EFC 41: Michiel Opperman vs. Liam Cleland Video Preview

On Saturday, July 11, EFC Worldwide will hold its 41st event from Carnival City in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The event will be headlined by a bantamweight title fight between champion Demarte Pena and challenger Cedric Doyle. The unbeaten Pena has held both the bantamweight and featherweight belts under the EFC banner. The 25-year-old Angolan fighter was most recently in action at EFC 34, where he stopped Francois Groenewald via fourth-round TKO. South Africa’s Doyle earned his shot at gold by reeling off four straight victories inside the Hexagon.

In the co-main event, the promotion’s middleweight title is on the line between Michiel Opperman and Liam Cleland. Opperman is a former welterweight titleholder, who has won two straight bouts leading into the title affair. Cleland is a strong grappler who has gone the distance just once in his career.


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Above is a video preview of the co-main event middleweight title bout courtesy of EFC.


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