{"id":35060,"date":"2022-11-30T17:03:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/upcoming-fighters-take-on-south-africans"},"modified":"2022-11-30T17:35:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:35:03","slug":"upcoming-fighters-take-on-south-africans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/upcoming-fighters-take-on-south-africans","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming fighters take on South Africans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>TWO of Namibia’s upcoming Muay Thai fighters, Sonja Simon and Kyle Ducie, travel to Johannesburg, South Africa tomorrow to compete at the Eclipse Fight League 6 tournament on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Simon, who has a professional record of two wins and two losses, takes on the experienced South Africa fighter Madeli Marloth and is determined to get back to winning ways after losing a close points decision to the South African champion Leandra Bok in her previous fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve been working very hard – obviously losing my previous fight brought me down a bit, but I picked myself up and am working hard. I know Madeli is a strong fighter and has more experience, but I’m training hard, so I’ll be ready for the fight,\u201d she said in an interview with Sven Grant, the promoter of the EFL earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Simon is now the second ranked contender for the title, but a win will give her another title shot against Bok next year.<\/p>\n

Simon has already built up quite a fan base in South Africa, according to Grant.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the fans who have seen you fighting are coming again to watch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are a great fighter, a great personality and you show great heart in the ring. The quiet lady outside the ring but the lion inside it – we love seeing you fighting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kyle Ducie, meanwhile, is now undefeated after three fights and will be fighting in the Pro-Am category for the first time after moving up from the amateur category. He will be taking on the experienced South African fighter Tyron Plat in the under 81kg category, and he too, is well prepared and confident of victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy training has been going very well, it has been very physical, but I have also been working on my mental preparations as well. I’m just trying to improve my skills and will stick to the game plan that I have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m very excited to take a step upwards. I’m training like it will be my first fight and am pushing hard for it. I want to show everyone that I’m here to fight and that Combat Club is here to take over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pedro Costa, the owner of Combat Club Windhoek, meanwhile, said they aim to expand the sport further in Namibia in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Namibian Muay Thai Federation was registered as a sport code with the Namibia Sport Commission last month and we have big plans to grow the sport next year. We aim to hold our national championships in February to get more fighters to represent Namibia on the international stage, and even the Olympic Games, after the sport was recently accepted as an Olympic sport. We also plan to start more Muay Thai clubs in other areas of Namibia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Simon, who has a professional record of two wins and two losses, takes on the experienced South Africa fighter Madeli Marloth and is determined to get back to winning ways after losing a close points decision to the South African champion Leandra Bok in her previous fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve been working very hard – obviously losing my previous fight brought me down a bit, but I picked myself up and am working hard. I know Madeli is a strong fighter and has more experience, but I’m training hard, so I’ll be ready for the fight,\u201d she said in an interview with Sven Grant, the promoter of the EFL earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Simon is now the second ranked contender for the title, but a win will give her another title shot against Bok next year.<\/p>\n

Simon has already built up quite a fan base in South Africa, according to Grant.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the fans who have seen you fighting are coming again to watch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are a great fighter, a great personality and you show great heart in the ring. The quiet lady outside the ring but the lion inside it – we love seeing you fighting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kyle Ducie, meanwhile, is now undefeated after three fights and will be fighting in the Pro-Am category for the first time after moving up from the amateur category. He will be taking on the experienced South African fighter Tyron Plat in the under 81kg category, and he too, is well prepared and confident of victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy training has been going very well, it has been very physical, but I have also been working on my mental preparations as well. I’m just trying to improve my skills and will stick to the game plan that I have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m very excited to take a step upwards. I’m training like it will be my first fight and am pushing hard for it. I want to show everyone that I’m here to fight and that Combat Club is here to take over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pedro Costa, the owner of Combat Club Windhoek, meanwhile, said they aim to expand the sport further in Namibia in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Namibian Muay Thai Federation was registered as a sport code with the Namibia Sport Commission last month and we have big plans to grow the sport next year. We aim to hold our national championships in February to get more fighters to represent Namibia on the international stage, and even the Olympic Games, after the sport was recently accepted as an Olympic sport. We also plan to start more Muay Thai clubs in other areas of Namibia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. TWO of Namibia’s upcoming Muay Thai fighters, Sonja Simon and Kyle Ducie, travel to Johannesburg, South Africa tomorrow to compete at the Eclipse Fight League 6 tournament on Saturday evening. 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