{"id":20884,"date":"2022-03-29T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T02:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateglobal.com\/?p=20884"},"modified":"2022-03-29T20:15:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T03:15:20","slug":"frans-mlambo-makes-bold-combate-global-prediction-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/frans-mlambo-makes-bold-combate-global-prediction-for-2022","title":{"rendered":"Frans Mlambo makes bold Combate Global prediction for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Miami, FL<\/strong> &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/irelands-frans-mlambo-wins-copa-combate-2021\">Frans \u201cThe Black Mamba\u201d Mlambo<\/a> believes he will become the first Combate Global Irish and double champion.<\/p>\n<p>In December, he gained notoriety winning Copa Combate and taking home $100,000 in stellar fashion, despite the call to compete \u201ccoming out of nowhere\u201d and this event being his first foray in a same-day tournament structure. Perhaps Combate Global fans might be seeing him in another Copa Combate in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had wanted to get on it for ages definitely some experience that I wouldn\u2019t mind doing again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mlambo joined CG\u2019s Instagram live account for a one-on-one interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CbLyA9UO_8F\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CbLyA9UO_8F\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Combate Global (@combateglobal)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Before considering any more tournaments, Mlambo will have to face David \u201cThe Black Spartan\u201d Martinez in la Jaula for the Bantamweight strap this spring. A battle between two battle-tested warriors both are on a three fight-win streaks inside of la Jaula.<\/p>\n<p>The Johannesburg-born Irishman also teased potential matchups that are very likely to come into fruition regardless of whether he wins the belt.<\/p>\n<p>One fight Mlambo wants is a rematch against his Copa Combate finals dance partner, Kevin Cordero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c100 percent. I will never say no to a fight. [Especially] any of [the fighters from Copa Combate]. He was a tough fighter and a fun fight. He made me let go a bit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mlambo also wants a rematch against fighters outside of last year&#8217;s Copa Combate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have five losses in my record; there is no other fight that annoys me as much as my loss to Ricky Bandejas. I\u2019d love to get him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>If Mlambo gets the belt, he might be able to make Combate Global history: not only becoming the first Irish champion, but he also wants to become the first double champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could definitely make flyweight,\u201d said Mlambo, who concluded after reflecting on how easy his weight cuts are to make bantamweight. \u201cFor now, being champ-champ is not specifically in my plans, but you never know. It is an option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mlambo is hoping 2022 will be a busy season for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more I fight, the more I get into it, the better Frans Mlambo you get. Get me five fights by the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami, FL &#8211;Frans \u201cThe Black Mamba\u201d Mlambo believes he will become the first Combate Global Irish and double champion. In December, he gained notoriety winning Copa Combate and taking home $100,000 in stellar fashion, despite the call to compete \u201ccoming out of nowhere\u201d and this event being his first foray in a same-day tournament structure&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":15388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3019],"tags":[9970],"class_list":["post-20884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-frans-mlambo-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20884"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20888,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20884\/revisions\/20888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}