2023 in Brave Combat Federation

Brave Combat Federation
Information
First date	February 18, 2023
Last date	December 15, 2023
Events
Total events	11
Fights
Total fights	87
Title fights	6
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The year 2023 was the 8th year in the history of the Brave Combat Federation, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Bahrain. For 2023, besides its own channels Brave CF announced official distribution partnerships with DAZN and Fight Network, to broadcast the promotion's Pay-per-view events.^[1]

BRAVE CF 69
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	February 18, 2023
Venue	Stark Arena
City	Belgrade, Serbia

BRAVE CF 69 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on February 18, 2023 at the Stark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia.

Abdisalam Kubanychbek of Kyrgyzstan, the interim lightweight champion of BRAVE CF, will face Kamil Magomedov of Russia in the main event for the chance to unify the 155-pound global championship. This situation developed after Ahmed Amir, a previous lineal champion, had his title removed because of doubts about his ability to compete again.^[2][3]

The mouthwatering Heavyweight fight between Serbia's Darko Stosic and Bahrain's Shamil Gaziev serves as the co-main event. Gaziev, a former amateur champion in Europe, Asia, and Africa, is looking to improve to 2-0 in BRAVE Combat Federation after a good start at BRAVE CF 65. He is unbeaten since going professional. After competing in many well-known promotions, Stosic makes his promotional debut and will enter the BRAVE CF cage with a lot of anticipation around him. Darko's first match on home turf since 2017 will take place there.^[4]

Aleksandar "Joker" Ilic, a local celebrity, competes against Marcin Naruszczka of Poland in the third and final fight of the evening in a 90-kilogram catchweight match. When the bout between "Joker" and Brazil's Cleber "Clebinho" Sousa was cancelled, Naruszczka was given the chance to step in and shock the world and achieve the biggest victory of his career - in front of a crowd that hadn't seen their hero fight live since 2018.^[2]

BRAVE CF 69
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Lightweight 70 kg	Abdisalam Kubanychbek (IC)	def.	Kamil Magomedov	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	For the BRAVE CF Lightweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg	Shamil Gaziev	def.	Darko Stošić	TKO (Punches)	1	2:54
Catchweight 90 kg	Aleksandar Ilić	def.	Marcin Naruszczka	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Patrik Čelić	def.	Aleksandar Terzić	KO (Punches)	1	3:57
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Issa Isakov	def.	Ruslan Tedeev	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:55
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Mahmoud Fawzy	def.	Muhammed Kir Ahmet	KO (Punches)	1	0:38

BRAVE CF 70
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	April 23, 2023
Venue	Hala Tivoli
City	Ljubljana, Slovenia

BRAVE CF 70 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on April 23, 2023 at the Stark Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

A Heavyweight bout between Erko Jun and Marko Drmonjič was scheduled as the event headliner.^[5]

BRAVE CF 70
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Erko Jun	def.	Marko Drmonjič	TKO (Punches)	1	2:52
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Joilton Lutterbach	def.	Andreas Gustafsson	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Pavel Dailidko	def.	Luka Podkrajšek	KO (Knee)	1	1:23
Bantamweight 61 kg	Izzeddine Al Derbani	def.	Eduardo Mora	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	0:15
Flyweight 57 kg	Edilceu Alves	def.	Dansheel Moodley	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Miha Frlic	def.	Danylo Kartavyi	Draw (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Vitaliy Yakimenko	def.	Mohammad Farhad	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	David Forster	def.	Nemanja Nikolić	TKO (Punches)	3	0:41

BRAVE CF 71
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	June 19, 2023
Venue	National Stadium
City	Riffa, Bahrain

BRAVE CF 71 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on June 19, 2023 at the National Stadium in Riffa, Bahrain.

A BRAVE CF Super Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Marcin Bandel and the undefeated russian Kamal Magomedov headlined the event.^[6] However, Magomedov withdrew from the fight due to an injury, the fight was cancelled and the number one Featherweight contender's bout between Omar Solomanov and Ilyar Askhanov steps in as the new main event.^[7]

BRAVE CF 71
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Featherweight 66 kg	Omar Solomonov	def.	Ilyar Askhanov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Velimurad Alkhasov	def.	Nicholas Hwende	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Abbas Khan	def.	Omar Hussein	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Mahmoud Fawzy	def.	Oussema Zeidi	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:12
Preliminary Card
Lightweight 70 kg	Ramazan Gitinov	def.	Abderrahman Errachidy	Technical Submission (Anaconda Choke)	1	1:55
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Khamzat Maaev	def.	Elias Farah	KO (Elbows and Punches)	1	0:41
Flyweight 57 kg	Maysara Mohamed	def.	Ruel Pañales	KO (Punch)	1	1:25
Bantamweight 61 kg	Abdulla Alyaqoob	def.	Kenneth Maningat	TKO (Punches)	2	3:15

BRAVE CF 72
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	June 23, 2023
Venue	National Stadium
City	Riffa, Bahrain

BRAVE CF 72 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on June 23, 2023 at the National Stadium in Riffa, Bahrain.

A BRAVE CF Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Roman Bogatov and challenger Nemat Abdrashitov headlined the event.^[8]

BRAVE CF 72
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Featherweight 66 kg	Nemat Abdrashitov	def.	Roman Bogatov (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	For the BRAVE CF Featherweight Championship
Flyweight 57 kg	Bidzina Gavasheshvili	def.	Magomed Idrisov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Yanis Ghemmouri	def.	Mehmosh Raza	KO (Knee)	2	1:05
Lightweight 70 kg	Ylies Djiroun	def.	Olzhas Eskaraev	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary Card
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Eliezer Kubanza	def.	Rayan Atmani	KO (Head Kick)	1	1:10
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Rasul Magomedov	def.	Mohamed Hisham Baraka	TKO (Punches)	1	2:07
Lightweight 70 kg	Mohsen Mohammadseifi	def.	Noor El Islam	KO (Punch)	1	1:37
Flyweight 57 kg	Mohamed Alsameea	def.	Ibrahim Hassan	TKO (Punches)	2	4:08

BRAVE CF 73
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	August 12, 2023
Venue	El Coliseo Salitre
City	Bogota, Colombia

BRAVE CF 73: Torres vs. Ndebele will be a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on August 12, 2023 at the El Coliseo Salitre in Bogota, Colombia.

A BRAVE CF Bantamweight Championship bout between former two-division Titan FC champion Jose Torres and Nkosi Ndebele headlined the event.^[9]

BRAVE CF 73
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Bantamweight 61 kg	Jose Torres	def.	Nkosi Ndebele	Decision (Split)	5	5:00	For the vacant BRAVE CF Bantamweight Championship
Flyweight 57 kg	Flavio de Queiroz	def.	Zach Makovsky	TKO (Punches)	1	2:03
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Luiz Cado	def.	Willker Lemos	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	2:43
Bantamweight 61 kg	Eduardo Mora	def.	Keron Bourne	TKO (Punches)	1	1:18
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 66 kg	Jefferson Gomez	def.	Andres Gómez	Disqualification (Illegal Knees)	1	4:05
Welterweight 77 kg	Mauricio Otalora	def.	Carlos Belloso	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Edgar Torres	def.	Carlos Toro	TKO (Punches)	2	1:16
Lightweight 70 kg	Diego Morillo	def.	Gabriel Bula	TKO (Head Kick and Punches)	2	3:40

BRAVE CF 74
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	September 7, 2023
Venue	H Arena
City	Nantes, France

BRAVE CF 74 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on September 7, 2023 at the H Arena in Nantes, France.

A lightweight bout between Ylies Djiroun and former champion Lucas Martins headlined the event.^[10]

BRAVE CF 74
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Lightweight 70 kg	Ylies Djiroun	def.	Lucas Martins	DQ (judgement reveresed)	1	3:35
Lightweight 70 kg	Vladyslav Rudniev	def.	Anthony Dizy	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Pavel Dailidko	def.	Salim El Ouassaidi	TKO (knees and punches)	1	4:11
Bantamweight 66 kg	Borislav Nikolić	def.	Ali Guliyev	KO (punches)	1	1:34
Catchweight 81 kg	Levy Carriel	def.	Mathieu Rakotondrazanany	KO (flying switch kick)	1	2:06
Hexagone MMA 11
Middleweight 84 kg	Laïd Zerhouni	def.	Alessandro Macedo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:24	For the vacant Hexagone MMA Middleweight Championship.
Featherweight 66 kg	Chabane Chaibeddra	def.	Bruno Conti	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Nacim Belhouachi	def.	Gergely Csibi	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:49
Lightweight 70 kg	Thomas Glot	def.	Quentin Domergue	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:25
Heavyweight 120 kg	Tamerlan Albiekov	def.	Jindřich Krajča	Submission (north-south choke)	1	3:13
Heavyweight 120 kg	Anthony Morel	def.	Didier Touré	KO (knee)	2	0:37
Amateur bouts
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Malik Abdouraguimov	def.	Dylan Hervouin	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Bafode Gassama	def.	Ferdinand Bretelle	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00

BRAVE CF 75
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	November 18, 2023
Venue	Pacho Camurria Arena
City	Tenerife, Spain

BRAVE CF 75 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on November 18, 2023 at the Pacho Camurria Arena in Tenerife, Spain.

A super lightweight bout between Acoidan Duque and Donovan Desmae headlined the event.^[11]

BRAVE CF 75
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Acoidan Duque	def.	Donovan Desmae	TKO (leg injury)	2	5:00	Desmae missed weight (76.4 kg).
Featherweight 66 kg	Levan Kirtadze	def.	Kevin Cordero	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Catchweight 77 kg	Alexander Mikael	def.	Omar Hussein	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Catchweight 59 kg	Jawany Scott	def.	Ubay Gonzalez	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–26)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Anuar Bensayiid	def.	Quentin Dumont	TKO (leg kick and punches)	1	3:14

BRAVE CF 76
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	November 25, 2023
Venue	Balai Sarbini
City	Jakarta, Indonesia

BRAVE CF 76 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on November 25, 2023 at the Balai Sarbini in Jakarta, Indonesia.

A lightweight bout between Kamil Magomedov and current UAE Warriors Welterweight champion Josh Togo was scheduled as the event headliner.^[12]

BRAVE CF 76
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Lightweight 70 kg	Kamil Magomedov	def.	Josh Togo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:28
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Murad Guseinov	def.	David Martinez	Technical Submission (buggy choke)	1	3:41
Lightweight 70 kg	Windri Patilima	def.	John Manahan	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:45
Bantamweight 61 kg	Fajar	def.	Kenneth Maningat	TKO (doctor stoppage)	2	1:08
Flyweight 57 kg	Ruel Panales	def.	Mao Jianbing	TKO (submission to punches)	1	3:44
Heavyweight 120 kg	Ganbayar Tumurkhuyag	def.	Vincent Majid	KO (punches)	2	1:23
Preliminary Card
Bantamweight 61 kg	Mojtaba Nasiri	def.	Jefri Arianto	Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	1:28
Bantamweight 61 kg	Randi Febian	def.	Dwiki Rama Dewantara	TKO (punches)	2	1:38
Featherweight 66 kg	Rizal Zulmi	def.	Weerasak Phromsakha	KO (flying knee and punches)	1	0:15
Bantamweight 61 kg	Alexander Lew	def.	Anugrah Simamora	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:40
Bantamweight 61 kg	Murugan Silvarajoo	def.	Ari Fadhillah	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

BRAVE CF 77
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	December 5, 2023
Venue	Khalifa Sports City Stadium
City	Isa Town, Bahrain

BRAVE CF 77 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on December 5, 2023 at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Isa Town, Bahrain.

A BRAVE CF Lightweight Championship bout between reigning champion Abdisalam Kubanychbek and former titleholder Lucas Martins headlined the event.^[13] While a BRAVE CF Super Welterweight Championship bout between reigning champion Marcin Bandel and undefeated (10–0) challenger Kamal Magomedov served as the co-main event.^[14]

BRAVE CF 77
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Lightweight 70 kg	Abdisalam Kubanychbek (c)	def.	Lucas Martins	TKO (punches)	1	3:39	For the BRAVE CF Lightweight Championship
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Kamal Magomedov	def.	Marcin Bandel (c)	TKO (knee and punches)	1	4:01	For the BRAVE CF Super Welterweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg	Olzhas Eskaraev	def.	Ruslan Tedeev	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	4:28
Featherweight 66 kg	Adilet Nurmatov	def.	Nikolay Samusev	TKO (arm injury)	2	0:06
Flyweight 57 kg	Vitaliy Yakimenko	def.	Maysara Mohamed	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:10
Bantamweight 61 kg	Nicholas Hwende	def.	Mutolibsho Akobirov	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyeight 120 kg	Haris Aksalič	def.	Eid Amer	TKO (punches)	1	1:27

BRAVE CF 78: Victorious
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation Victorious Fighting Entertainment
Date	December 7, 2023
Venue	Centro de Formação Olímpica
City	Fortaleza, Brazil

BRAVE CF 78: Victorious was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on December 7, 2023 at the Centro de Formação Olímpica in Fortaleza, Brazil.

An inaugural BRAVE CF Flyweight Championship bout between Velimurad Alkhasov and Edilceu Alves was expected to headline the event.^[15] However, due to undisclosed reasons, Alkhasov has pulled out of the title fight and will be replaced by Flavio de Queiroz.^[16] Ten days later, it was Flavio's turn to withdraw after the latter fell ill. As a results, a super lightweight bout between Joilton Lutterbach and former BRAVE CF Lightweight champion Luan Santiago was promoted to the main event status.^[17] At the weigh-in, Lutterbach missed the weight limit and was removed from the card. In the end, a super welterweight bout between Luiz Cado and Vernon Ramos was decided to lead the main event.^[18]

BRAVE CF 78
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Luiz Cado	def.	Vernon Ramos	Submission (kneebar)	2	0:43
Flyweight 57 kg	Marciano Ferreira	def.	Edilceu Alves	TKO (punches)	1	1:56
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Luan Santiago	def.	Manuel Mena	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Arlen Ribeiro	vs.	Yabna N’Tchalá	Draw (split)	3	5:00
Catchweight 72.5 kg	Marcelo Marques	def.	Manuel Mena	Submission (keylock)	1	1:55
Victorious 5
Lightweight 70 kg	Danillo Santos	def.	Junior Melo	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Catchweight 68.5 kg	Ricardo de Almeida	def.	Roberto Benítez	TKO (punches)	3	0:32
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Jhonathan Azevedo	def.	Raffael Cerqueira	KO (body kick)	1	1:17
Bantamweight 61 kg	Lazaro Mascarenhas	def.	Tiago Cabloco	Submission (armbar)	1	3:48
W.Strawweight 52 kg	Ada Leticia	def.	Gracy Maia	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Wilker Nsamo	def.	Israel Figueira	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

BRAVE CF 79
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	December 8, 2023
Venue	Khalifa Sports City Stadium
City	Isa Town, Bahrain

BRAVE CF 79 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on December 8, 2023 at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Isa Town, Bahrain.

A middleweight bout between Tahar Hadbi and former BRAVE CF Super Welterweight two-time title challenger Ismail Naurdiev was scheduled as the event headliner.^[19]

BRAVE CF 79
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Middleweight 84 kg	Ismail Naurdiev	def.	Tahar Hadbi	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:10
Heavyweight 120 kg	Pavel Dailidko	def.	Janos Csukas	TKO (knee injury)	1	0:13
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Eliezer Kubanza	def.	Adel Ibrahim	TKO (punches)	1	3:40
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Nika Kupravishvili	def.	Khamzat Maaev	TKO (punches)	2	4:34
Lightweight 70 kg	Ramazan Gitinov	def.	Ulukbek Ikashev	TKO (leg injury)	1	0:08
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Rasul Magomedov	def.	Mohamed Laid	TKO (punches)	1	3:38
Lightweight 70 kg	Mohsen Mohammadseifi	def.	David Forster	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Chequina Noso Pedro	def.	Dzhokhar Duraev	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00

BRAVE CF 80
Promotion	Brave Combat Federation
Date	December 15, 2023
Venue	Khalifa Sports City Stadium
City	Isa Town, Bahrain

BRAVE CF 80 was a mixed martial arts event held by Brave Combat Federation on December 15, 2023 at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Isa Town, Bahrain.

An immediate BRAVE CF Bantamweight Championship rematch between the newly crowned champion Jose Torres and Nkosi Ndebele served as the event headliner.^[20] The pairing first met at BRAVE CF 73 on August 12, 2023, where Torres won the vacant title by split decision.^[21]

BRAVE CF 80
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Note
Bantamweight 61 kg	Nkosi Ndebele	def.	Jose Torres (c)	TKO (retirement)	3	1:38	For the BRAVE CF Bantamweight Championship.
Middleweight 84 kg	Jarrah Al-Silawi	def.	Nenad Avramović	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Gerard Burns	def.	Hussain Ayyad Abdulla	KO (punches)	1	1:01
Super Welterweight 79.5 kg	Jack Grant	def.	Ahmad Labban	Submission (armbar)	3	4:59
Bantamweight 61 kg	Dean Garnett	def.	Izzeddine Al Derbani	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Super Lightweight 75 kg	Chad Griffiths	def.	Abbas Khan	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:03
Preliminary Card
Women's Bantamweight 61 kg	Sabrina de Sousa	def.	Monika Kiran Ghag	TKO (punches)	1	0:29
Flyweight 57 kg	Mohamed Alsameea	def.	Mohamed Ashraf	TKO (submission to elbows)	1	1:51
Women's Strawweight 52 kg	Fabiola Nascimento	def.	Jleana Valentino	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

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