Durban’s Amanda Lino rewrites history at EFC 60 at Sibaya

A new chapter in the history of EFC was written at Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom on Saturday, 10 June 2017, when Durban’s Amanda ‘Mad Dog’ Lino took the inaugural EFC women’s flyweight title, defeating Pretoria’s ‘Demolition’ Jacqui Trosee. Durban’s faithful gathered in the sold out Sibaya Sun Park to witness the title fight.

Lino kicked the fight off with her trademark aggression, causing significant damage to the face of Trosee with on point punches and ground and pound. But Trosee was tenacious, absorbing the punishment and keeping ‘Mad Dog’ on her toes with tough counter punches.

Lino had a clear advantage over Trosee in the clinch, taking her down with slick hip throws almost at will, and the top pressure began to mount, draining Trosee. Lino was able to capitalize in the second round, sinking an armbar that forced Trosee to tap.Lino was ecstatic, thanking the Sunshine City for their support as she was crowned the first EFC women’s flyweight champion.

The official EFC 60 results are:

Warren Richards defeated Stephan De La Rey via submission 3:05 in round 1.

Dansheel Moodley defeated Roevan de Beer via unanimous decision.

Thabani Mndebela defeated Nico Yamdjie via split decision.

Yusuf Hassan defeated Jesse Fleming via TKO (punches) 1:56 in round 1.

Sindile Manengela defeated Sizwe Mnikathi via majority decision.

Gary Joshua defeated Baldwin Mdlaose via split decision.

Marino Cutendana defeated Martin de Beer via submission (Armbar) 2:30 in round 1.

Cameron Meintjes defeated Gordon Roodman via unanimous decision.

Bokang Masunyane defeated Abdul Hassan via unanimous decision.

Martin van Staden defeated Leon Mynhardt via TKO (punches) 3:19 in round 1.

Amanda Lino defeated Jacqualine Trosee via submission (Armbar) 4:53 in round 2.

All eyes now turn to EFC 61: Van Zyl vs Mostert, Dalcha vs Baudot is presented by www.BetXchange.com and takes place on Saturday 8 July live from the Superbowl at Sun City in North West province, RSA. Tickets are on sale soon at www.computicket.com, and the 5 main card bouts will be broadcast live on kwesesports.com (Sub-Saharan Africa), Kwesé Free Sports (Kenya & Rwanda) and live in South Africa on SABC 3 starting at 21:00 (CAT). Full broadcast details available on www.efcworldwide.com.

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