Reports suggest EFC president Cairo Howarth and the 47-year-old Dalton are looking at an in-ring debut in the latter part of 2020.
Word on the street is that Dalton will look to compete in the middleweight division, for fighters between 77kg and 84kg.
The current EFC middleweight champion is Dricus du Plessis.
Dalton, who has a history in boxing and boasts a Jiu Jitsu purple belt, even went as far as to call out former England loose forward James Haskell after he too recently confirmed he was entering the world of MMA.
Dalton said he was prepared to face 77-Test, 34-year-old Haskell "anywhere in the world" in what would be a 'repeat' of last year's South Africa v England Rugby World Cup final.
Dalton, who played 41 Tests for the Springboks - the last of which came in November 2002 - recently published a book, appropriately titled Bulletproof: T he James Dalton Story.
Meanwhile, EFC Africa confirmed their first headline bout of the year at EFC 84 at Time Square in Pretoria between undisputed welterweight champion, Zimbabwe's Themba Gorimbo, and undefeated South African challenger Lyle Karam on Saturday, March 14.
