ALL fighters successfully cleared yesterday’s official weigh-ins, open to the general public, which was a big hit ahead of today’s Brave 16 in Abu Dhabi.
Brave Combat Federation is hosting the event at the Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa. Doors open at 5pm.
Two championship titles will be defended in the main card of the fight night. In the main event, Carlston Harris, the welterweight champion, will defend his title for the first time against Jarrah Al Selawe.
Elias Boudegzdame, the longest reigning champion at Brave, will defend the featherweight title against Bubba Jenkins.
The fight card also features 10 times IBJJF World Champion competing in a mixed martial arts bout for the first time in Abu Dhabi.
The fight card features 11 professional fights with 16 nations represented.
Earlier on Wednesday, fighters from the Philippines competing in Brave 16 visited the Embassy of Philippines.
Vaughn Donayre from Cebu will be up against Brazil’s Flavio Serafin in a catchweight bout. Crisanto Pitpitunge from Benguet will be fighting Bahrain’s Hamza Kooheji in a bantamweight bout and Jonathan Corton from Benguet will take on another Bahraini Hussain Ayyad in the flyweight bout.
The three Filipino fighters met the Ambassador of Philippines to the UAE Hjayceelyn Quintana.
“This is part of our people to people diplomacy to make sure that our Emirati friends know that we are one with them in terms of promoting solidarity through sports.
“We are very proud that they are representing the Philippines here and hopefully we can also mobilise our people to see the event on Friday,” said Quintana.
Main card: Carlston Harris (76.7 Kg) vs Jarrah Al Selawe (76.8 Kg) - Welterweight bout.
Elias Boudegzdame (65.6 Kg) vs Bubba Jenkins (65.8 Kg) - Featherweight bout.
Bruno Malfacine (56.75 Kg) vs Cristian Rodriguez Jr (56.7 Kg) - Flyweight bout.
Gadzhimusa Gaziev (78.3 Kg) vs Mohammad Fakhreddine (80.1 Kg) - Welterweight bout.
Mounir Lazzez (73 Kg) vs Dmitrijs Homjakovs (72.95 Kg) - Catchweight bout.
Under card: Chad Hanekom (83.75 Kg) vs Leon Aliu (84.05 Kg) - Middleweight bout, Hamza Kooheji (61.7 Kg) vs Crisanto Pitpitunge (61.4 Kg) - Bantamweight bout.
Erick da Silva (70.5 Kg) vs Guram Kutateladze (70.2 Kg) - Lightweight bout.
Flavio Seraphim (75 Kg) vs Vaughn Donayre (74.9 Kg) - Catchweight bout.
Louis Sanoukidakis (61.2 Kg) vs Nawras Abzakh (61.6 Kg) - Bantamweight bout.
Hussain Ayyad (57.1 Kg) vs Jonathan Corton (56.75 Kg) - Flyweight bout.