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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.
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.
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In 2019, Edith Ferrell was the last Bayonne Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshall to march in the parade.
For the last 100 years the city of Bayonne has hosted its annual Memorial Day Parade. Now, the tradition is coming to end, according to the Bayonne Memorial Day Parade Committee.
The committee, made up of all the Veterans Posts, organized the event, while the city supplied financial assistance. COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 parades. But the state of the veteran population has led to its final cancellation.