MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter Dricus Du Plessis becomes the middleweight world champion in the UFC league, the most important in this martial art. He defeated the reigning champion, Sean Strickland, after a close match in the fifth and final round and by split decision of the judges.
The fight was also followed in the DRC and highly appreciated by Hagler Baygon Bombomba, the president of the Congolese MMA federation. “What we lack is, first of all, sponsorship and then, funding to promote African athletes, to provide resources, ” he says.