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The African Knockout Championship (AKO) reaffirmed its presumption arsenic 1 of the continent’s starring mixed martial arts events, arsenic AKO 10 lit up the Velodrome with a nighttime of action, intensity, and past that volition beryllium agelong remembered.
The title drew audience, with respective distinguished figures successful attendance, including the Honourable Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, the Chairman of Nigeria’s Sports Commission, Alhaji Shehu Dikko, AKO President Kamaru Usman, the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, and ambassadors representing Algeria, Cuba, Senegal, Cameroon, and Morocco. Their beingness continues to item the increasing planetary designation of African combat sports and the level AKO is gathering for athletes crossed the continent.
Inside the cage, the battles were arsenic fierce arsenic they were dramatic. The astir melodramatic decorativeness of the evening came from Jean “The Black Panther” Do Santos, who stunned the arena and the MMA satellite with a flying genu that knocked retired Nigeria’s Jibrin Baba successful conscionable 5 seconds.
The electrifying decorativeness not lone crowned him the first-ever AKO Lightweight Champion but besides acceptable a caller grounds for the fastest knockout successful AKO history. Meanwhile, Jane Osigwe etched her sanction successful AKO past by capturing the Women’s Bantamweight Interim Championship rubric with a hard-fought unanimous determination triumph implicit Sanaa Mandar. It was a razor-thin battle, but Osigwe’s determination shone done arsenic she walked distant with the gold.
The championships continued to present marquee moments. Senegal’s Gasmire Diatta captured the Interim Featherweight Title with a crushing TKO implicit Angola’s Andre Mukisi astatine 1:30 of Round 2, cementing his presumption arsenic 1 of Africa’s rising stars. Nigeria’s ain Yahaya Yahuza reminded fans wherefore helium is 1 of the brightest stars connected the rise.
With relentless gait and precision, helium outworked Cherif Drame crossed 3 rounds to assertion a ascendant unanimous determination victory, keeping his undefeated grounds intact successful beforehand of an adoring location crowd.
Other fights successful the cage delivered arsenic explosive outcomes: In the women’s bantamweight division, Joy Obanla gave the location fans thing to cheer astir with a sensational second-round TKO implicit Ufot Nelson astatine 4:38, marking her arsenic a ascendant unit successful her class.
Farouk Boudissa wasted nary time, forcing Chukwuemerie Okoli into a rear-naked choke submission conscionable 1:12 into the archetypal round, while Fouad Madani imposed his volition connected Nigeria’s Sodiq Amao, securing different rear-naked choke triumph astatine 3:24 of Round 1. Zimbabwe’s Lewis Mataya, stopped Ivory Coast’s Prince Mensan with a brutal TKO astatine 4:49 of Round 2, a decorativeness that had the assemblage connected its feet. In a gritty middleweight contest, Cameroon’s Cabrel Fongno emerged victorious aft earning a judge’s method determination erstwhile Memon Kone was incapable to proceed pursuing a groin strike.
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