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South Africa
Nkosi Ndebele
"
King
"
AGE
N/A
/
N/A
HEIGHT
5'10"
/
177.8 cm
WEIGHT
135 lbs
/
61.23 kg
ASSOCIATION
Nova MMA Academy
CLASS
Bantamweight
Wins
9
KO
/
TKO
6
67%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
3
33%
Losses
3
KO
/
TKO
1
33%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
2
67%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Mahmoud Atef
Professional Fighters League - PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series 2 & PFL Africa 2025 First Round
Jul / 19 / 2025
TKO (Punches)
Ferdinand Basson
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1
4:50
loss
Nicholas Hwende
Brave CF 91 - Brave Combat Federation 91
Dec / 13 / 2024
Decision (Unanimous)
5
5:00
win
Jose Torres
Brave CF 82 - Brave Combat Federation 82
May / 11 / 2024
Decision (Unanimous)
Aaron Wallace
5
5:00
win
Jose Torres
Brave CF 80 - Brave Combat Federation 80
Dec / 15 / 2023
TKO (Retirement)
Declan Larkin
3
1:38
loss
Jose Torres
Brave CF 73 - Brave Combat Federation 73
Aug / 12 / 2023
Decision (Split)
Yeimy Ariza
5
5:00
win
Fajar Fajar
Brave CF 66 - Brave Combat Federation 66
Nov / 26 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
2
2:37
win
Eduardo Mora
Brave CF 60 - Brave Combat Federation 60
Jul / 30 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
win
Abdelmoumen Mssaate
Brave CF 48 - Brave Combat Federation 48: Arabian Nights
Mar / 18 / 2021
TKO (Knees)
Declan Larkin
2
0:46
win
Zia Mashwani
Brave CF 45 - Brave Combat Federation 45
Nov / 19 / 2020
TKO (Punches)
Declan Larkin
1
4:29
win
Ian Cleary
Brave CF 31 - Brave Combat Federation 31
Dec / 07 / 2019
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
loss
Caio Gregorio
Brave CF 25 - Santiago vs. Silva
Aug / 30 / 2019
TKO (Punches)
Fernando Portella
2
4:53
win
Ahmed Faress
Brave CF 19 - Adam vs. Mark
Dec / 08 / 2018
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
1
5:00
FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Francois Meyer
Fightstar FC 36 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Oct / 20 / 2018
Decision
5
3:00
win
Andrew Caruth
Fightstar FC 34 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Aug / 25 / 2018
KO
0
0:00
win
Christian Eukola
Fightstar FC 33 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Jul / 21 / 2018
Submission (Armbar)
3
0:00
loss
Abdulmanap Magomedov
IMMAF - 2018 Africa Open Championships: Finals
May / 26 / 2018
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
win
Daniel Duda
Fightstar FC 30 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Apr / 21 / 2018
Decision
5
3:00
win
Orlando Mashaba
Fightstar FC 29 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Mar / 17 / 2018
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
win
GodKnows Ndlovu
Fightstar FC 28 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Feb / 10 / 2018
KO
2
0:00
loss
John Nguyen
IMMAF - 2017 World Championships: Day 2, Cage 3
Nov / 14 / 2017
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
3
1:31
win
Chukwumo Okoli
Fightstar FC 26 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Sep / 30 / 2017
0
0:00
win
Nayef Fikey
IMMAF - 2017 Africa Open Championships: Finals
Sep / 02 / 2017
TKO
3
2:20
win
Shaun Taylor
Fightstar FC 24 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Jun / 03 / 2017
KO
2
2:57
loss
Elbert Lukas Steyn
Fightstar FC 22 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Mar / 11 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
5
3:00
win
Stephan de la Rey
Fightstar FC 21 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Nov / 26 / 2016
TKO (Punches)
2
0:00
win
Bheki Ngcobo
Fightstar FC 20 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Oct / 29 / 2016
KO
2
0:00
win
Lecture Ntshangase
Fightstar FC 19 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
Jul / 30 / 2016
KO
3
0:00
win
Beverly Mpofu
Fightstar FC 18 - Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa
May / 17 / 2016
TKO (Punches)
1
2:40
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