South Africa's Dricus du Plessis made history on Saturday night at Carnival City, Johannesburg, when he became the EFC's first two division champion with a win against Yannick Bahati.
It took all of 90 seconds for the EFC welterweight champion Du Plessis to finish England's Bahati and claim his middleweight belt.
Bahati came out strong and landed stiff jabs followed by a clean right cross in the opening seconds of round one. Du Plessis responded by pushing forward which opted the middleweight champ to shoot for the takedown.
The two division champion stood firm up against the cage and slipped in the guillotine choke to force Bahati to tap.
"This feeling is indescribable even though I've thought about it a million times. I saw myself knocking him out in the first round but I never imagined it feeling this good," said the 23-year-old Du Plessis.
"Everybody saw my hands tonight; it was the best shape my hands have ever been in.
"Back then (when I started) fighting in the EFC was the biggest thing in the world for me, now I'm standing here holding two belts."
In the co-main events, Nkazimulo Zulu celebrated his 28th birthday by defending his flyweight belt with a win against Zimbabwean Sylvester Chipfumbu; while Igeu Kabesa claimed the vacant featherweight belt with a convincing victory against favourite Pierre Botha.
Zulu, who made his return into the Hexagon following a stint in the United States, put on a world class performance as he picked Chipfumbu apart.
Chipfumbu safely won the first round when he landed clean shots to the jaw and secured two takedowns to control the exchanges. Zulu soon gained momentum and showed his composure when he landed knees from within the clinch - which was the start of Chipfumbu's downfall.
Chipfumbu came out too confident in the second as he swung for the fences in search of a knockout. Zulu was swift in his counter strikes and stepped in and out of the pocket at will as he chipped away before getting the TKO finish due to strikes in the fourth round.
"I trained very hard for this fight. I never stopped training since I got back from the States," said Zulu. "I wasn't expecting Sylvester to be that strong and I was surprised with his takedown, he did a great job there."
England's Callum Ellenor will head home disappointed following his classy display on debut in the EFC. Ellenor lost via split decision to Gareth Buirski despite controlling all three rounds, getting the knockdown and multiple takedowns.
After losing the first two of their three-round bout, Sindile Manengela secured his win against Barend Nienaber in the third via rear-naked choke.