{"id":83055,"date":"2015-03-18T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/83055\/gfc-7-a-great-success\/"},"modified":"2015-03-18T12:25:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T10:25:45","slug":"gfc-7-a-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/03\/18\/gfc-7-a-great-success\/","title":{"rendered":"GFC 7 a great success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gauteng Fighting Championships (GFC) 7 was held at Hattingh Park, recently.<\/p>\n

“GFC started in 2013 and since it has been growing from strength to strength,” said event organiser Deidre le Roux.<\/p>

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“We have four events scheduled for this year and tonight’s event is the first for the year.<\/p>\n

“GFC serves as the first platform for fighters to start building and developing for the MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) like Extreme Fighting Championships (EFC).<\/p>

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“In order for fighters to appear in MMAs, they have to have a minimum of ten fights with a 70 percent win record before they can go pro-am.”<\/p>\n

Deidre told GCN that children also had their own tournament earlier that day.<\/p>\n

“We hosted the Juniors Submission Tournament and we had over 50 children battling it out,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Because they are not allowed in the cage, the children did a bit of grappling and stand-up light contact.”<\/p>\n

After 14 bouts, fight fans were treated to first-class MMA action.<\/p>\n

Fighters from different parts of the country attended the event to showcase their skills.<\/p>\n

Cassandra le Roux, deputy head girl at Ho\u00ebrskool Vryburger High School, was among the fighters present.<\/p>\n

Cassandra faced Nikita Peek in the hexagon.<\/p>\n

It took just over a minute for Cassandra to win by an armbar submission in the first round.<\/p>\n

“The fight was short, quicker than what I intended,” said Cassandra.<\/p>\n

“We plan to have the next tournament on June 6, and hopefully it will be at the same venue,” said Deidre.<\/p>\n

The full fightcard:<\/p>\n