With the boom of MMA in South Africa, many of the sports top professionals are achieving celebrity status. Although being famous can be irksome at times, it does have its benefits, and is a great platform for initiating change in South Africa and the world.
Local fight team
FightFit Militia is home to some of these celebrated athletes, including EFC Africa champions
Demarte Pena and
Costa Ioannou, as well as former EFC Africa champions
Garreth McLellan and Norman Wessels. The MMA team recently joined forces with the largest animal rights organisation in the world PETA
(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to show their support against animal cruelty. The campaign features fighters Garreth McLellan and Norman Wessels, and FFM head coach Richard Quan.
Norman Wessels for PETA - I choose to be in the ring
Richard Quan for PETA - Ink not mink
Garreth McLellan for PETA - Knock out cruelty
About PETA
PETA Asia-Pacific and its affiliates are dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals. PETA Asia-Pacific operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: in factory farms, laboratories, the clothing trade, and the entertainment industry.
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