Brave Combat Federation world bantamweight champion Stephen Loman and Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao are among the winners of this year’s Kafagway Sports International Luminaries Awards in the Philippines.
Loman will receive the Super Athlete of 2017 award, spearheaded by National Correspondents Club on February 10 at the Silungan Center.
Loman won the inaugural world bantamweight championship fight at Khalifa Sports City in Bahrain against Gurdarshan Mangat by way of knockout in the first round.
Sangiao will receive the Super Coach of 2017 award. Sangiao was recently named one of the most outstanding coaches in Asia and was responsible for the rise of Team Lakay on the global stage.
Brave Combat Federation has provided a global platform for athletes from Philippines to showcase their skills which also brought the two nations closer using the medium of sports.
After the Brave International Combat Week, the sports initiatives led by Bahrain had been praised by the Philippines Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso A. Ver while welcoming Loman following his championship victory.