BRAVE CF 42: an Extensive Guide to the Biggest Flyweight Tournament

12 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 BRAVE CF 42: An extensive guide to the biggest Flyweight tournament Six of the best fighters in the division will start their paths towards glory at BRAVE CF 42 next Thursday return to BRAVE CF in top form to the fact that Makovsky’s last First Flyweight and confident of beating the fa- win was a monumental one - he • vored Torres with his jiu-jitsu beat previously undefeated Veli- world champion will be skills and experience. Santella murad Alkhasov and was able to crowned in the main is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, score takedowns on the sambo event triple-header and trains with legendary Ricar- world champion, something that do Almeida. 14 out of his 23 pro- no other man was able to do. TDT | Manama fessional victories have come by way of submission and he hopes Queiroz vs Alkhasov to add number 15 against Jose. If Sean Santella has a score to RAVE Combat Federation will settle with Velimurad Alkhasov, Blook to crown its first Fly- Makovsky vs Hussein the Russian powerhouse is also weight world champion with Zach Makovsky’s return to the looking for revenge. He wants to a tremendous tournament that BRAVE CF fold can be best de- move up to eventually face Zach will kick off next Thursday scribed as a clash of generations. Makovsky and erase the only on BRAVE CF 42. In the main At 36 and with 30 pro fights un- defeat of his pro career so far. event triple-header, six of the der his belt, he will meet a rising However, before he can think best fighters in the division will star in Abdul Hussein, who has of a rematch with Zach, he will start their paths towards glory. a 7-1 record, but vast amateur need to go past Flavio Queiroz. Jose Torres, Sean Santella, Ab- experience. The young Brazilian is proba- dul Hussein, Zach Makovsky, Fighting out of Finland, bly the dark horse of the tour- Flavio Queiroz, and Velimurad ‘’ABBA’’ is an IMMAF world nament, but his credentials are Alkhasov have been chosen to champion and known for his second to none. lead the biggest tournament of strong submission game. He has Fighting out of Capital da Luta the year in its first round. four out of seven professional under former BRAVE CF world Their various degrees of ex- victories via tap-out and will champion Lucas Martins, Flavio perience, their paths towards look to expose any weaknesses is a knockout machine, and holds BRAVE CF, and their fighting replaced soon. emotional distress following his than ever to return. in Makovsky’s game to score sub an impressive finishing rate for a styles differ in many ways, but father’s passing. He will need all the determi- number 5. Flyweight, with ten of his 12 pro they all have something in com- Torres vs Santella Jose’s dad was a central figure nation to go past Santella. At 35, It will be no easy task, though, wins coming by stoppage. mon: the thirst for victory and Jose Torres and Sean Santella not just in his life but in his ca- ‘’Shorty Rock’’ has dominated as ‘’Fun Size’’ is an excellent Queiroz is also riding a three- quality to win it all. are two of the best Flyweights reer. It was him who made the the local scene for years, but has wrestler and has also big grap- fight win streak, including a nas- Over the course of the next in the United States, and both decision to send young Torres to a score to settle in the BRAVE CF pling skills, having won the FILA ty submission victory over Jean events, BRAVE CF will also or- are coming into the tournament martial arts training in Chicago, tournament. He wants to move Grappling world championship Felipe Souza in his BRAVE CF ganize the last quarter-final with something to prove. For and he has been someone who past Torres to face off against in 2011. Zach has also beaten a debut, last year in Brazil. Now match-up which would take ‘’Shorty’’, it’s the chance to prove ‘’Shorty’’ has depended on his Velimurad Alkhasov, the man who’s who of big names in the set for his second bout outside place between Dustin Ortiz and he remains one of the best fight- entire life. It was a bitter blow, who gave him his last defeat in division and will certainly be of his own country, Flavio will Marcel Adur. However, the Bra- ers in the world, after having but now training under Din his BRAVE CF debut. the favorite to advance to the come in with bad intentions and zilian Adur was forced to with- to pull out of a scheduled title Thomas’ small team in Florida, Since then, Sean has amassed semifinals. hoping to impose his gameplan draw due to injury and will be fight with Marcel Adur due to Torres seems more determined a three-fight win streak, and will This is true, especially due over the sambo world champion. BRAVE CF 42 full fight card released with 12 nations represented BRAVE CF 41 Fight Card BRAVE CF 42 also features• Flyweight Middleweight title: (champion) Daniel ‘’Gaucho’’ Pereira (Brazil) vs Mohammad Fakhreddine (Lebanon) Middleweight bout: Ikram Aliskerov (Russia) vs Denis Tiuliulin (Russia) Tournament Super Lightweight bout: Cian Cowley (Ireland) vs Ahmed Amir (Bahrain) quarter-finals Lightweight: Sam Patterson (England) vs Felipe Silva (Brazil) Flyweight: John Cris Corton (Philippines) vs Magomed Idrisov (Russia) TDT | Manama Bantamweight: Rahmatullah Yousufzai (Afghanistan) vs Abdulmanap Magomedov (Russia) Amateur Bantamweight: Abdullah Alyaqoob (Bahrain) vs Umed Urfonov (Tajikistan) RAVE Combat Federation Breturns to the Kingdom of nament, the eight-men knockout first round match was postponed Bahrain, for the second consec- BETTER bracket that will decide the in- due to Brazil’s Marcel Adur utive week with BRAVE CF 42, on augural BRAVE Combat Feder- surgery. The date of his bout September 24th. The promotion ation Flyweight champion of against Dustin Ortiz is yet to be released the full fight card of the KNOW the world. confirmed. event and it brings 12 different Three of the first four quar- For the host-country Bahrain, nations represented inside the ter-finals are scheduled to take the most important fight of the cage, apart from the first round place during BRAVE CF 42, with night is, without a doubt, Hamza of the prestigious Flyweight Bringing multiple coun- the clash between fellow-coun- “The Pride of Bahrain” Koohe- World Title Tournament. tries together is a trade- trymen Jose “Shorty” Torres ji vs Aidan James, from Wales. The 12 countries, from four mark of BRAVE CF. The and Sean “Shorty Rock” Santella Hamza is the most popular Bah- different continents, sending Bringing multiple countries together cards featuring dozens Bahrain-based organiza- headlining the card. raini fighter after and will face fighters to BRAVE CF 42 are: together is a trademark of BRAVE of international athletes. The other two tournament James, arguably, the toughest United States, Finland, Russia, Combat Federation, the only tru- Another huge highlight of tion has consistently put bouts scheduled are Zach Ma- test of his career so far. A win Brazil, Bahrain, Wales, Kyr- ly global MMA promotion in the BRAVE CF 42, the second stop of together cards featuring kovsky vs Abdul Hussein and over the Welsh prodigy can put gyzstan, Sweden, France, Phil- world. The Bahrain-based or- the “Kombat Kingdom” series, is dozens of international Flavio Quei-roz vs Velimurad him in the picture for a Bantam- ippines, Poland, and India. ganization has consistently put the Flyweight World Title Tour- athletes Alkhasov. The fourth and final weight title shot..

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