31 August 2016

Win for Heytham Tounes in South Africa

IMMAF Africa Open Championships is ongoing in South Africa and today Heytham Tounes from Gladius MMA/Shooters MMA Fight Team entered the tournament.

Heytham Tounes represents Shooters MMA Fight Team and the Swedish National Team in Amateur MMA. Today he fought his first fight in the tournament and he faced Riyaad Panda from South Africa. Tunes made the story short and won by triangle choke 1,09 into the first round.

Africa Open Championships is being held in Johannesburg from the 29th of Augusti through the 4th of September. International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) organizes the championships in collaboration with Mixed Martial Arts South Africa (MMASA).

Gladius MMA is also represented by Axel Karlsson, who unfortunately lost his fight today, and coach Besam Yousef.

Pic: By Wahab Akman. From the left: Axel, Besam and Heytham.