Fightstar 11 delivered explosive bouts on Saturday, at St John’s Hellenic Hall, corner of Lobeilia and Wychwood roads.
Fight fans witnessed first-class mixed martial arts (MMA) action as the fighters showed off their skills and abilities.
Kick-starting the night was Dirk Swanepool against Sheldon Victor in the lightweight bout.
One could say it ended before it started, with Victor winning by submission with a guillotine choke in less than 30 seconds into the first round.
The second bout saw Simon Harle take on Ronnie Thompson in the light heavyweight division.
This fight was another short one, which saw Harle win by a submission with a north-south arm triangle choke, also in less than 30 seconds into the first round.
The next bout, middleweight division, was the first full fight of the night, with Rocky Muabu going against Danny Baptista in the hexagon.
Although both men were not afraid to engage, it seems Muabu’s decision to work on Baptista’s ribs worked in his favour, as he won by a unanimous decision.
The featherweight bout between Orlando Mashaba and Thumelo Ramafoko was won by Mashaba through a split decision.
The fifth fight saw Albert Steyn and Stephen Goncalves showing off their skills in the hexagon.
The win went to the dominant Goncalves technical knockout (TKO) in the third round.
Nine seconds was all it took for Martin Joubert to head kick Nico Joubert and win the sixth bout of the night.
The next fight, which was between Leon White and Fortuna Kwabe, saw White winning via unanimous decision.
Another middleweight division bout took place between Dimitri Fogg and Roedolf Van Heerden.
Fogg won by submission with an arm bar in the second round.
The first welterweight division bout was between Horatius Alonu and Gunter Kalunda.
It was a good fight and the judges called it a draw.
The fight between Marcel Els and Allen Smith was also another quick one , with Smith winning by submission with an arm bar in the first round.
During the fight between Johan Bekker and Mark Kourie, the latter went straight for a standing guillotine choke and won by submission.
Another sweet and short fight was the one between Ntumbe Claude and Jan Hendrik Booysen.
The bout had fans clapping hands for the 20 seconds it took Claude to beat Booysen into submission, and take the win by TKO.
Kevin Koekemoer beat Delano Cotzer in the heavyweight bout by split decision.
The first women bout of the night, was also a short one between Jennifer Bothma and Shanna Power.
Power won the bout by submission with a rear naked choke in just 29 seconds.
The second women’s fight was between Sante Marie Venter and Natalie Ausmeier.
Venter used a guillotine and took the win by submission in the second round.
Rudie Roets took on Cole Henning in the 16th fight of the night, and Roets won by TKO in the third round.
During the bantamweight title fight between JD van der Merwe and JP Buys, the latter won by TKO in the second round and is now the new bantamweight champion.
JP van Rooyen took the new Fightstar welterweight title after a TKO win against Francois Strydom.
The last bout saw Niel du Plessis and Merrick Bengis battle it out to be the new light heavyweight champion.
The winner and new Fightstar light heavyweight champ is Bengis, by majority decision.
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