{"id":16352,"date":"2025-11-28T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T07:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/ndebele-promises-clear-victory-after-split-decision-win-in-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:32","slug":"ndebele-promises-clear-victory-after-split-decision-win-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ndebele-promises-clear-victory-after-split-decision-win-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Ndebele promises clear victory after split-decision win in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nkosi Ndebele emerged victorious in Rwanda, but a split decision from the judges left both him and fans puzzled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Determined to leave no room for doubt in future bouts, the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter has vowed to finish his next opponent decisively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MMA analyst, who has followed Ndebele\u2019s career closely, said; \u201c\u2019ve seen most of his fights, including the first round in South Africa and the second in Kigali. Both fights showed different aspects of the MMA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first opponent was a stand-up fighter, and while Ndebele threw hard, his accuracy was still developing. The second was mainly a wrestler and judo fighter, so the match involved a lot of grappling. He still needs experience, but his potential is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16353,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-16352","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Nkosi Ndebele emerged victorious in Rwanda","published_date":"2025-11-28 11:33:38","news_description":"Nkosi Ndebele emerged victorious in Rwanda","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20196,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16352\/revisions\/20196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=16352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}