{"id":121055,"date":"2016-05-11T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/121055\/top-fighters-in-action-at-efc-49\/"},"modified":"2016-05-12T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T06:42:41","slug":"top-fighters-in-action-at-efc-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/05\/11\/top-fighters-in-action-at-efc-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Top fighters in action at EFC 49"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another massive bout has been confirmed for EFC 49 taking place at Carnival City\u2019s Big Top Arena this Friday (May 13).<\/p>\n<p>The headline fight for the vacant EFC middleweight title at the upcoming EFC 49 will see South African favourite JP \u201cTinkerbell\u201d Kruger face England\u2019s Yannick \u201cBlack Mamba\u201d Bahati.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>In addition, two-time heavyweight champion Andrew \u201cOne Gear\u201d van Zyl makes his return to the hexagon for the first time since losing his title to Frenchman Cyril Asker.<\/p>\n<p>While many believe he should have been granted a shot at the vacant belt in April, van Zyl now gets his chance to cement his position as one of the best, when he faces the Polish giant Tomasz \u201cKredka\u201d Kowalkowski.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Pole made a spectacular debut with a flying knee that led to a first round total knock-out stoppage over boxing champion Elvis Moyo.<\/p>\n<p>In his second outing he faced Brendon Groenewald and fell victim to the former champion\u2019s sublime jiu-jitsu.<\/p>\n<p>Following a groundbreaking broadcast partnership, all EFC events will now take place on Friday nights instead of Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>EFC will now be broadcast live on Kwes\u00e9 Sports from 8pm and delayed live on e.tv in South Africa from around 10.30pm (after the evening movie).<\/p>\n<p>Watch the main card fight live via online streaming at www.kwesesports.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/120655\/first-silver-for-young-fighter\/\" target=\"_blank\">First silver for young fighter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118681\/a-grade-above-the-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\">A grade above the rest<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='0f4fb0228e55d442189db1860a27d1e0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great EFC action takes to the hexagon this Friday at Carnival City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":121056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[1024,1023,1942,969,1295,2898,1119],"class_list":["post-121055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-big-top-arena","tag-carnival-city","tag-efc","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-local-sport-2","tag-mixed-martial-arts","tag-sport-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["big top arena","Carnival City","efc","germiston city news","local sport","mixed martial arts","sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}