BRAVE CF 48 has broken viewership records in several countries, as TV networks around the Arab world showcased the best of martial arts in the region.
BRAVE CF 48: Arabian Night featured some of the best Arab fighters going up against top international fighters on an unforgettable night from Asia’s number one promotion.
Interest for mixed martial arts in the region has reached a peak. Iraqi fans watched their heroes live on Iraq Sports TV, while Kurdish fans watched the show on Kurdsat and Bahrainis witnessed the action on Bahrain Sports TV.
Elsewhere in the region, the impact made on BRAVE CF TV was tremendous, with the free-to-sign platform breaking its records for BRAVE CF 48, doubling the number of viewers from the last event, making this the most successful show for the platform thus far.
BRAVE CF reiterated its commitment to give opportunities to the region’s fighters and showcase them on a global stage. And the fans have responded by making BRAVE CF 48: Arabian Night the most viewed BRAVE Combat Federation card from the Middle East.
Fans around the world can still watch BRAVE CF 48: Arabian Night, by signing up free on the BRAVE CF TV platform at bravecftv.com.
Meanwhile, BRAVE CF 49: Super Fights has shuffled its match-ups after the Jose Torres vs Sean Santella rematch was shelved and replaced with a Torres vs Blaine O’Driscoll match-up.
USA’s Sean “Shorty Rock” Santella suffered an undisclosed injury during his training camp leading up to the rematch against Jose “Shorty” Torres, after their first encounter for the tournament quarter-finals ended up in a draw, and was forced to pull out from the fight and the tournament.
To Santella’s spot, BRAVE CF officials have brought in SBG Ireland’s Blaine O’Driscoll, who holds a professional record of nine wins and three losses and is one of the most consistent and successful Flyweights in the Irish-British MMA circuit.
While the fight will be contested at a Catchweight of 61kg, due to the short-notice nature of the match-up, the bout between Torres and O’Driscoll will indeed serve as a quarter-final fight for the most prestigious Flyweight tournament in the sport’s history.
With the last-minute change, Torres vs O’Driscoll will also move in the fight card, serving now as the co-main event of the evening for BRAVE CF 49, which takes place on March 25, at Arad Fort.
The new main event of the evening will be the Super Lightweight bout between the former BRAVE CF World Champion Luan “Miau” Santiago and the undefeated French powerhouse Benoit “God of War” St. Denis.
The winner of this fight will be guaranteed a title shot against reigning 165-pound world champion Eldar Eldarov.
- BRAVE CF announced Ebrahim K Kanoo, the sole distributor of Toyota in Bahrain, as its official automotive sponsor for the Return of Kombat Kingdom, a series of four events taking place at Arad Fort, from March 11 to April 1.
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