EFC 96: Biko vs. Alves is an upcoming mixed martial arts event scheduled for August 11, 2022 at the EFC Performance Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Fight Card
Main Card
Luthando Biko vs. Magno Alves 125 lbs Flyweight Championship
Gian Souza vs. Nicholas Hwende 135 lbs Interim Bantamweight Championship
Jessica Mouneimne vs. Haidy Ahmed 125 lbs
Tommy Strydom vs. Matunga Djikasa 265 lbs
Guide Moyo vs. Bradley Swanepoel 145 lbs
Preliminary Card
Stephan De la Rey vs. Demba Seck 145 lbs
Fafa Dwama vs. Dansheel Moodley 125 lbs
Tshepo Majuba vs. Dylan Swanepoel 155 lbs
Glody Kanzeko vs. Tapiwa Katikati 155 lbs
Musa Sethwape vs. Nathanial Komana 135 lbs
Teboho Ntene vs. Mpumelelo Mngoma 125 lbs
Background
EFC 96 is set to be an electrifying event with so much in store for fight fans as the EFC moves back to Thursdays with 11 bouts set to take place.
This card will feature several athletes making their promotional debuts giving a lot of the divisional ladders fresh blood and hungry talent to shake things up. The event will also feature fighters representing a wide variety of nations, making this a truly intercontinental affair.
On Monday, August 8th, there was a special pre-event press conference which featured the fighters of the main card as they got to speak to and face-off with their opponent for the very first time. See MMATube.
With EFC Bantamweight Champion, Cameron Saaiman, out of the championship picture temporarily due to his excursion to the UFC, this leaves room for an interim champion. The stakes are now raised for the co-main event bout between Brazil’s Gian ‘Patolino’ Souza and Zimbabwe’s Nicholas Hwende which is now set to be for the Interim Bantamweight title.
The main event will witness Luthando ‘Shorty’ Biko’s first defence of his EFC Flyweight belt. Standing across from him will be Magno ‘Popeye’ Alves, who having just won a performance bonus for an electrifying KO in his last outing, looks to continue building upon the momentum and go straight for 125lb gold.
