PFC 4 Results and Review

This was the first PFC Promotions FN I attended and I had the privilege of covering the event with live tweets for MMA Africa, as all the action happened. I have to admit that it was such an organized and well planned event!! As you know, or may not know, with every FN, promoters have to deal with fighters who pull out either within weeks leading up to FN, at the weigh in or worst case scenario, on the day! I’m ecstatic to say, knowing what happens behind the scenes that the entire promotion team handled any obstacles thrown their way, in the most graceful manner… Well done to the PFC team on a spectacular event!!

The night saw some exciting fights with 3 different modes: boxing, K1 and MMA. I found a lot of the fights to be rather entertaining, whether it was the striking, what was at stake, or the tremendous amounts of heart these athletes had. There were 2 specific fights that had made waves on Saturday night...

Bout 9- K1: Rafael Wozniak (Thaiholics) vs Jasper Basson (Tricore) was definitely FOTN for me. Both fighters came out strong and hard but with total control. This bout saw Rafael chasing Jasper around the ring with combo’s until he landed a body hook, sending Jasper to the canvas with an 8 count but he recovered and got back in. Rafael dropped some solid leg kicks and landed another body hook, dropping Jasper again. The best part of this bout, was that every time Jasper dropped to the canvas, he refused to stay down. This kind of heart deserves recognition. In R4, Rafael goes hard with a flurry of punches, dropping Jasper to the canvas with another 8 count. Jasper just about made it back up, but the ref called it.

 

Bout 11- Boxing: Dillon Yule (PFA) vs Tapiwe Hagler (Master Energies) was rather interesting for me. This was a solid fight, with both athletes showcasing exactly how hard they’d worked. What made this fight outstanding was that in R2, I literally saw what appeared to be Dillon’s right hand/ wrist being injured. He threw a right, his wrist bent over forward and his glove looked as if it had folded up in his fist. Immediately he hit the canvas, moaning about it, but within seconds he was back in and continued until the last bell only being able to throw punches with his left hand, with the odd punch being thrown with his right hand which was clearly injured. After what probably felt like the longest fight of his life, Dillon defeated Tapiwe, with only 1 hand for half the fight!!

The final results for each bout, as announced on FN are below:

Bout 1- Boxing: Jean Claude Dixon (Pro Fitness) took the win over Daniel Pontack (Extreme)

Bout 2- Boxing: Ivan Milankovics (Extreme) took the win over Liam Varley (Pro Fitness)

Bout 3- JP de Villiers (Brice Gym) took the win over Shaylin Nagel (Extreme)

Bout 4- Kurt Stanley (Brice Gym) took the win over Tom Varley (Pro Fitness) via KO in round 1

Bout 5- Boxing: Lunga Sitemba (Brice Gym) took the win over Emile Kalekoda (Pound for Pound)

Bout 6- K1: Emile Brits (Tricore) took the win over Junaid Abel

Bout 7- MMA: Gary Joshua (Top Gym) took the win over Shadley (Dean Scotts MMA) via Triangle in round 1

Bout 8- K1:Adrian Baird (Pro Fitness) took the win over Aaron Sher (Bulldogs)

Bout 9- K1: Rafael Wozniak (Thaiholics) took the win over Jasper Basson (Tricore) via KO in round 4

Bout 10- Boxing: Dom Beakaert (PFA) took the win over Andrea Hill (Independent)

Bout 11- Boxing: Dillon Yule (PFA) took the win over Tapiwe Hagler (Master Energies)

Bout 12- K1: Adrian van Wyk (Tricore) took the win over Didier Muamba (Pro Fitness) via Ref Stoppage in round 4

Bout 13- K1: Carlo Schippers (Tricore) takes the win over Michael Johnson (Impakt) for the PFC Welterweight Champion Title

Bout 14- K1: Endi Pegado (Tricore) takes the win over Shane Braaf (Independent) for the PFC Lightweight Champion Title

Pictures courtesy of RazzWorks Digital Photography