SHAIKH Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s election as president of Bahrain Olympic Committee has been received with enthusiasm by the mixed martial arts community with athletes from all over the world using the social media to congratulate Shaikh Khalid on his involvement with Olympic sports.
Founder and visionary of Brave Combat Federation, the fastest-rising mixed martial arts promotion in the world, Shaikh Khalid has changed the MMA landscape by providing athletes with the only truly global platform to perform, regardless of their nationalities and standings.
Super lightweight title contender and Bahraini hero Eldar Eldarov described the appointment as a “historical moment”.
Other Brave fighters, such as Brazilian featherweight Gabriel “Fly”, welterweight KO artist Rami Hamed and Brave president Mohammed Shahid also congratulated Shaikh Khalid.