{"id":161251,"date":"2017-09-06T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/161251\/mma-athletes-head-for-ewc\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T09:49:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T07:49:52","slug":"mma-athletes-head-for-ewc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/09\/06\/mma-athletes-head-for-ewc\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA athletes head for EWC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thunder MMA club members Kobus and Benjamin Pelser and Emmanuel Edoan are in full training mode preparing for the Extreme Warriors Championship (EWC).<\/p>\n<p>The championship will be held at Wild Waters in Boksburg on Saturday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Kobus has two fights and two wins behind his name and hopes to bag a third at Saturday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin will be fighting for the second time and also hopes to make it a second win.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Emmanuel will make his debut and is training hard to make it a good one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/160789\/wrestlers-celebrate-outstanding-achievement\/\">Wrestlers celebrate outstanding achievement<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/137982\/wrestlers-honoured-at-prize-giving\/\">Wrestlers honoured at prize-giving<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although other club members will not be fighting at the tournament, they will show their support and take part in fun grappling sessions on the morning of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the Elsburg club now offers children\u2019s classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 5.30pm to 6pm.<\/p>\n<p>Children from the ages of two are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>More members are also welcome to join the club which holds practices every Tuesday and Thursday from 6pm until 8pm, with private classes being held on weekends on appointment.<\/p>\n<p>People interested in joining are welcome to go to the club or get in contact through Twitter using their handle @THUNDERMMA1.<\/p>\n<p>The club is situated at 45 Parnell Road in Elsburg.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Leigh Hodgson (journalist)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" 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