Costa Ioannou has a long history in martial arts, having started at a young age with more traditional martial arts like Karate and Wushu Kung Fu. This lead him to boxing and ultimately to MMA.
At 25, Ioannou made his professional MMA debut in the EFC hexagon against Brendon Katz, a fight which earned him fight of the night honours and was later dubbed “The best fight on African soil”. This set the stage for his rise to fame, as he outclassed everyone the EFC put in front of him en route becoming the EFC Africa Lightweight champion, a title he won from Wentzel Nel in convincing fashion. Costa has since defended his title successfully against Alex Cheboub.
Costa Ioannou is an exceptionally gifted athlete, being freakishly quick and strong in his weight class. He is also extremely aggressive and backs this up with a very well rounded MMA game which is underlined by one of the best MMA ground games in the country.
Costa Ioannou stats
Age: 26
Height: 5’8” (172cm)
Weight: 70 Kg
Weight division: Lightweight
Stance: Othadox
Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa
Fight team: Fight Fit Militia & Crazy Monkey Defence
Twitter profile: @costamma
Costa Ioannou fight stats
EFC Stats – 4 wins ,0 losses
All time stats – 4 wins, 0 losses
Costa Ioannou EFC fights
Opponent
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Result
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Method
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Event
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Brendon Katz
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Win
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Decision (Unanimous)
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EFC Africa 3
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William Bentley
|
Win
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Submission (Rear-Naked
Choke)
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EFC Africa 5
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Wentzel Nel
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Win
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Submission (Triangle
Choke)
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EFC Africa 8
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Alex Cheboub
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Win
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Submission (Rear-Naked
Choke)
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EFC Africa 11
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Costa Ioannou
Fighting Achievements
2011 – EFC Africa Lightweight
Champion
Gi & No-Gi submission champion
Costa Ioannou
MMA South Africa Awards
Costa Ioannou
ranks achieved
Costa Ioannou holds a brown belt in Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu
Costa Ioannou
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