With PFL Africa’s bantamweight event set for the semifinals this month, Canadian Karim Henniene can earn his method to the finals and proceed to to maintain his undefeated file in tact. The primary-ever PFL Africa semifinals are set to happen on October 18th in Kigali, Rwanda, contained in the BK Enviornment. The ten,000-plus capability enviornment has hosted many sporting occasions and concert events and is ready so as to add MMA to its listing of points of interest. With the announcement of the PFL Africa collection introduced earlier in 2025, the championships will happen someday in December 2025 in Benin, positioned in West Africa.
Karim Henniene: Coming into the World of MMA
Karim Henniene, like many blended martial artists, discovered his method to the game by way of one other type of fight. Judo was Karim Henniene’s path to the cage. “I started my profession of Martial arts by studying judo as of a really younger age. In high-school, I did partake in lots of altercations or fights with different college students previous to controlling my emotional state. I rapidly realized that what I appreciated was in truth the artwork, method and technique behind the game. It turned clear that my expertise and keenness may very well be utilized for the game versus recreationally,” Karim Henniene instructed MMASucka.
Karim Henniene’s Route of Perfection
Henniene has but to style defeat in any stage of his blended martial arts profession. As an newbie, he earned an ideal 5-0 file with two championships. In August 2019, Karim Henniene earned a fourth-round submission to seize the Nova Battle League featherweight championship. In January of the next yr, he would proceed to point out his dominance, incomes a split-decision win over the then-undefeated champion Forrest Ayers, incomes the Unified MMA featherweight title.
Two years and eight months after incomes his closing newbie crown, Karim Henniene would make his skilled debut in September 2022, defeating Alex Gluzman by unanimous resolution. Henniene’s subsequent two skilled bouts would even be in opposition to unbeaten opponents, defeating each in March 2023 and January 2024, respectively. After his unanimous resolution win over Mitch Strazzella in November 2024, Henniene’s subsequent cage seem could be underneath the brilliant lights of PFL.
Karim Henniene: Coming into the PFL Stage
Initially set to make his PFL debut in opposition to the undefeated Antero dos Santos at PFL Africa 1: Cape City 2025, dos Santos would pull out, placing harmful striker Asiashu Tshitamba within the crosshairs of Henniene. Utilizing his superior takedown recreation, Karim Henniene earned the split-decision nod. Although many thought of it a detailed battle, Henniene’s execution of his gameplan, however the contest firmly in his management, “It wasn’t shut. I adopted my coach’s recreation plan that labored completely. The following battle will probably be executed otherwise in such a method whereby ‘shut’ won’t be part of anybody’s vocabulary concerning my efficiency in opposition to my opponents,” acknowledged Henniene.
Shiny Future For Canada’s Personal
On October 18, 2025, the PFL Africa event will proceed with semifinal motion with PFL 3 Rwanda. The night time’s fundamental occasion will function light-weight event motion with Patrick Ocheme battling Abdul Razac Sankara. Extra importantly to Henniene, the night time’s co-main occasion will function the opposite aspect of his bantamweight bracket with Nkosi Ndebele taking up Simbarashe Hokonya. Ndebele is a former Courageous CF champion, who’s at the moment 9-3. Hokonya is undefeated with a file of 6-0 with a wealth of expertise preventing in Africa, naming for EFC Worldwide.
With Karim Henniene’s ability set and skill to dictate the tempo of the bout, it is vitally probably we see Henniene stay undefeated, en path to incomes the distinguished PFL Africa bantamweight event championship, which will probably be topped someday on the finish of 2025. So what does the undefeated star have in retailer for followers on October 18th? “Followers can anticipate a banger. We’re each explosive, however I’m higher in every single place. This time I’m unleashing every part. So he’s taking place in a single!” mentioned Henniene.
