Lagos State, at the weekend, dominated the South West zonal elimination of the National Amateur Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championships, which featured fighters from all the states in the zone.
One of the fights at the South-West elimination competition for the National Amateur Boxing and MMA Championships…at the weekend.
More than 50 talented fighters from Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, and Ondo showcased their prowess in five intense MMA final bouts held according to Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts rules. In the male 70.3kg category, Olabode Fayowole, from Lagos defeated Rasheed Taiwo, from Oyo State, and his teammate, Samuel Gabriel, beat Saheed Faruk from Ogun State in the 61.2kg category, while Musa Jamiyu from Ondo State outclassed Latif Akubee from Oyo State in the 65.6kg category.
In other bouts, Qudus Lateef from Lagos State defeated Bakare Taiwo from Osun State in the 51kg men’s category, just as Akanni Balogun, also from Lagos State, beat David Kushimo, from Ogun State in the 54kg men’s category.
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