The First and New VFC Champ, Righard Burger.
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The first and new VFC champ, Righard Burger, says that he did not expect to win as he took on more established fighters during the competition. The people that competed in the virtual tournament included Hector Brits who just made his MMA comeback and Stephan De La Rey from CIT. LFS winner, Keagan Wroots, was part of the contenders as well as EFC athlete, Ahana Raymond. But even with all these household names, the 16 year old from XKT Middelburg came out on top as the champ.
“Firstly I didn't really expect to win because I was the only junior to compete in the challenge and the other fighters have much more fans because they are in the game for longer than I am,” said the 16 year old. “But I have a lot of supporting friends and family and I would just like to thank them.”
Burger drove in high votes from his first match up and kept it solid for the entire 4 weeks of the competition. He mentioned the advantages of participating in the online tournament. “I got allot of exposure on social media and friend requests but the main thing I wanted is that if I don’t win, people will still notice me and look me up to know "who Is this guy?"
The tournament had a total social media reach of over 35 000 post reach in the four weeks, including Pro athletes, Promotion owners, media houses, supplement shop owners and others that could be potential sponsors. Meaning, Burger’s name has been put out there.
Burger encouraged other fighters, especially juniors, to participate in the tournament so that they can get their names out there on social media. “Much more people will get to know you and it is surprising to see how much people you have that support you!” he said. “That made me positive and it made it a lot more fun and interesting! I would most definitely do this again!!”
Burger gave a shout out to Johannes Rudolph who competed at the finals with him and raked in some fantastic votes as well. Burger walks away with a limited edition Primal FIT Sleevelss hoodie which will be personalised for him plus a Bad Bad Muscle Stack Combo.
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VFC is an online championship where athletes battle for public votes. One vote equals one punch.
