Official EFC 101 Results
The African MMA season officially began in dramatic fashion, with 11 absolute wars of which only one went the distance, as the first fight card of the year delivered on its promise of an evening of unadulterated firepower, culminating in two incredible title fights which both concluded in the very first round.
In the main event, the women’s strawweight belt is heading back to Birmingham UK, as Alice Ardelean overpowered Cape Town’s Jessica Mouneimne with crisp and effective boxing and devastating elbows in the ground and pound, which opened up a deep cut on the forehead of Mouneimne forcing the doctor’s stoppage between the first and second rounds.
The other title fight ended in an unfortunate injury to the challenger Roevan de Beer, who dislocated his shoulder during a scramble on the canvas with the undefeated bantamweight champion Nicholas Hwende, who thereafter continued his call for an entry into the UFC. A request on his sensational repeated showings in the Hexagon is certainly hard to ignore.
The remainder of the main card proceeded at fleeting pace as the only judge’s decision of the evening went to Vince Bembe who outpointed a determined yet ultimately disappointed veteran Sizwe Mnikathi, after Johannes Rudolph came back from adversity to slap on an armbar on his opponent Martin Gcinumkhondo. The main card curtain-raiser provided another platform of dominance for middleweight Shadrack Nsua who forced a verbal submission from Mark Kamba due to incredible ground and pound strikes. The undercard action was also jaw-dropping with a superb mixture of finishes on an easy night for the cageside judges.
Below are the full results and performance bonuses.
OFFICIAL EFC 101 RESULTS:
WOMENS STRAWWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Alice Ardelean def Jessica Mouneimne via Doctors Stoppage – Round 2 (0.00)
BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Nicholas Hwende def Roevan de Beer via Submission (Verbal – due to shoulder dislocation) – Round 1 (2.30)
FEATHERWEIGHT FIGHT
Vince Bembe def Sizwe Mnikathi via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
FLYWEIGHT FIGHT
Johannes Rudolph def Martin Gcinumkhondo via Submission (Armbar) – Round 1 (1.24)
MIDDLEWEIGHT FIGHT
Shadrack Nsua def Mark Kamba via Submission (Verbal)
LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT
Kevin Pretorius def Elvis Ngwalangwala via TKO – Round 2 (1.52)
CATCHWEIGHT FIGHT
Nathaniel Komana def Takunda Gorimbo via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – Round 1 (4.53)
BANTAMWEIGHT FIGHT
Jesse Schaper def MD Kalala via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – Round 2 (3.28)
LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT
Elbert Steyn def Angelo Foloti via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – Round 1 (3.00)
FEATHERWEIGHT FIGHT
Bheki Ngcobo def Vincent Nakana via Submission (Ankle Lock) – Round 1 (1.51)
FLYWEIGHT FIGHT
Mickey Cloete def Tyral Louw via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – Round 1 (3.24)
PERFORMANCE BONUSES:
Elvis Ngwalangwala vs Kevin Pretorius
Alice Ardelean vs Jessica Mouneimne
Fight of the Night: Sizwe Mnikathi vs Vince Bembe
EFC 102 is presented by World Sports Betting and takes place on Thursday, 13th April 2023, live from the EFC Performance Institute in JHB, South Africa.