Champs Jakobi and Pena 100% drug free
Sep 22, 2011 Comments
(PRESS RELEASE) -- EFC AFRICA is proud to announce that its newly
crowned champions, Dallas Jakobi and Demarte Pena, were tested and
found to be 100% free of any performance enhancing drugs. Plus, EFC
AFRICA has stepped up its anti-doping policy by announcing that
from 1 September 2011 if any athlete tests positive for performance
enhancing drugs, penalties in line with Drug Free Sport will come
into effect.
“Strict disciplinary action will be taken on any EFC AFRICA athletes found using banned substances,” said EFC AFRICA president Cairo Howarth. “When EFC AFRICA was established we decided that we wanted to promote MMA that was professional, clean and fair. At that stage, no anti-doping policy was being enforced in African MMA, so we formulated and implemented our own. To date all EFC AFRICA champions have been tested and found to be free from illegal performance enhancers. Moving forward we are testing all EFC AFRICA athletes randomly and will take disciplinary action against offenders. We are aligning ourselves with the regulations set out by Drug Free Sport.”
Other mainstream sports get government funded anti-doping and
medical assistance, whereas in the case of EFC AFRICA and African
MMA, EFC AFRICA self-funds all the testing and medical screenings.
Additional medical checks that are funded by EFC AFRICA for all of
its athletes are CT brain scans, blood tests, concussion testing
and pre-fight medical assessments. This investment puts EFC AFRICA
and MMA in Africa on par with the USA Athletic State Commission
regarding safety, rules and regulations.
About EFC AFRICAâ„¢ – The Extreme Fighting Championshipâ„¢
Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, EFC AFRICAâ„¢ now produces 8 live Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events annually, all hosted on the African continent. With over 70 athletes exclusively signed to the promotion from across the continent (from Angola, DRC, Nigeria, South Africa and more), EFC AFRICA is the biggest MMA promotion and showcases the toughest athletes on the continent.
EFC AFRICAâ„¢ programming is broadcast across the African continent on FX, part of the Fox International Channels network. 2 back-to-back hour long episodes featuring bouts from past EFC AFRICA events air every Friday night on FX, which is available in South Africa on TopTV. In addition, delayed live and fight highlight episodes from the latest EFC AFRICA events are broadcast in 42 countries across Africa on e.tv, further infiltrating millions of homes across the continent and growing the EFC AFRICA brand. As well as the live internet broadcast on EFCAFRICA.com watched by viewers around the world, the events are also broadcast live to Nu Metro cinemas across South Africa giving thousands of additional MMA fans a larger than life event experience.
EFC AFRICAâ„¢ also boasts a powerful international presence with bouts and promo videos from the latest events being covered heavily by local and top international MMA and mainstream sports, entertainment and news media. EFCAFRICA.com, the official website, receives unprecedented unique visitor numbers for an African sports organisation and EFC AFRICA also has a massive and rapidly growing Twitter and Facebook following, proving once again that EFC AFRICA is the fastest growing sports brand in Africa.
“Strict disciplinary action will be taken on any EFC AFRICA athletes found using banned substances,” said EFC AFRICA president Cairo Howarth. “When EFC AFRICA was established we decided that we wanted to promote MMA that was professional, clean and fair. At that stage, no anti-doping policy was being enforced in African MMA, so we formulated and implemented our own. To date all EFC AFRICA champions have been tested and found to be free from illegal performance enhancers. Moving forward we are testing all EFC AFRICA athletes randomly and will take disciplinary action against offenders. We are aligning ourselves with the regulations set out by Drug Free Sport.”
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About EFC AFRICAâ„¢ – The Extreme Fighting Championshipâ„¢
Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, EFC AFRICAâ„¢ now produces 8 live Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events annually, all hosted on the African continent. With over 70 athletes exclusively signed to the promotion from across the continent (from Angola, DRC, Nigeria, South Africa and more), EFC AFRICA is the biggest MMA promotion and showcases the toughest athletes on the continent.
EFC AFRICAâ„¢ programming is broadcast across the African continent on FX, part of the Fox International Channels network. 2 back-to-back hour long episodes featuring bouts from past EFC AFRICA events air every Friday night on FX, which is available in South Africa on TopTV. In addition, delayed live and fight highlight episodes from the latest EFC AFRICA events are broadcast in 42 countries across Africa on e.tv, further infiltrating millions of homes across the continent and growing the EFC AFRICA brand. As well as the live internet broadcast on EFCAFRICA.com watched by viewers around the world, the events are also broadcast live to Nu Metro cinemas across South Africa giving thousands of additional MMA fans a larger than life event experience.
EFC AFRICAâ„¢ also boasts a powerful international presence with bouts and promo videos from the latest events being covered heavily by local and top international MMA and mainstream sports, entertainment and news media. EFCAFRICA.com, the official website, receives unprecedented unique visitor numbers for an African sports organisation and EFC AFRICA also has a massive and rapidly growing Twitter and Facebook following, proving once again that EFC AFRICA is the fastest growing sports brand in Africa.
