BOOTH SILENCES DOUBTERS; SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCES FOR ARAB FIGHTERS AT BRAVE CF 2

BRAVE Combat Federation’s second edition | BRAVE CF 2 ” Dynasty ” heated the Khalifa Sports City, at Isa Town, this Friday, December 2, in Bahrain. All 10 fights played out in almost 4 hours of straight action for the pleasure of the crowd. Once again, the world came to Bahrain with 20 fighters creating the highlights of an awesome night of Mixed Martial Arts in the Kingdom Of Bahrain.

The event took place under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and the presence of Mr. Kerrith Brown president of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) and Mr. Denzin White, CEO of the IMMAF.

The championship was also attended by H.H Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa, H.H Shaikh Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa, Mr. Abrulrahman Sadiq Askar, Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Youth & Sports and Secretary-General of Bahrain Olympic Committee, Shaikh Saqer bin Salman Al Khalifa, Assistant Undersecretary for Youth Centres and Authorities, Shaikh Ibrahim bin Salman Al Khalifa, President of Bahrain Fencing Association, Shaikh Mohamed bin Daij Al Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation, Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Colonel Khalid Abdulaziz Al Khayat, President of the Bahrain Mixed Martial Arts Federation, a number of guests and MMA enthusiast.

Here’s how the night went.

In the highly anticipated main event of the night, Carl ” The Bomber ” Booth defeated Gadzhimusa Gaziev landing a right hand, followed up by a fight ending knockout which stiffed the Russian. The Englishman lived up to his nickname.

The co-headliner witnessed the Moroccan, Ottman Azaitar, defend his undefeated record with a clinical performance over the Argentinian Koldobskey. After 3 dominant rounds, Azaitar was declared the winner.

Hamza Kooheji walked into a full house of Bahraini supporters, out-grappled his opponent and snatched a unanimous victory win over the formerly undefeated Pacatiw.

Jarrah Alselawi and Elias Boudegzdame proved to the world that the Middle Eastern fighters are on a world class level as they submitted their opponents respectively.

” The visible growth from BRAVE CF 1 ” The Beginning ” to BRAVE CF 2 ” Dynasty ” shows how much hard work was put in and the level of improvement in such a short period. It’s all the hard work and persistence which was reflected into a historical sucesss for Bahrain and BRAVE Combat Federation” Said Mohamed Shahid, BRAVE CF President.

The undercard lit up the arena and warmed up the fans for the main card with some spectacular. The strawweights opened up the evening with a fight of the night performance from Pa-ac and Farman. Mexico’s Quinones makde quick work of Ahmed Fares finishing him in the first stanza. The bigger light heavyweights were next in line, with a dominant performance for Tyree Fortune. Gurdarshan Mangat delivered exactly what was expected from him, a beat down of the less talented Filipino, Bantiag. Prior to the main card, the undefeated Brazilian Alex “Leko” Da Silva proved why he is unbeaten and added the 18th win to his clean record.

BRAVE CF 2 Full Result:

• Jomar Paac (Philippines) def. Haidar Farman (Pakistan) Via UD
• Cristian Quiñones (Mexico) def. Ahmed Faress (Egypt) Via TKO Round 1
• Tyree Fortune (USA) def. Ben Forsyth (Ireland) Via UD
• Gurdarshan Mangat (India) def. Troy Bantiag (Philippines) Via TKO Round 2
• Alex Da Silva (Brazil) def. Daniel Swain (USA) Via TKO Round 2
• Elias Boudegzdame (Algeria) def. Walel Watson (USA) Via Submission Round 1
• Jarrah Selawe (Jordan) def. Erik Carlsson (Sweden) Via Submission Round 1
• Hamza Kooheji (Bahrain) def. Jeremy Pacatiw (Philippines) Via UD
• Ottman Azaitar (Germany) def. Kevin Koldobsky (Argentina) Via UD
• Carl Booth (England) def. Gadzhimusa Gaziev (Russia) Via KO Round 2
• BRAVE Combat Federation will now conduct its next show “BRAVE CF 3” in Brazil in February, 2017.
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