The unity sport creates

Sunninghill-based athletes, 19-year-old Jaun-Pierre Buys and 21-year-old Bokang Masunyane both have a passion for mixed martial arts and it is this common love of sport that has formed a brotherhood between the two.

Buys and Masunyane live together, train together, do community service together and call each other, brother.

Masunyane said that he grew up in an orphanage called Kids Haven and said he will never forget where he came from, that’s why he does community work for this orphanage. He donated Easter eggs to the orphans at Kids Haven in March and said that he wants to use his success in the sporting world to inspire other orphans.

Masunyane has been selected to represent South Africa in the World Championships in Las Vegas and he said that Buys is his biggest supporter. Masunyane moved in with Buys in November last year.

Buys said, “I am the only teenage professional EFC fighter in South Africa and I really love the sport. I started EFC because I wanted to use this training to improve my rugby. I also tried wrestling for a while but I enjoy EFC more than any of these sports and it is so rewarding. I enjoy training with Bokang and we live together and do everything together.”

Sports manager, Jason van Schalkwyk said that he sees friendships and camaraderie develop between sportsmen all the time. He went on to say that sport has a wonderful way of uniting individuals with a common purpose – regardless of their age, gender or race. “Sport eliminates all prejudice, racism and sexism as it brings so many people together. It has been an honour to witness the bond that my fighters share at the gym. They are more than just training partners – they are brothers,” said Van Schalkwyk.

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