Vuyisile Colossa

Vuyisile Colossa
Vuyisile Colossa
Born	June 28, 1982 (age 44); Welkom, Thabong, South Africa
Occupation(s)	Mixed martial artist, kickboxer
Years active	2002–present
Known for	Mixed martial arts, kickboxing, Muay Thai

Vuyisile Colossa (born 28 June 1982) is a South African athlete specializing in mixed martial arts and kickboxing, with five global championship titles in kickboxing and Muay Thai. He began his professional kickboxing career in 2002 and transitioned into MMA competition starting in 2010.

Background

Hailing from the mining community of Welkom, Thabong in South Africa, Colossa was involved in various sports from an early age. During his time at Leseding Technical School, he participated in baseball, cricket, basketball, and rugby, later picking up hockey while attending THS Welkom. He started training in kickboxing when he was 15 years old.

Kickboxing and Muay Thai

Colossa secured third place at the Free State Championships, which led to his selection for South Africa’s inaugural team. He earned a bronze medal at the South Africa Fighting Championships and claimed titles such as the 1999 BIG Five Championships, finishing as runner-up in the 2000 SA Championships. In 2001, after placing third in the South African trials, he received national colors and represented his country in Vienna.

Turning pro in 2002, Colossa captured the South African Full-Contact Kickboxing Championship along with the Ring Contact Fighting Art International Welterweight Kickboxing Title. His accomplishments earned him the Premier's Youth Award and commendations from the Department of Sport, Arts, Culture, Science and Technology.

In 2003, he became both South African Professional Kickboxing Council Champion and Muay Thai Champion, additionally placing second in the W.A.K.O. Professional World Championship. That year he also achieved a first-degree black belt in Ring Contact Fighting Art. By 2006, Colossa was runner-up for the King of the Ring World Title and made his K-1 Khan Fighting debut in South Korea.

Starting in 2008, Colossa competed widely throughout Asia, facing elite opponents such as Naruepol Fairtex and Yodsaenklai Fairtex at Planet Battle events. In 2009, he finished as runner-up in the I-1 World Grand Slam tournaments held in Hong Kong and Macau.

In 2010, he took part in Enfusion: Test of the Champions, a reality TV series filmed in Thailand, and won the Wu Lin Feng Golden Dragon Belt during King of the Ring’s eight-man tournament hosted in China.

June 2011 saw Colossa featured on The Challenger Muay Thai, where he secured the Muay Thai Against Drugs belt; this program was broadcast internationally on AXN. Later that year, he triumphed at the I-1 Grand Slam four-man tournament in Hong Kong.

On 3 April 2012, Colossa faced off against notable Muay Thai competitor Saiyok Pumpanmuang during the semi-finals of a WMC tournament.

Mixed martial arts

Colossa made his professional MMA debut in May 2010, compiling a record of four wins against one loss; his only defeat came via a disputed decision to URCC Welterweight Champion Eduard Folayang.

In addition to competing, Colossa established the IMPI World Series in 2014, which is recognized as Hong Kong’s pioneering caged MMA event featuring live coverage on NowTV Sports.

ONE Fighting Championship

In September 2011, Colossa inked a three-year deal with ONE Fighting Championship. He secured a victory in his first match against Ma Xing Yu at ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion held in Singapore, achieving a stoppage in the opening round. Following this win, he declared his intent to contend for the lightweight championship.

During their February 2013 encounter at ONE Fighting Championship: Return of Warriors, Colossa was defeated by Lowen Tynanes via rear-naked choke in the closing moments. Nevertheless, he bounced back with decision triumphs over Kotetsu Boku in September 2013 and Caros Fodor in December 2013.

In June 2014, Colossa entered into a contract with the UFC and was expected to make his debut at UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le in August. However, this bout did not come to fruition, likely due to his existing agreement with ONE FC which was set to expire in late September 2014.

Colossa was also booked for a rematch against Caros Fodor at ONE FC 20: Rise of the Kingdom scheduled for September 2014 but had to pull out at the last moment because of an injury.

Kickboxing and Muay Thai

International Professional Combat Council
- 2014 IPCC 73 kg Titleholder
World Muaythai Council
- 2012 WMC I-1 Titleholder
- 2011 WMC Muaythai Against Drugs (MAD) Champion
King's Cup
- 2010 King's Cup Finalist
Wu Lin Feng
- 2010 WLF 70 kg World 8-Man Tournament Winner
Ring Contact Fighting Art International
- 2002 RCFA Champion
- South African RCFA Amateur Titleholder
South African Kickboxing Association
- 2002 South African Welterweight Kickboxing Champion
South African Muaythai Federation
- South African Muay Thai Middleweight Champion
Professional Kickboxing Council
- South African PKC Middleweight Champion

Kickboxing record

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2019-05-28	Draw	Yodwicha Banchamek	MAS Fight	Hong Kong	Draw	1	9:00
2016-11-05	Win	Zheng Zhaoyu	Wu Lin Feng	China	Decision (Extra Round)	4	3:00
2016-07-31	Win	Nurla Mulali	Kunlun Fight 48	Jining, China	Decision (Extra Round)	4	3:00
2016-06-05	Loss	Bo fufan	Kunlun Fight 45	Chengdu, China	Unanimous Decision	3	3:00
2015-01-03	Win	Duoli Chen	Kunlun Fight 15: The World MAX Return	Nanjing, China	Decision	3	3:00
2014-06-29	Win	Xu Zhenguang	Kunlun Fight 6	Chongqing, China	Decision	3	3:00
2012-12-31	Loss	Wang Wei Hao	Wu Lin Feng 70 kg Tournament Quarter-finals	Beijing, China	Decision	3	3:00
2011-11-05	Loss	Aotegen Bateer	Hero Legend	Changsha, China	Decision	3	3:00
2011-09-25	Loss	Frank Giorgi	Thai Fight 2011 70 kg Tournament Quarter-final	Bangkok, Thailand	Decision	3	3:00
2011-04-23	Loss	Ky Hollenbeck	W.C.K. Muaythai Show	Hainan, China	Decision	5	3:00

2011-01-21	Win	Zhou Zhipeng	Wu Lin Feng	Xi'an, China	Decision	3	3:00
2010-12-05	Loss	Yodsaenklai Fairtex	Kings Cup (Super 8 Tournament)	Bangkok, Thailand	Decision	3	3:00
2010-08-14	Win	Hong Guang	Wu Lin Feng	Henan, China	Decision	3	3:00
2010-05-28	Win	Dong Wenfei	Wu Lin Feng Final	Henan, China	Ext.R. Decision	4	3:00

2010-04-03	Win	Zhou Jian Kun	Wu Lin Feng Semi-final	Henan, China	Decision	3	3:00
2010-03-29	Win	Yang Zhuo	Wu Lin Feng Quarter-final	Henan, China	Decision	3	3:00
2010-02-13	Win	align=left \| Yodsaenklai Fairtex	Boxe-Thai Guinea Tournament II	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Unanimous Decision	5	3:00
2010-01-??	Loss	align=left \| Armen Petrosyan	Enfusion Kickboxing Tournament Round One	Koh Samui, Thailand	Decision	3	3:00
2010-01-03	Win	align=left \| Yang Tong Hsiung	Wu Lin Feng	Henan, China	KO	2	0:20
2009-11-07	Loss	align=left \| Madsua	I-1 Grand Extreme Asian Title Final	Macau	Unanimous Decision	3	3:00

2009-11-07	Win	align=left \| Faisal Ramli	I-1 Grand Extreme Asian Title Semi-final	Macau	Unanimous Decision	3	3:00
2009-10-22	Loss	align=left \| Dmitry Valent	I-1 Grand SLAM Tournament Final	Hong Kong	Split Decision	3	3:00

2009-10-22	Win	align=left \| Abdoul Olay Toure	I-1 Grand SLAM Tournament Semi-final	Hong Kong	KO	3	3:00
2009-09-20	Win	align=left \| Du Guangqiang	Wu Lin Feng	Zhengzhou, China	Unanimous Decision	3	3:00
2009-05-23	Loss	align=left \| Dong Wenfei	Wu Lin Feng	Zhengzhou, China	Split Decision	5	2:00
2009-03-26	Loss	align=left \| Yodsanklai Fairtex	Les Stars du Ring		Levallois, France		Unanimous Decision		5		3:00
2009-01-18		Win		Xu Yan		Hero Legend		Beijing, China		Unanimous Decision		5	3:00
2008–11–25		Loss		Yodsaenklai Fairtex		Planet Battle		Hong Kong		Decision
2008–06–25		Loss		Naruepol Fairtex		Planet Battle		Hong Kong		Decision
2008–03–30		Win		Sinbi Taewoong		The Khan 1		Seoul, South Korea		Ext.R. Unanimous Decision		4
2007–07–21		Win		Jae Mun Choi		K–1 Fighting Network Khan 2007		Seoul, South Korea		Unanimous Decision		3
2006–10–14		Loss		Goran Borovic		K–1 Rules Africa Bomba-Yaa 2006		Johannesburg, South Africa		Decision
2006–09–16		Win		Jae-Sik Choi		K–1 Fighting Network KHAN 2006 in Seoul		Seoul, South Korea		KO
2005–05–06		Win		Solly Poo		Corausel		Pretoria, South Africa		KO
2005–02–28		Win		Leon Mynahardt		Fight Extravaganza		Durban, South Africa		KO
2004–11–26		Win		Lucky Notshele		United Fighting Alliance		Johannesburg, South Africa		Decision
2004–02–28		Loss		Behrouz Rastagar		Rising-Sun		Arnhem, Netherlands		Decision
2003–10–11		Win		Moeti Moholo		Rika's Promotions		Pretoria, South Africa		TKO (Corner stoppage)
2003–09–14		Loss		Neil Woods		Thai Boxing World Championship		Liverpool, UK	(Corner stoppage) TKO
2003–05–10		Win		Amos Hlatswayo		Challenge of Champs		Johannesburg, South Africa	(KO)
2002–08–31	(Win)	Patrick Mahlango	(South African Championships)	(Johannesburg)	(KO)	(4)	2:30
2002–06–29	(Win)	Davi Otto	(The Jungle War Championship)	(Johannesburg)	Decision (Unanimous)	(5)	3:00

Legend:

Mixed martial arts record

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| align=center |3 
| align=center |4:37 
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
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| Loss 
| align=center |5–3 
| Yui Chul Nam 
| Split decision 
| Road FC 10: Monson vs Kang 
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| align=center |3 
| align=center |5:00 
| Busan, South Korea 
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| Win 
| align=center |5–2 
| Seok Mo Kim  
| TKO (knees and punches) 
| Road FC 9: Beatdown 
|  
| align=center |1 
| align=center |4:38 
| Wonju, South Korea 
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| Loss 
| align=center |4–2 
| Yui Chul Nam 
| Unanimous decision 
| Road FC 5: Night of Champions 
|  
| align=center |3 
| align=center |5:00 
| Seoul, South Korea 
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| Win  
| align=center 4–1  
 Xing Yu Ma  
 TKO (punches)  
 List of ONE Championship events#ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion  
   
 align=center 1  
 align=center 0:49  
 Kallang, Singapore  
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  Win   
  align=center 3–1   
  Stefan Lukovnikov    
  Submission (armbar)    
  Draka: Governor's Cup 2010    
      
  align=center 1    
  align=center 4:59    
  Khabarovsk, Russia    
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  Loss    
  align=center 2–1    
  Eduard Folayang    
  Unanimous decision    
  Martial Combat 12    
      
  align=center 3    
  align=center 5:00    
  Sentosa, Singapore    
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  Win    
  align=center 2–0    
  Alex Niu    
  KO (punches)    
  Martial Combat 7    
      
  align=center 2    
  N/A    
  Sentosa, Singapore    
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  Win    
  align=center 1–0    
  John Vargas    
  Submission (rear-naked choke)    
  Fury 1: Clash of the Titans    
      
  align=center 1    
  N/A    
  Cotai, Macau

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