State of The Sport Address

Hi everyone, this is our debut blog lets hope it goes well and all constructive criticism and comments are welcome. Right off the bat I would like to state that this is going to be an unbiased blog that intends on spreading the news on South African Mixed Martial Arts.

To be honest South African Mixed Martial Arts has a long way to go, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. Think about it this way, there have been alot of mistakes made in the sport even by the biggest organisations and seen as though we are sometime behind we can learn from those mistakes before we even make them. 

How far behind are we actually? In my opinion I think we would be internationally competitive by the end of 2015 so that is about give or take  four and a half years. To put that into numbers that means all the people who are going to be professionals by the end of this year will have had between 16 and 20 fights by the end of 2015, assuming of course they fight between 4 to 5 times a year barring injuries.

So the next logical question would be to ask where would MMA in South Africa be by the end of 2015. Right now EFC Africa has all the lion's share of the market. Seen as though we have already seen some of FightForce fighters compete in the EFC we could be seeing  the amalgamation of the two organisations where the "old" FightForce would be controlling the Durban scene and the EFC the Gauteng and Cape Town market.

All in all I am truly excited for the future just look at EFC09 the extent of which MMA has improved is truly mind blowing. Coming up will be an EFC09 write up and thoughts on the amateur seen.

Thank you for reading my debut blog please let me know what you think and follow me on Twitter @OffTheRecordMMA and look for us on Facebook. You better bring you shades because the future is looking bright.