14 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018 sports Brave CF schedules BOC set to organise the 20th edition for sports symposiums India Khalifa Sports City to TDT | Manama TDT | Manama he Bahrain Olympic rave Combat Federation TAcademy of the Bahrain Bpartnering with Mer- Olympic Committee (BOC) cury Sports and Entertain- is organizing two symposi- ment has announced that host public weigh-ins ums later this week. the promotion will be host- Symposiums on sports ing the 20th edition of the TDT | Manama competitions planning event in India. and sports regulations are Earlier the 21st edition of rave Combat Federation scheduled to take place at the event was scheduled for has announced that the The weigh-ins will the academy premises in India. Brave Combat Feder- Bpublic weigh-ins for the showcase the official Juffair area and are part ation will be hosting the big- eighteenth edition of Brave will of its annual plan aimed to gest MMA event ever to take be held at Khalifa Sports City. face-offs between the qualify Bahrain’s competen- place in India with Brave 20. The event will take place by fighters who will be cies at national sports clubs The event will take place 5:30 PM on 15th November at and federations. at the Gachibowli Stadium the Khalifa Sports City. The competing at Brave 18 World renowned coach- in Hyderabad on 22nd De- weigh-ins will showcase the ing educator and applied cember. official face-offs between the sport scientist Istvan Balyi Mohammed Shahid, fighters who will be competing where he had won the title. will be presenting the first President of Brave CF has at Brave 18. Brave 18 marks the The public weigh-ins will be symposium on ‘planning confirmed that major In- biggest edition of Brave Combat attended by leading Bahraini sports competitions’. ternational athletes will be Federation in 2018. influencers, MMA legends, ce- In the second seminar, featured alongside multiple Three championship titles lebrities and major fight teams titled ‘sports regulations’, professional athletes from will be contested during the from around the world. The BOC legal consultant Dr Sa- Hussain Ayyad during a public weigh-in event India in the fight night. The fight night taking place on 16th fight night will be held the next lah Khedr will be talking lineup of athletes are ex- November, 2018 in Khalifa Palestine will be contesting for the champion, Lucas Mineiro day on 16th November at the about rights and duties of pected to be revealed soon. Sports City, Bahrain. a world championship in the from Brazil for the world title. Khalifa Sports City in Bahrain. players when signing con- Brave Combat Federation The main event features the world of mixed martial arts. Ab- Stephen Loman from Philip- Fight Night will be broadcasted tracts, as well as related le- had hosted events in12 des- lightweight world champion- dul Kareem Al Selwady who has pines will make his historic title live on Abu Dhabi Sports, Star- gal aspects to educate play- tinations so far. The organ- ship title being contested. For the most number of wins in the defence against Felipe Efrain Sat, VodaCom, Fite TV, Brave TV ers and administrators on isation which is found by the first time a fighter from lightweight division will face from Brazil in the same stadium and B1B Sports. to avoid legal violations or HH Shaikh Khalid bin Ham- disputes in this regard. ad Al Khalifa is currently hosting Brave Internation- al Combat Week 2018, the Swedish fighter prepares for Brave 18 largest combat sports event Transactions in Asia. TDT | Manama Since the 20th edition system hailed of the event is scheduled hamzat Chimaev will make for India Brave 19 will take Khis promotional debut at TDT | Manama place in South Africa and Brave Combat Federation on Brave 21 will take place in 16th November during Brave In- upreme Council for Saudi Arabia. ternational Combat Week 2018. SYouth and Sports assis- The first edition of Brave The breakout star from Sweden tant secretary general and CF in India to place in April has a clean record of 2-0-0 and Bahrain Olympic Commit- 2018. With global broadcast is a dominating force in the cage. tee (BOC) secretary general coverage and digital broad- Chimaev is currently under- Abdulrahman Askar gave cast partnerships Brave 20 going training at the Allstars a thumb up for the com - will become the mixed mar- Training Centre in Stockholm, mittee’s latest innovation tial arts event taking place Sweden. ‘Transactions System’ in India with the highest The Swedish star was initially launched recently. broadcast coverage. scheduled to face the gold med- Khamzat Chimaev with other MMA athletes during a training session This initiative was as per directives of Shaikh Nas- allist from 2017 IMMAF World fighter from Austria to compete ser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Championships, Benjamin Ben- in Brave Combat Federation. representative of His Maj- nett. However Bennett with- Leading to the fight, the camp esty the King for Charity drew from the fight card due is going strong for Chimaev. Works and Youth Affairs, an injury he contacted during Some of the biggest names in the Supreme Council for Youth the fight camp. This has forced MMA world are training along- and Sports Chairman, and Brave CF to announce Marco KNOW WHAT side him in All Stars Training BOC President, to scrap pa- Kisic to face Chimaev in the Center in Stockholm, Sweden. per transactions and replace opening bout of Brave 18. The names include Reza them by electronic ones. Marco Kisic from Austria has The Swedish star was Madadi, Jimi Manuwa, Hector It’s part of the commit- an undefeated professional ca- initially scheduled to Lombard, Alexander Gustafs- tee’s plan to implement a reer of four straight wins. All face the gold medallist son and Ilir Latifi which indeed ‘Green Policy’ and rely on the four wins for Marco came by makes Chimaev a competitor electronic correspondences way of finishes and the Austrian from 2017 IMMAF World to be taken seriously. The bout instead of paper transac- has finished all the four within Championships, Benjamin will take place on 16th Novem- tions, being carried out by the first round of the bout. The Bennett. However Bennett ber in the Khalifa Sports City BOC’s Information Technol- bout will result in the first defat withdrew from the fight at Brave 18 taking place during ogy Department’s systems in the careers of either one of card due an injury the Brave International Combat analyst Zainab Al Mosawi the athletes. Kisic is the first Week 2018. and engineer Arif Imteyaz. at Seef District too Bahrain’s national volleyball team members, who claimed second place at the 21st Arab Men’s Volleyball Championship in Cairo recently, are greeted by Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant secretary general and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) secretary general Abdulrahman Askar at the committee premises in Seef. The nationals clinched the silver after a 1-3 (23-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-15) defeat to host nation Egypt in a closely-contested final. Coached by Yousef Khalifa, Bahrain’s squad was led by skipper Nasser Anan, and comprised of Ali Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 Al Sairafi, Mohammed Anan, Yousif Khalid, Mohammed Yaqoob, Abbas Al Khabbaz, Mahmood Al Afya, Ayman Haroona, Mohammed Jassim, Hussain Al Haiki, Hassan Al Haddad, and Hussain Sultan.