African Fighters Award (AFA) 2024 Nominees and Winners African Prospect of the Year Jibrin Baba Terrance Balelo Ananias Mulumba (Winner)

• Jibrin Win/Loss 2-1 in 2024 (Split Loss to Santos)
• Mulumba Win/Loss 2-1 in 2024, only loss to Ylies Djiroun in Brave CF
• Balelo Won and Lost A Title This year

African Promotion of the Year African Knockout (AKO) (Winner) EFC Worldwide Warriors Sports Championship (WSC) EFC : 10 Pro Events EFC111 – EFC120 EFC Contender Series x1 Changed the name of EFC PI to World Sports Betting Arena Had 2 Fighters in TUF UFC And 1 Fighter In DW Looking For A Fight AKO : 5 Pro MMA Events AKO 5 Amateur MMA & Boxing Events (Hall Of Fame) Tour Nigeria and did events in 3 Cities in 9 Different Venues Abuja, Lagos, Benin City Biggest Televised Crowd This Year 1,214K at AKO7 In Lagos Had 16 African Nations Represented Had AKO Fighter Signed To UFC via DWCS Inspirational Fighter of the Year Reug Reug (Winner) Francis Ngannou Themba Gorimbo Breakthrough fighter of the year Josias Musasa (Winner) – Main evented AKO and then won a UFC contract via DWCS Elias Kubanza – Still Undefeated in Brave CF Yahaya Yahuza – Undefeated In AKO African Coach of the Year Henry Jalal (Coach Henry Togo) (Winner) Morne Visser Esoe Franklin African Manager of the Year Yad Mosar (Winner) Henry Jallah Morne Swanepoel Submission of the Year Dricus Du Plessis to Adesanya (Winner) Martin Van Staden to Igeu Kabesa Faout Youseff vs African Pipe-Bomb of the Year Manel Kape (Winner) Dricus du Plessis Gasmire Diatta Knockout of the Year Manel Kape Fares Ziam (Winner - one strike ko) Ndidi Alonu Fight of the Year Reug Reug Vs Malikin (Winner - War/upset) Dricus Vs Adesanya (MW title) (Winner) Lifetime Achievement Award Anthony Njokuani Rameau Sokoudjou (Winner) African Fighter of the Year (Africa) Igeu Kabesa Nikolas Hwende Zaakir Badat (Winner) Martin Van Staden African Female Fighter of the Year Juliet Chukwu (Winner) Sanaa Mandar Dayne Van Wyk African Fighter of the Year (Global) Reug Reug Dricus Du Plessis (Winner) Impa Kasanganay Losene Keita Inspirational Fighter of the Year Reug Reug (Winner) Francis Ngannou

Dricus Du Plessis Best Year By An African Kamaru Usman and Francis Ngannou Link Up In Lagos What Next For Themba Gorimbo?? #AKO7 Review | African Knockout MMA Promotion In Lagos

• Fallout from Usyk vs Fury

• What would you rather see. Usman vs Jack Della or Buckley?

• Who would you book Themba against to rebuild him?

• Manel Kape vs Kai Kara in Australia?

• Thoughts on Israel vs Imavov?

• Great win for Nicholas Hwende at Brave, but tough loss for Nkosi. What next for both men?

• Have you considered doing an 2025 African Fighters draft? You could take it turns to pick 5 African fighters, or one fighter from each division, but once a fighter has been picked that fighter is not eligible to be selected by any one else.

P.S Now we have an Africa title win in December! You could track their progress based on wins, main events, title shots championships and/or signing with major promotions. The winner is the fighter whos team did the best by this time next year. Could be fun!

Nzechukwu Wins With A 1stRD KO Themba Gorimbo Lose To Vincente Luque #UFC310 Dricus VS Strickland Confirmed For Sydney

• Will Ngannou ever fight in the PFL again? Why not unify the titles vs Bader? (Seriously, how is Bader still the HW champ?)

• Tough loss for Impa. Should he move to MW? I feel he is he most entertaining challenge for Eblan and more Impa's natural weigh-class.

• Which of the current PFL Champions will we see move to UFC eventually?

• Any fighters you'd like to see in the PFL Africa series next year?

• Where is Cedric Doumbe? Should he headline PFL Africa 1?

• Apart from September, An Africa Fighter has (or will?) won or defended an title in every month of 2024:

January - Dricus Du Plessi defeats Sean Strickland to win UFC MW Title February - Boxer Sivenathi Nontshinga defeated Adrian Curiel to win IBF light-flyweight title March - Nkazimulo Zulu defeats Gift Walker to becomes EFC two Weight Champions (BW and FLYW) April - KSW FW and LW Champ Saladine Parnasse defeats Valeriu Mircea to retain KSW LW title May - Nkosi Ndebele defeats Jose Torres to retain Brave FC FLYW title June - Terence Balelo wins Interim Fly weigt Title in EFC July - Igeu Kabesa becomes Humphrey Mulenga to become EFC Two Weight Champions (LW and FW) August - Dricus defeats Izzy to retain UFC MW Title September - October - Ngannou wins PFL Superfight title November - Reug Reug wins ONE HW Title December - Losene Keita wins Oktagon LW Grand Prix? Is there an example for September I missed? (Anthony Joshua could have made it a complete set!)

Themba Gorimbo Steps Up Vs Vicente Luque Dricus Vs Adesanya Draws Big Viewership Numbers In South Africa Uganda's David Onama def. Roberto Romero at UFC 309 Oumar Reug Reug recieves Heroes Welcome In Senegal 1. Will Jones fight Aspinall? 2. One the heels of the Chandler/Oliveria fight, how does this affect McGregor's return? 3. Early prediction for Garry and Shavkat? Should it have a title attached? 4. Nickal looked insanely average against Craig. I'd like to see him booked against De Ridder. Thoughts? 5. Jim Miller wants five more fights to reach 50 total. Who would you book him against? 6. Could Jim Miller beat any ranked LWs? 7. Should UFC book Alex vs Aspinall for the undisputed HW title? 8. How disappointed are you we never got to see Jon vs Francis? 9. Is Chandler's calling out of McGregor come across as a little desperate at this point? I think it's time to move on 10. What five things are on your MMA Christmas wish list for 2025. Four possible and one totally wild and basically impossible choice. 11. Mine are as follows: Possible:

• Conor McGregor vs Max Holloway for the BMF title
• UFC Africa headlined by Dricus vs Khamzat
• Jones vs Aspinall for the Undisputed HW title
• Jorge vs Leon headlining UFC London

Totally wild: Saudi Sponsored Interpromotional $100 Million HW Grand Prix: Semi Final: Jones vs Ngannou Semi Final: Alex vs Aspinal Final: Winner vs Winner

1. Any thoughts on Reug Reug's win over Malyakin? Who would you have scored it for? 2. Would Reug Reug have won if each round was scored individually? 3. How likely is the PFL/ONE co-promoting Reug Reug vs Ngannou for all the marbles at PFL Africa 1? 4. Any thoughts on De Ridder's comments about ONE Championship at the UFC post fight presser? 5. Is ONE in trouble? Will it still be around this time next year? 6. Who would you book De Ridder against at MW next? 7. Carlos Prates is a straight murderer. Who is next for him at WW? My pick would be Geoff Neal. 8. Would Jones retiring without fighting Aspinall or Ngannou damage his legacy, or has he done it enough already?

1. Is finishing Volk and Max more impressive than finishing Hill, Jiri and Roundtree? 2. Out of Alex and Ilia who is fighter of the year? 3. What next for Ilia? 4. How about Israel Adesanya vs Shara Bullet in Australia? 5. With Khamzat's domination of Robert, should he fight for the title next? 6. Could Dricus Duplessis vs Khamzat headline UFC Africa? 7. Do you have any interest in Dricus vs Strickland II? 8. Who would you book Nzechukwu against next at HW? 9. Will we see Usman vs Jack Della in Australia? 10. Do you have any interest in Volk vs Ilia II? 11.. Will the UFC book Alex vs Ank for the LHW title? 12. After three failed attempts to regain the FW title, should Max move to LW? 13. Why not Max vs Conor at LW for the BMF title? 14. Interesting fact. Every BMF Champion has been brutally knockout out cold in their very next fight..... Thoughts?

Which missed signing was the biggest loss for the UFC? Paul Hughes, or Cedric Doumbe? Usman (w/ Khabib) vs Hughes (w/ Conor) next!? I think this could be PFL's biggest possible fight to make. Thoughts? Francis is now the lineal UFC/Bellator and PFL Heavyweight champion. Where does he rank in all time heavyweight rankings? What would you like to see next for Francis? Boxing or MMA? How much money would the Saudi need to throw at Dana for them to set up with the ultimate MMA 4 man HW tournament? Ngannou vs Jones Aspinall vs Alex Who would you favour in each fight, and the whole tournament? Which is the most compelling non-UFC MMA fight for Francis:

• Phil De Fries - KSW HW Champion
• Anatoly Malykhin - ONE HW Champion
• Reug Reug - ONE HW Contender
• Ryan Bader - Bellator HW Champion
• Vadim Nemkov - Bellator HW No 1 Contender
• Oleg Popov or Denis Goltsov - PFL 2024 HW Season Winner
• Evgeniy Goncharov - ACA HW Champion

• Francis box Wilder
• Francis rematch Fury
• Francis win a boxing match
• Francis return to the UFC
• Francis Fight either Aspinall or Jones

• Confusion around Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Chris Barnette

Which of the following will we ever see: Who are in the running for the African MMA fighter of the year? Francis Ngannou def. Renan Ferreira KO (punches) Cris Cyborg def. Larissa Pacheco (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) Johnny Eblen (c) def. Fabian Edwards (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) Raufeon Stots def. Marcos Breno Submission (rear-naked choke) Taha Bendaoud def. Tariq Ismail Submission (triangle choke)