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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021 11 Federer beats Evans in BRAVE CF releases updated first match for 14 months Arabian Night fight card 15 nations to be represented at BRAVE CF 48: Arabian Night BRAVE CF 48 Fight Card Lightweight - Ylies Djiroun vs Abdul-Rakhman Makhazhiev Super Lightweight - Ahmad Labban vs Nemanja Kovac Catchweight (77 kg) - Georges Eid vs Olli Santalahti Bantamweight - Nkosi Ndebele vs Abdelmoumen Mssaate Catchweight (88 kg) - Murtaza Talha vs Cameron Meintjies Catchweight (58.5 kg) - Michael Aljarouj vs Azat Maksum Edinson Cavani looks on during a match Featherweight - Yousif Ghrairi vs Hassan Talal Reuters | Doha Super Lightweight - Omar El Dafrawy vs Abbas Khan Middleweight - Hassan Fakhreddine vs Eslam Mostafa Abdel Menem oger Federer marked his Middleweight - Eslam Abdul Baset vs Mohamad Ghorabi Reagerly-awaited return to action after more than a year Featherweight - Hussein Salem vs Sulaiman Al Modhyan with some vintage tennis as he KNOW WHAT Catchweight (59 kg) - Issa Salem vs Maysara Mohamed beat Dan Evans 7-6(8) 3-6 7-5 Catchweight (64 kg) - Elias Nedir vs Ramyar Luqman at the Qatar Open on Wednes- day. Lightweight - Mohsen Mohammad Seifi vs Bichi Zakaria The 39-year-old Swiss had Roger Federer has not played a competitive match won the Qatar Open from the fight due to an inju- Champion and 3x Asian Games for 405 days and underwent three times ry. Eid will now be facing the Gold Medalist Mohsen Mo - two knee surgeries in 2020, Finnish BJJ NoGi Gold Medalist hammadseifi going against but clicked smoothly back into “It feels good to be back, Olli Santalahti from Finland in a the Morocco BJJ and BJJ NoGi gear against the British num- happy to be standing here Catchweight 77KG bout. Champion Bichi Zakaria in a ber one. whether I won or lost,” the ev- remains intact with Ylies Djir- The French-Syrian Michael Lightweight bout. A socially-distanced evening ergreen Federer, who received Ylies Djiroun will oun facing Abdul-Rakhman “The Solider” Aljarouj will go The night will also witness crowd at the Khalifa Tennis a bye in the first round, said • Makhazhiev in a Lightweight against Kazakhstan’s unde- the return of Bahrain’s 2x IM- Complex were treated to a on court after his fourth win face Abdul-Rakhman bout. The co-main event has feated fight Azat Maksum in a MAF World Championship Gold high-quality duel with Evans from four meetings against the Makhazhiev in the changed to Ahmad “The Shad- Catchweight 58.5 KG bout after Medalist Murtaza Talha against pushing the 20-times Grand skilful Evans. main-event ow” Labban from Lebanon his initial opponent Magomed the one of the top 10 ranked Slam champion to the limit. “I was tired and focused on against Nemanja “Sledgeham- Idrisov had to pull out due to South African middleweights Federer showed great physi- being tired rather than win- TDT | Manama mer” Kovač from Serbia due an injury. Cameron Meintjies who is rid- cal condition and kept his nose ning the points. If I was going to the injury of Tariq “Desert Algeria’s Elias “Dreamcatch- ing on a six fight win streak. in front in the deciding set be- to go out I wanted to go out Storm” Ismail. Ismail’s op - er” Nedir will also be making BRAVE CF 48: Arabian Night fore pouncing in the 12th game swinging. Incredibly happy he largest sport media ponent, Nkosi “The Future” his debut against a different is bringing the most talented to rifle a backhand winner about my performance and it property in the Middle Ndebele, will be facing the opponent, Kurdistan’s Ramyar and renowned fighters from down the line on his second was nice to finish with a back- TEast BRAVE Combat Fed- French-Moroccan submission Luqman in a Catchweight 64KG across the Arab world under one match point. hand winner down the line.” eration announces an updat- specialist Abdelmoumen Ms- bout after Muhammad Qardaxi roof for a spectacular night on It was a magical moment for Federer and Evans had ed fight card for BRAVE CF 48: saate in a Bantamweight bout. suffered from a knee injury and March 18th taking place as part Federer who said it had been a played around 20 practice sets Arabian Night set for March The Lebanese Bulldozer had to withdraw from the bout. of the Kombat Kingdom Re - long and tough road since his in the build-up to the tourna- 18th with additional bouts and Georges Eid will also be facing Additional bouts to the BRAVE turns series taking place at Arad last match, a semi-final defeat ment, but the real test was how different match-ups. a different opponent after Da- CF 48: Arabian Night fight card Fort, Arad in the Kingdom of by Novak Djokovic at the 2020 the Swiss would hold up in real The main-event of the night vid Jacobsson had to withdraw include the 5x Wushu World Bahrain. Australian Open. match conditions. Rudra shoves Guliev at BRAVE CF 47 face-offs Bianca Pagdanganan upbeat despite slow start TDT | Manila Farhad and espite sluggish start in the • D2021 Ladies Professional Karim turn up the Golf Association (LPGA) Tour, It’s nice to come into heat ahead of India Filipina golfer Bianca Pagdan- the year with more vs Pakistan clash ganan is still brimming with experience because of confidence and feeling excited the events I was able TDT | Manama to compete in major events in to play last year. With the coming months. that experience, I have Playing in her sophomore a better idea as to ana Rudra was the main year, the 23-year-old player re- where my game stands Rcharacter at today’s BRAVE cently fell short of qualifying CF 47 weigh-ins and face-offs. for the $2 million Gainbridge and use last year as After missing weight for his LPGA at Boca Rio, the first full- motivation to work Catchweight bout against Ali field event of the 2021 Tour. harder and become a Guliev, the Indian undefeated After an impressive rookie Rana Rudra shoves Ali Guliev during the weigh-ins better player fighter made sure to intimi - season last year that saw her BIANCA PAGDANGANAN date his opponent, shoving him stan clash is an added layer for 0.3 kg but the fight will go on emerge as the leader in driving and ensuring a strong exchange this hotly-contested match-up. as expected and Kubanychbek distance, Pagdanganan will not gest winning of $83,765 so far of words between both. Their In the main event of BRAVE will be fined 20% of his purse - be assured of seeing action in during her major debut, wind- fight will go ahead with Rana CF 47: Asian Domination, Ro- the same percentage that Jenel this year’s Tour until the Lotte Pagdanganan is learning from ing up on a four-way tie at No. Rudra forfeiting 40 per cent of lando Dy takes on Abdisalam Lausa will be forced to give up Championship on April 14 to 17 experience 9 in the 2020 Women’s PGA his purse for the missed weight. Kubanychbek, and the winner after coming in at 0.7kg over for in Hawaii due to LPGA’s annual Championship. Rana stepped in at 65,1 kg for will earn a world title shot. ‘’The his Flyweight contest against priority list. Pagdanganan is at No. 167 in “It’s nice to come into the year a 63 kg Catchweight, but Ali Omok’’ didn’t make weight for Ryskulbek Ibraimov. “I try not to think it as much the list and that means she will with more experience because Guliev has accepted the fine since there’s only so much we need to wait for some time for of the events I was able to play against Rudra and the bout will BRAVE CF 47 weigh-in results can control, and how I feel an assured participation in a last year,” said Pagdanganan. be a part of this Thursday’s towards certain things is one Tour event. “With that experience, I have show. Lightweight: Abdisalam Kubanychbek (71,1 kg)* vs Rolando Dy (70,7 kg) of the few that I can,” said the Still, the 2018 Asian Games a better idea as to where my Elsewhere there were other Featherweight: Tae Kyun Kim (65,9 kg) vs Husein Kadimagomaev (65,9 kg) former standout of Gonzaga gold medallist and SEA Games game stands and use last year as very intense face-offs, espe- Super Welterweight: Nursulton Ruziboev(79,6 kg) vs Ibrahim Mane (79,7 kg) University and University of gold winner is excited to com- motivation to work harder and cially between India’s Moham- Arizona. pete in future events. become a better player.” med Farhad and Uloomi Karim, Catchweight (68 kg): Nemat Abdrashitov (67,9 kg) vs Anzor Abdulkhozhaev (67,8 kg) The priority list is LPGA’s “I’m just going to enjoy this She is bent on qualifying from Pakistan. Both men made Featherweight: Abdul-Azim Badakhshi (66,1 kg) vs Agshin Babayev (66,1 kg) guide to determine who will be year and the tournaments I’ll for the Tokyo Olympic Games the Bantamweight limit, with Flyweight: Ryskulbek Ibraimov (57 kg) vs Jenel Lausa (57,8 kg)* in the field. Due to the COVID-19 be playing,” she said. which has been her childhood Farhad weighing in at 61,2 kg pandemic, the organization Pagdanganan added that she dream. and Karim marking 61,6 kg in Bantamweight: Mohammed Farhad (61,2 kg) vs Uloomi Karim (61,6 kg) used the same priority list for is banking on the great expe- “It is always been a goal of the scale.