Leon Mynhardt vs Don Madge EFC 13 fight video

Ahead of EFC Africa 15 on Friday, the Extreme Fighting Championship has released a free fight video for the MMA fans.

Leon Mynhardt vs Don Madge at EFC 13 was a bloody war, surrounded by controversy. The two lightweight stand-up specialists traded blows for the better part of three rounds. The fight was my EFC 13 fight of the night as well as the official EFC Africa fight of the night. This fight is now available to watch online courtesy of the EFC and is a must watch for all South African MMA fans.

Leon Mynhardt is set to face Alex Cheboub at EFC Africa 15.

Leon Mynhardt vs Don Madge EFC 13 fight video

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Richie Quan interview on The Octagon

Richie Quan is the head coach at successful South African MMA team Fightfit Militia. Quan has coached many of SA's best fighters, including:

• Demarte Pena (EFC featherweight champion)
• Costa Ioannou (EFC lightweight champion)
• Garreth McLellan (Former EFC Africa middleweight champion)
• Norman Wessels (Former EFC Africa heavyweight champion)

Richie Quan also holds a perfect 7-0 professional MMA record as a lightweight fighter.

Richard Quan interview topics

The interview with Richie Quan covers the following topics:

• How Richard Quan got involved in martial arts
• Fighting and training in the US
• How the name Fightfit Militia came about
• About Don Madge and his abilities
• The prospect of Richie Quan returning to competitive fighting in the future 
• Working with big name fighters like Renato Sobral, Pe de Pano and Cub Swanson
• Fighting and training in Thailand
• The state of MMA in South Africa upon his return to the country
• Level of MMA in South Africa
• Training camps at Fightfit Militia
• Richard Quan vs Luiz Mendes at EFC Africa 2
• Norman Wessels vs Ruan Potts
• Norman Wessels vs Chett Meyer at light heavyweight
• Garreth McLellan vs Jeremy Smith at EFC Africa 12
• Potential fight between Jeremy Smith and Jadyson Costa at welterweight
• Woman's MMA in South Africa
• Richard Quan's opinion on performance enhancing drugs in MMA
• Fighting against Leo Gloss in the future

Richard Quan interview

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Norman Wessels interview on The Octagon

Two months ago light heavyweight title contender Norman "Chef" Wessels (5-2) was interviewed by Bad Billy from The Octagon on my Telespace. Chef, a former EFC Africa heavyweight champion will face JP Joubert at EFC 15 on Friday, he is currently ranked #1 in my light heavyweight rankings.

Norman Wessels interview topics

The interview with Norman Wessels covers the following topics:

• Early martial arts inspiration
• The start of Fightfit Militia
• Coaching at Fightfit Militia
• Nutrition in MMA from the Chef
• Fighting at heavyweight in the future
• Norman Wessels vs Bertus Coetzee at EFC Africa 1
• Fighting Danie van Heerden at EFC Africa 2
• On Bernardo Mikixi and his strength
• Fighting Ruan Potts for the heavyweight title
• Training at Tristar in Canada with Georges St-Pierre
• Dropping to light heavyweight 
• Fighting Dain Neveling at EFC 13
• Fighting against MMA teammates, in particular Chett Meyer
• The possibility of fighting against Trevor Prangley
• Norman Wessels vs Tito Ortiz
• Fighting in other promotions overseas

Norman Wessels interview

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JP Joubert vs Norman Wessels EFC 15 light heavyweight title preview video

With mere days to go until the EFC's first light heavyweight title fight, the Extreme Fighting Championship has released its final preview video for the bout. Unsurprisingly, both Norman "Chef" Wessels and JP "The Bull" Joubert are extremely confident that they will take the belt home at EFC 15.

JP Joubert vs Norman Wessels EFC 15 light heavyweight title preview

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UFC 150: Henderson vs Edgar Preview video

UFC 150 will host the lightweight title rematch between champion Benson Henderson and Frankie Edgar. This is Edgar's third title rematch in two years and he will be hoping that history will repeat itself and allow him to reclaim his spot atop the lightweight division. The UFC released a preview video today to promote the upcoming fight.

Benson Henderson vs Frankie Edgar UFC 150 Preview video

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EFC 15 Betting Odds

Keith Ho BetXchange, the official betting partners of the Extreme Fighting Championship have released their betting odds for EFC 15. Having already taken time out to make my EFC 15 fight predictions, it was interesting to see how the bookies saw the fights. Odds aside, the bookies have been quite successful in predicting the winners in 2012. The BetXchange favourite has won 20 of the 35 fights they have opened.

EFC 15 betting odds

Mahmoud Salama	15/10	5/10	Lance Ceronio
Hector Britts	4/10	16/10	JC Lamprecht
Alain Ilunga	5/2	1/4	Boyd Allen
Francois Kabulu	16/10	4/10	David Buirski
Tumelo Maphutha	11/10	7/10	Liam Cleland
Donavin Hawkey	16/10	4/10	Chett Meyer
Mohamed Karim	4/1	1/6	Andrew van Zyl
Martin van Staden	8/10	1/1	Dino Bagattin
Alex Cheboub	12/10	6/10	Leon Mynhardt
Darren Daniel	1/3	2/1	Tyron Rightford
Jason Culverwell	9/10	9/10	Raymond Ahana
Armand de Bruyn	6/1	1/10	Garreth McLellan
JP Joubert	16/10	4/10	Norman Wessels

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EFC Africa 15 - prelim bouts promo video

The Extreme Fighting Championship have released a promotional video for their preliminary EFC 15 bouts. The video shows a quick snippet of interviews with some of the MMA fighters in action on Friday night. There has been no shortage of smack talk leading up to this event, fortunately the time for talking is almost over.

Fighters in this video

JC Lamprecht

Hector Britts

Liam Cleland

Tumelo Maphutha

Chett Meyer

Donavin Hawkey

Dino Bagattin

Martin van Staden

Leon Mynhardt

Alex Cheboub

Tyron Rightford

Darren Daniel

EFC Africa 15 prelim bouts promo video

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Stephen Castle no longer the EFC enforcer

Just days before EFC Africa 15, Stephen Castle announced today that after 14 events, he will no longer be the EFC enforcer. Castle took to Twitter and Facebook this afternoon to publicly state that the Extreme Fighting championship had terminated his employment with immediate effect. Many MMA fans were shocked and disappointed by the news. No official statement has been released by the EFC as of yet.

Stephen Castle's tweet

Stephen Castle ‏@StephenCastle1

As of right now, I no longer will be working with EFC. It was fun while it lasted. Good luck to all my cageside boys. 

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