EFC 97: Walker vs. Sahraoui is an upcoming mixed martial arts event scheduled for September 8, 2022 at the EFC Performance Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Fight Card
Main Card
Boualem Sahraoui vs. Gift Walker 125 lbs
Alice Ngom vs. Dayne Van Wyk 135 lbs
Bheki Ngcobo vs. Eduardo Barros 135 lbs
Peace Nguphane vs. Johan van Staden 170 lbs
Emmanuel Sita vs. Prince Lolia 145 lbs
Preliminary Card
Terence Balelo vs. God knows Ndlovu 125 lbs
Christian Mulamba vs. Kgaugelo Moishela 125 lbs
Orlando Machava vs. Martin Gcinumkhondo 135 lbs
Kaleka Mpemba Kabanda vs. Guelor Sondi 155 lbs
Guide Moyo vs. Tumisang Madiba 145 lbs
Pietie Coxen vs. Tom Theocharis 185 lbs
Background
Featuring 11 bouts from athletes representing 8 nations from across the world, September the 8th will play host to the best non-stop combat sports action on the African continent!
Headlined by South Africa’s flyweight prodigy Gift ‘The Day’ Walker who welcomes French knockout-artist Boulem Sahraoui to the Hexagon, the main card features 4 other bouts replete with contenders and fan-favourites.
Walkers’ welterweight teammate, Peace ‘X’ Nguphane will face Johan ‘The Natural’ Van Staden who holds the record for the most consecutive fights in EFC history. Desperate to regain the number one contender slot he lost to HP Van Staden at EFC 95, Nguphane will be wary of the Durbanites overwhelming experience after his past bloody battles with names like Opperman, Mynhardt, Jakobi and Kabesa.
The undefeated bantamweight Dayne Van Wyk welcomes our new Cameroonian signing, Alice Ngom from Yaoundé. Fresh off a superb decision victory, Bheki Ngcobo faces Angolan Eduardo Barros who’s desperate to return to the win column and in the main card curtain-riser, Cape Town’s Emmanuel Sita takes on Tshwane’s undefeated Prince Lolia whilst in the featured prelim bout, stalwart Pietie Coxen aims to pull the welcome mat from under Canadian Tom Theocharis’s feet as the ACE champion arrives in South Africa hunting for middleweight prey.
With six other undercard bouts, EFC 97 is guaranteed to become one of the most explosive sporting events on the continent this year!
