Nkosi Ndebele biography: 13 things about BRAVE CF Bantamweight Champion

Nkosi Ndebele is a South African professional mixed martial artist. He is the reigning bantamweight world champion of BRAVE Combat Federation, which is based in Bahrain.

Ndebele is the first ever BRAVE CF champion whose previous professional MMA bouts were all fought in the promotion. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He hails from Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
2. His fight name is The Future.
3. As an amateur MMA fighter, he competed in Fightstar Fighting Championship South Africa.
4. He fights in the bantamweight division.
5. He is 5’10” tall.
6. He holds a professional MMA record of 7 wins and 2 losses.
7. In 2016, he defeated Beverly Mpofu, Lecture Ntshangase, Bheki Ngcobo and Stephan de la Rey in amateur MMA bouts.
8. In 2017, he defeated Shaun Taylor and Chukwumo Okoli but lost to Elbert Lukas Steyn and John Nguyen in amateur MMA bouts.
9. In 2018, he defeated Daniel Duda, Christian Eukola and Andrew Caruth before losing to Francois Meyer in amateur MMA bouts.
10. On December 8, 2018, he made his professional MMA debut.
11. On March 22, 2023, he turned 28.
12. On August 12, 2023, he lost to Jose Torres when they competed for the then vacant BRAVE CF Bantamweight World Championship title.
13. On December 15, 2023, he became the new BRAVE CF Bantamweight World Champion by dethroning Torres.

TIMELINE

2018

• On December 8, 2018, he defeated Ahmed Faress via technical knockout at “BRAVE CF 19” in Sun City, North West Province, South Africa.

2019

• On August 30, 2019, he lost to Caio Gregorio via technical knockout at “BRAVE CF 25” in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• On December 7, 2019, he defeated Ian Cleary via unanimous decision at “BRAVE CF 31” in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

2020

• On November 19, 2020, he defeated Zia Mashwani via technical knockout at “BRAVE CF 45” in Riffa, Bahrain.

2021

• On March 18, 2021, he defeated Abdelmoumen Mssaate via technical knockout at “BRAVE CF 48” in Arad, Bahrain.

2022

• On July 30, 2022, he defeated Eduardo Mora via unanimous decision at “BRAVE CF 60” in Isa Town, Bahrain.
• On November 26, 2022, he defeated Fajar via technical knockout at “BRAVE CF 66” in Bali, Indonesia.

2023

• On August 12, 2023, he lost to Torres via split decision at “BRAVE CF 73” in Bogota, Colombia.
• On December 15, 2023, he defeated Torres via technical knockout at “BRAVE CF 80” in Isa Town.