EFC 80 takes centre stage at the Big Top Arena

There are only a few days to go until a major EFC showcase, where the fighters will take their chances and Garreth McLellan and Brendan Lesar will go toe-to-toe.

EFC 80 will be taking centre stage at the home of African MMA, the Big Top Arena, Carnival City, on June 29, featuring 12 action-packed fights.

McLellan versus Lesar will be the main fight of the evening.

A former champion and former UFC middleweight, Garreth ‘Soldierboy’ McLellan makes his return to the EFC hexagon for the first time in almost five years to face #TF2 rival coach and #TF1 winner Brendan Lesar for the interim EFC middleweight title.

“It is a great opportunity for me to be in front of the SA fans again. I am coming up against somebody who is just as hungry as I am, who just wants to be as successful as I am in what I do, and is gonna fight just as hard,” said McLellan at the press conference.

“I am in a good space and I just want to enjoy the moment and embrace the experience. I am on the main card and going up against an MMA icon in South Africa. I look forward to doing my best,” said Lesar.

The #TF2 finale takes place as the co-main event and sees a battle between the two finalists from the hit reality show that has been playing out on televisions around the world over the past nine weeks. With the semi-finals taking place this weekend, who will be crowned the #TF2 champion and earn the six-figure EFC contract and a guaranteed shot at Amanda Lino for the EFC women’s flyweight title? Will it be Sweden’s Cornelia Holm, France’s Manon Fiorot, the USA’s Kayla Hracho or the Netherlands’ Mellony Geugjes?

Also on the main card, the second leg of the EFC welterweight Grand Prix goes down. Bitter rivals Conrad Seabi and Luke Michael will finally collide after months of build-up and rescheduling due to injuries. The winner will be named the official number one EFC welterweight contender and face Themba Gorimbo in the Grand Prix finals for the vacant welterweight championship.

“He is underestimating me,” said Seabi. “You don’t deserve to be where you are, boy – they are pushing you. Mark my words, I will show you don’t deserve to be here!”

“I am focused on one fight at a time. I am going to finish this guy and then I’ll fight Themba for the belt,” said Michael when asked about the welterweight Grand Prix.

Rising contender Asiashu Tshitamba takes on 12-fight EFC veteran Martin de Beer as he looks for his fourth straight win, and the destructive Saxon Delafield clashes with home-town favourite Marcel Els in the main card’s opening bout.

Kicking off the highly anticipated fight night, seven more match-ups between some of the organisation’s biggest names and rising stars will take place.

Tickets available at https://efcww.com/2HtCmI0