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Following the successful title defense by the world’s welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently in Jacksonville, USA, there are growing calls for an inaugural UFC fight to be held on the African continent, This Day reports.
The calls come in a dint to honour African fighters, who hold prominence in the UFC. Currently, there are three African world champions, including Francis Ngannou (a heavyweight) from Cameroon and Israel Adesanya (at middleweight) from Nigeria.
All three fighters have publicly called for an inaugural UFC fight to be held on the African continent.
In acknowledgement, Dana White, the CEO of UFC, recently confirmed in a podcast his desire to bring a UFC fight to Africa both in recognition of the current trio of African UFC champions and because it fulfils his own long held personal ambition to emulate the Ali v Foreman ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ world boxing championship fight held in t
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Apr 24, 2021; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Kamaru Usman (Red Gloves) fights Jorge Masvidal (Blue Gloves) during UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Following the successful title defense by the world’s welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently in Jacksonville, USA, there are growing calls for an inaugural UFC fight to be held on the African continent.
The calls come in a dint to honour African fighters, who hold prominence in the UFC. Currently, there are three African world champions, including Francis Ngannou (a heavyweight) from Cameroon and Israel Adesanya (at middleweight) from Nigeria.
“Our African pay per view model for a UFC fight on African soil means a huge number of Africa’s more than 250 million smart phone users can watch the fight and the extra revenue more than makes up for any shortfall in venue ticket sales. This is a ‘win – win’ situation for the UFC promotion, ordinary fight fans seeking affordable viewing prices and our African UFC champions wanting to showcase their talents to mass audiences of all classes in Africa,” he said.
Dana White, the CEO of UFC, recently confirmed in a podcast his desire to bring a UFC fight to Africa both in recognition of the current trio of African UFC champions and because it fulfils his own long held personal ambition to emulate the Ali v Foreman ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ world boxing championship fight held in the DRC in 1974.
Following the successful welterweight title defence by champion, Kamaru Usman in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 261 against Jorge Masvidal recently in USA, there are growing calls for an inaugural UFC fight to be held on the African continent.
Usman knocked Masvidal out cold in Round 2 of their UFC 261 main event rematch inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.
The calls for the fight to be staged on African soil come in a dint to honor African fighters, who hold prominence in the UFC.
Currently, there are three African world champions, including Francis Ngannou (a heavyweight) from Cameroon and Israel Adesanya (at middleweight) from Nigeria.