Fighters from 16 nations will descend upon the island to face off against each other at BRAVE CF 45, which is set to take on Thursday.
In the main event of the evening, Ian Entwistle will come in at the last minute to represent Great Britain against Dumar Roa, the biggest star in Colombian mixed martial arts. They have agreed to face off in a catchweight bout of 68 kg, after the featherweight fight against Gabriel ‘Fly’ fell through due to the Brazilian being diagnosed with Covid-19 before leaving his home country.
Aside from Great Britain and Colombia, 14 other nations will be represented by some of their greatest warriors, including Bahrain itself – the number one amateur light heavyweight in the world, Murtaza Talha will lead the Bahraini team that will also have Isa Almeari and Mohammed Zuhair in action. It will be Talha’s first professional fight as he takes on Vadim Litvin, from Belarus.
In the co-main event, Kyrgyzstan’s next big star Abdisalam Uulu Kubanychbek will look to go 2-0 under the BRAVE CF banner as he takes on Moldova’s Valeriu Mircea and Pakistan’s Zia Mashwani meets South Africa’s Nkosi Ndebele in a battle of top Bantamweight prospects.
Meanwhile, Algeria’s Mohamed Said Maalem is ready to prove that his victory over Canada’s Todd Stoute at BRAVE CF 33 in Saudi Arabia last year wasn’t by chance. Maalem will take on Zvonomir Kralj, the ‘Croatian Sensation’, who was probably one of the stand out fighters during BRAVE CF’s European Series in the summer. But Maleem is no stranger to the underdog position, actually he feels pretty confident in seeing his opponent being regarded as a regional sensation.
However, the stakes are much higher this time: a convincing win not only will prove that his last performance wasn’t a fluke but also certify him as championship material for the light heavyweight division.
BRAVE CF 45 will take place behind closed doors in the National Stadium starting at 6pm. The show will be available on bravecftv.com.