All set for night of glam and buzz as entertainment meets sports at Face Off Fight Night 3

Tickets are now on sale for Nigeria’s premier mixed martial arts event, the Face Off Fight Night series, powered by UFC legend Kamaru Usman. The highly anticipated event will feature 22 fighters from six African countries and, for the first time in Nigeria, two women’s MMA fights.

Promoted by the African Knockout (AKO), the Face Off Fight Nights aim to position mixed martial arts as one of the major sports in Africa by providing a platform for young talents, and giving MMA fans a new and unique experience of watching professional MMA fights live.

According to the organisers, “The African Knockout (AKO) is excited to bring the biggest fights to MMA fans around Africa and will continue its commitment to excellence.”

Hosting the event for the third time running, ace entertainment and sports media personality Jimmie Akinsola is to be styled by Nigeria’s top designer Mai Atafo, emphasising that this year’s live MMA fight night is a blend of entertainment and glamour as celebrities from the media and entertainment industry have been lined up to walk the red carpet.

The event billed for Thursday, December 29, 2022, at the Landmark Events Centre, Oniru, Lagos, will host sports icons as well as dignitaries and representatives from the Lagos State Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Social Development.

The FaceOff Fight Night Series 3 will be broadcast on SuperSport 2 on Gotv and SuperSport Variety 4 on DSTV. It will also stream live for the international audience on the “The AKO Show” Youtube channel.

Purchase tickets at www.wakaevents.ng.

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For this third season of the Faceoff Fight Night series, the owner of the most finishes in AKO history, Nigeria’s own Segun ‘Machine Gun Shegz’ Ogunnoiki, will make his main event debut when he faces a veteran in the sport, Cheriff Drame of Benin Republic, in a middleweight clash.

Faceoff Fight Night 3 will also see knockout specialist, Daniel ‘The Big Shark’ Emeka get a chance at redemption when he takes on the AKO season 1 winner, Ndidi Alonu, in the co-main event, in what promises to be another classic middleweight bout.

The undefeated Melvin ‘Nicotine’ Ugochukwu will take on AKO debutant Johnson Dennis in a light heavyweight bout, while Emmanuel Benard Eweh puts his undefeated record on the line when he takes on Joisas Musasa of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a bantamweight duel.

In an interesting addition to this season’s fight night series, the event will feature, for the first time ever, two all-female MMA fights.

Pamilerin Akintayo of Nigeria will take on her countrywoman Juliet Chukwu in the first of the two all-female bouts, while 19-year-old Jane Osigwe, also from Nigeria, will square off against 28-year-old Kengni Reine Kevine of Cameroon in the night’s other all-female fight.

Faceoff Fight Night 3 will be broadcast on SuperSport 2 on Gotv and SuperSport Variety 4 on DSTV. It will also stream live for the international audience on the “The AKO Show” YouTube channel.

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