With self-proclaimed king of kick boxing, Moses Golola lamenting about his nightmare display during the‘Night of Champions’ fight, kick boxer Umar ‘The Pain’ Semata is walking the talk taking Uganda’s kickboxing to the next level. Semata will today take on Thailand’s Santon Canison in the Kunlun Combat League in China.
Kunlun Fight is a top Chinese kickboxing promotion that debuted in 2014 in Pattaya, Thailand. It started with super fights and a four-man kickboxing tournament including Andrei Kulebin, Petsanguan Luktupfah, Guo Dongwang and Semata.
This year, Semata will give it another go in the four-man tournament, from which he needs to win only once to qualify for the $100,000 (Shs380m) K-1 Championship Title fight due April 2019 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, USA.
“Semata is flying the Ugandan flag well so we need to be proud and support him,” Semata’s promoter told Matooke Republic.
The president of Pemba Sports Africa (PSA) Jack Pemba is also confident that if we all back Semata, he is destined for greatness.
“We have to support him to make it to one of one of the biggest arenas that has hosted some of the biggest fighters like (Floyd) Mayweather and (Connor) McGregor in the past. After that Semata will never fight again in east and central Africa for less than Shs100m. Even in Asia we are nearly done.” Pemba said before adding that; “He is a very talented fighter taking on opponents in three different styles, no one else is doing that in Africa. Semata is now expensive, one of the best and his stake has to rise.”