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12 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Cleiton challenges troubling record for Brazilians and champions Fighting the odds: BRAVE CF 44’s Cleiton “Predator” Silva wants to be the first Brazilian fighter to win a title bout in Bahrain

Cleiton “Predator” Silva BRAVE CF 44 Fight Card will• take on Amin Ayoub today Lightweight championship - Cleiton ‘’Predator’’ vs Amin Ayoub - Abdoul Abdouraguimov vs Louis Glismann TDT | Manama Lightweight - John Brewin vs Rolando Dy hen he steps on the cage - Dom Schober vs Mzwandile Hlongwa today, at BRAVE CF 44’s - Gerson Pereira vs Bair Shtepin Wmain event of the evening, Cleiton “Predator” Silva, the current Lightweight - Abbas Khan vs Yann Liasse Lightweight world champion, won’t Am. (73 kg) - Mohammed Sameer vs Toni Bourached be fighting only Amin Ayoub, the chal- lenger, but also a problematic record for Am. - Mohammed Salah Almuamari vs Mohammad Tawfeeq Almherat Brazilians fighting while competing in title fights in the Kingdom of Bahrain. make weight. That didn’t matter much tion, no world champion was able to de- So far, Predador’s fellow countrymen and Adur was defeated and the Fly- fend his belt successfully, which means are 0-4 in world title matches held in weight world title remained vacant. that the championship changed hands ’s home na- Cleiton “Predator” Silva and Amin Ayoub during the face-offs But that’s not the only adverse odds every single title it was put on the line. tion and the Lightweight kingpin cer- ended up defeated by Abdul-Kareem ended up defeated via unanimous de- that Cleiton ‘’Predator’’ will be facing BRAVE CF 44 takes place on Novem- tainly wants to be the first Brazilian to Al-Selwady and Mohammad Fakhred- cision. at BRAVE CF 44. In fact, the other one ber 5th, in Riffa, Bahrain. In addition put a number on the winning column. dine respectively. Lastly, probably the most unusual might be considered even more unset- to the Lightweight world title bout in As Cleiton, two other Brazilian cham- On the other hand, Felipe Efrain trav- case was the one involving Flyweight tling, since it’s not related to a single the main event, the card will feature a pions came to the Kingdom of Bahrain elled all the way to the Pearl of the Gulf top contender Marcel Adur, who fought nationality and involves a whole divi- potential Welterweight title eliminator to defend their titles. Lightweight Lu- to challenge Stephen “The Sniper” Lo- against Velimurad Alkhasov in a bout sion of weight. between Abdoul Abdouraguimov and cas “Martins” and Middleweight Daniel man for the Bantamweight world title. in which only he could be crowned Since the inaugural Lightweight Louis Glismann in the co-main event “Gaucho” put their title on the line and The Chute Boxe/Diego Lima prodigy the champion -- since Alkhasov didn’t world title at BRAVE Combat Federa- and four other thrilling fights.

BRAVE CF 44 face-offs crashed by Ahmed BRAVE CF remains as the only Middle Eastern promotion to Amir, and brawl almost ensues with ‘’Predator’’ host events around the world TDT | Manama

hmed Amir is not fighting at BRAVE ACF 44, which takes place today, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and will be headlined by a Lightweight title fight between current world champion Cleiton ‘’Predator’’ Silva and top contender Amin Ayoub. But ‘’The Butcher’’ made his presence known during the face-offs for the main event and almost caused a brawl. The Bahraini-Egyptian fighter started yelling at both Cleiton and Amin while they were facing off, saying ‘’Hey, guys, this is my title! It’s my title, ok?’’, at which point TDT | Manama expand its global footprints ‘’Predator’’ made offensive hand gestures and keep a constant and close and Ahmed charged at the champ, being RAVE Combat Federation look into the development of held back by BRAVE CF officials. Bwas founded in 2016 by His such regions. That is some - They exchanged very tough words, and Highness Sheikh Khaled bin thing unprecedented not only even Ayoub got in the middle, while John Hamad Al Khalifa as a truly when it comes to the Middle Brewin also spoke out about the title run, global MMA promotion to rev- East but in the MMA industry claiming they would have to wait until he Ahmed Amir yells at Cleiton ‘’Predator’’ Silva during the face-offs olutionize the sport of Mixed as a whole. got the shot first - New Zealand’s Brewin but that the Lightweight title was his, and time both men were in the cage, ‘’Ahmed Martial arts. Such achievements and will fight Rolando Dy in the main card of that regardless of it, Cleiton was his number needed a blood transfusion’’. Since its inception to the moves made BRAVE Combat BRAVE CF 44. one target. The champ’s team reacted by In their first encounter, at BRAVE CF 11, present date, BRAVE CF has Federation a global media plat- Amir claimed he had respect for Ayoub, laughing off the incident, claiming the last Cleiton ‘’Predator’’ beat Ahmed Amir by been the only Middle-East- form and a focal point for the TKO in one of the bloodiest fights in BRAVE ern-based promotion to hold sport of in CF history. However, a shadow was cast international events, accord- record time. BRAVE CF 44 Fight Card upon the win due to the fact Cleiton hadn’t ing to a report in the popular For the next couple of Lightweight word title - Cleiton ‘’Predator’’ (70,1 kg) vs Amin Ayoub (70,1 kg) made weight. Middle Eastern MMA publi- weeks, BRAVE CF will turn its Welterweight - Abdoul Abdouraguimov (79,6 kg) vs Louis Glismann (78,9 kg) However, this time, the Brazilian champ cation MENA MMA. The pro- attention to its home coun - Lightweight - John Brewin (70,8 kg) vs Rolando Dy (70,2 kg) had no trouble stepping into the scale, motion has expanded to five try, the Kingdom of Bahrain. Middleweight - Dominic Schober (83,7 kg) vs Mzwandile Hlongwa (83,8 kg) successfully weighing in under the Light- different continents, bring- Starting November 5th, BRAVE Bantamweight - Gerson Pereira (61,3 kg) vs Bair Stehpin (61,6 kg) weight limit. Overall, only one fighter ing hundreds of international CF will hold two back-to-back Lightweight - Abbas Khan (70,7 kg) vs Yann Liasse (70,4 kg) missed weight. fighters to compete, the report events in Bahrain, BRAVE CF 44 Am. Catchweight (73 kg) - Mohammed Sameer (72,8 kg) vs Toni Bourached (72,5 kg) Aside from the scuffle, all fighters made said. and 45, assembling some of the Am. Flyweight - Mohammed Salah Almuamari (56,9 kg) vs Mohammad Tawfeeq Almherat (57,3 kg)* weight but one. Amateur Mohammad Taw- BRAVE CF also established best international Mixed Mar- *Almherat missed weight, but fight goes on feeq Almherat missed weight by 0.2kg but key strategic partnerships with tial Arts stars, and the hottest the fight will go on as scheduled. regional players in order to prospects in the sport.