bout 6 : Middleweight bout
Gareth Sawyer 83.75 Win - TKO Rd 1
Jason Culverwell 83.95kg
Bout 7 : Featherweight bout
Mathew Buirski 65.90kg
Tyson Chelin 65.50kg Win - Split Decision Rd 3
Bout 8 : Featherweight bout
Brendon Katz 65.75kg
Wesley Hawkey 66.00kg Win - Submission Rd 1
