EFC AFRICA HITS 20

EFC AFRICA HITS 20

African MMA’s biggest milestone

EFC AFRICA Lightweight ChampionshipCOSTA IOANNOU VS. DON  MADGE
EFC AFRICA Interim Light Heavyweight ChampionshipDANIE VAN HEERDEN vs. GIDEON DROTSCHIE

PLUS
GARRETH MCLELLAN vs. LIAM CLELAND

RUAN POTTS vs. RICKY MISHOLAS
ALAIN ILUNGA vs. MARKUS TALJAARDAND

FREDERICH NAUMANN vs. JOHAN VAN STADEN
JUAN LUBBE vs. NEIL DIESEL

ALEX CHEBOUB vs. KHALIL AKLEKKER

DONAVIN HAWKEY vs. RAYMOND AHANA

CHARLIE WEYER vs. CRAIG NINOW
CHRIS DU PONT vs. CHARL HURTER

KANYEBA ANICET vs. BAREND NIENABER

MATTHEW BUIRSKI vs. MARINO CUTENDANA

Johannesburg (South Africa) – On 27June Africa's leading MMA organisation, EFC AFRICA, will set Carnival City alight with an explosive fight card featuring the biggest stars on the continent. To celebrate this milestone 20th event, EFC AFRICA has put together one of the most exciting lineups in history.

Fighting sensation and undefeated champion Costa Ioannou headlines the event and takes on his biggest threat to date; fearsome striker Don 'Magic Man' Madge for the lightweight championship. Madge, a Muay Thai superstar billed as “the future of the division” vows to take the fight to Ioannou and claim the title. With the passionate support of 'Costa's army' behind him, the champ intends to put the challenger away and continue his unmatched, unblemished winning streak. Social media has been set alight with pundit and fan opinion split as to who will be the victor. Will Madge be able to defend the takedowns, will Costa be able to withstand Don’s vicious striking?

Light heavyweights Danie van Heerden and Gideon Drotschie will do battle for the interim light heavyweight title, former champion Garreth ‘Soldierboy’ McLellan will face Liam Cleland for the number one middleweight contender spot and former champion Ruan ‘Fangzz’ Potts begins his new campaign for the heavyweight title against powerhouse Congolese striker Ricky ‘Apocalypse’ Misholas.

On the prelim card massive matchups between some of African MMA’s biggest stars will take place. The legendary Neil Diesel will do battle with Juan Lubbe, Donavin Hawkey faces Nigerian strike master Raymond Ahana and Frederich Naumann encounters the dangerous Johan van Staden.

Fans not at Carnival City, Johannesburg, will be treated to the main card bouts beamed live across South Africa in selected Nu Metro cinemas. Full television broadcast details available soon.

“EFC AFRICA 20 is huge for us,” says Howarth. “We’re focused on making it just as massive for the fans, we’re going to make history.”

EFC AFRICA 20, presented by MusclePharm, takes place at the Carnival City Big Top Arena on 27 June 2013. Tickets on sale now at www.computicket.com. Tickets for the live broadcast to Nu Metro Cinemas available now atwww.numetro.com.

Broadcast information and full fight card available at efcafrica.com

About EFC AFRICA™ – The Extreme Fighting Championship™

Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, EFC AFRICA™ now produces 10 live Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events annually, all hosted on the African continent. With over 100 athletes exclusively signed to the promotion from across the continent (from Angola, DRC, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa and more), EFC AFRICA is the biggest MMA promotion and showcases the toughest athletes on the continent.

EFC AFRICA™ events are broadcast to over 110 countries across the globe on 9 television networks in multiple languages. The live broadcast is available to over 100 million homes, on e.tv, Africa’s largest English speaking TV channel, on Setanta Sports across Africa as well as in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean on FIGHT NOW! TV, America's only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel. Live broadcasts of every event are available across Romania on free to air broadcaster Transilvania L!VE. Delayed live events are broadcast throughout Malaysia on MAX MAN TV.

The best bouts from every EFC AFRICA™ event fill up action-packed television episodes broadcast to 50 million homes in the USA on the CSI SPORTS network, throughout Europe and the Middle East on EXTREME SPORTS CHANNEL and across Canada on FIGHT NETWORK as well as in Africa on FOX FX.

The live internet broadcast on EFCAFRICA.com is watched by viewers around the world, and the events are also broadcast live to all NU METRO cinemas across South Africa giving thousands of additional MMA fans a larger than life event experience.

EFC AFRICA™ also boasts a powerful international presence with bouts and promo videos from the latest events being covered heavily by local and international MMA and mainstream sports, entertainment and news media. EFCAFRICA.com, the official website, receives unprecedented unique visitor numbers for an African sports organisation and EFC AFRICA also has a massive and rapidly growing Twitter and Facebook following, proving once again that EFC AFRICA™ is the fastest growing sports brand in Africa.