Cape Town - Brazil’s Jose da Rocha will fight welterweight contender Conrad
Seabi at EFC 76 following the withdrawal of Luke Michael through injury.
Michael pulled out of the main-card slot last week with a
dislocated knee, with Da Rocha vowing to put on a show as his replacement
at Time Square in Pretoria on December 8.
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai specialist said: “Conrad
is a great athlete. We will give the fans the fight they want.”
Da Rocha (9-5) aims to rebound from a hard-fought unanimous
decision loss to Gunther Kalunda (5-0) in an interim title bout in September.
Seabi (6-4), who TKO’d German Max Merten (1-3) last month,
has warned the Pitbull Brothers product he will be hunting his head on
home soil.
“In my home town, in my backyard, he better condition his jaw
because when I connect, people sleep. Jose is next!”
The 39-year-old has won five of his last six fights, with his
sole defeat coming via unanimous decision to Kalunda.
Italian women’s strawweight champion Chiarra Penco (4-0) will
battle American Cheyanne Vlismas (2-1) in the headline event of EFC 76.
A stacked main card also
features ex-UFC heavyweight Ruan Potts (11-6) versus Jared
Vanderaa (7-3), Andrew van Zyl (19-4) vs Stuart Austin (12-5) and Dallas
Jakobi (6-5-1) vs Gordon Roodman (3-6-1).