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Sixteen athletes are ready to light up the Bogota sky at BRAVE CF 73
Aug 12, 2023
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The BRAVE Pan-American Combat Week is in full swing as sixteen international athletes proved they’re ready to pull out the fireworks and help light up Bogota’s 485th-anniversary party when BRAVE CF 73 rolls out tomorrow night in Colombia. BRAVE CF 73 will close out the largest mixed martial arts event in the Latin American nation when stars from the USA, South Africa, Colombia, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Peru, and Ecuador fly their nations’ flags at the Coliseo El Salitre.
These professional athletes got to size up their opponents when they met during the ceremonial weigh-ins and face-offs before going to war. While proceedings were respectful, there was no lack of intensity.
In the main event, South Africa’s Nkosi Ndebele towered above his opponent and USA’s Jose Torres when they came face to face ahead of their BRAVE CF Bantamweight Championship fight. “I can’t believe I am headlining a BRAVE CF event,” says Ndebele, a household name in BRAVE Combat Federation since turning professional in 2018, racking up six wins and only one loss. “I appreciate the love and support and promise to show my appreciation,” added Ndebele.
“BRAVE Combat Federation means so much to me, I finally have this moment, and I now get to live out my dream,” said Torres, a former Flyweight contender, who paid respects to his late father by wearing the colors of Chigaco’s notorious Harrison Gents gang in his hair.
Ahead of their electric Super Welterweight clash, Brazil’s Luis Cado and Willker Lemos produced an intense staredown when they met face to face before both athletes let off a thunderous raw head.
In the opening main card fight, Colombia’s favorite son Eduardo Mora received loud applause at the Coliseo El Salitre when he walked out with his Colombian flag before looking Trinidad and Tobago’s Keron Bourne in the eye ahead of their Bantamweight clash.
On the LFC prelim card, the excitement got the better of Colombia’s Mauricio Otalora and El Salavador’s Carlos Belloso before officials stepped in to douse the flames on stage.
Only one athlete failed to make the weight cut as Ecuador’s Diego Morillo stepped onto the scales at 71.7kg ahead of his Lightweight bout against Colombia’s Gabriel Bula.
BRAVE CF 73 Weigh-In Results
Main Card
Bantamweight World Title: Jose Torres (60.9kg) vs Nkosi Ndebele (60.9kg)
Flyweight: Zach Makovsky (56.7kg) vs Flavio De Queiroz (56.7kg)
Super Welterweight: Luis Cado (78.8kg) vs Willker Lemos (79.4kg)
Bantamweight: Eduardo Mora (60.8kg) vs Keron Bourne (60.9kg)
Preliminary Card
Featherweight: Andres Gómez (65.6kg) vs Jefferson Gomez (65.2kg)
Welterweight: Mauricio Otalora (76.8kg) vs Carlos Belloso (77.1kg)
Flyweight: Carlos Toro (57.2kg) vs Edgar Torres (56.7kg)
Lightweight: Gabriel Bula (70.6kg) vs Diego Morillo (71.7kg)*
*Didn’t make weight, fined 20% of purse
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