European MMA fans have every reason to get excited as the BRAVE CF 69 fight card has been signed, sealed, and delivered for the ground-breaking show on February 18.
Nine epic fights await Serbia, with BRAVE CF returning for the second time following BRAVE CF 56, in December of 2021.
BRAVE 69 is a Global Fight Card
BRAVE CF 69 hosts fighters from Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Bahrain, Poland, Croatia, France, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Egypt, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.
The main event, has interim Lightweight champion, Kyrgyzstan’s Abdisalam Kubanychbek, with the chance to unify the 155-pound world title when he takes on Russia’s Kamil Magomedov.
This reality came about after former lineal champion Ahmed Amir was stripped of his title due to uncertainty regarding his return to competition.
Heavyweights Collide
The co-main event is a mouth-watering Heavyweight clash as Serbia’s Darko Stosic takes on undefeated Bahraini Shamil Gaziev.
Gaziev – a former amateur European, Asian, and African champion.
Unbeaten since turning professional and looks to go 2-0 in BRAVE Combat Federation following a successful debut at BRAVE CF 65.
Stosic makes his promotional debut and enters the BRAVE CF cage with lots of hype around him.
It will be Darko’s first fight on home soil since 2017.
No Joke
The third last fight of the night will be another treat for Serbian fans as local superstar Aleksandar “Joker” Ilić takes on Poland’s Marcin Naruszczka in a 90-kilogram Catchweight bout.
“Joker” was set to face Brazil’s Cleber “Clebinho” Sousa, but that fight fell through, allowing Naruszczka to step in.
BRAVE Serbia International Combat Week the first to be hosted outside the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The festival will host athletes from 60+ nations when the IMMAF World Championships also go down in the capital.
The support offered by the Serbian government has been a first for mixed martial arts in Europe.
During a recent press conference, European and Serbian MMA received a major boost as Mr. Zoran Gajić, the Serbian Minister of Sports.
He noted recently that the impact of BRAVE International Combat Week can be exemplified by the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Supported by His Highness Shaikh Khaled bin Hamad Al Khalifa, with that government support snowballing onto the Middle East and eventually in Asia.
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BRAVE 69 Full Card
Lightweight world championship: Abdisalam Kubanychbek (IC) vs Kamil Magomedov
Heavyweight: Darko Stosic vs Shamil Gaziev
Catchweight 90kg: Aleksandar Ilic vs Marcin Naruzszcka
Super Lightweight: Aleksandar Terzic vs Patrik Celic
Featherweight: Yannis Ghemmouri vs Ali Guliyev
Super Lightweight: Issa Isakov vs Ruslan Tedeev
Super Lightweight: Mahmoud Sebie vs Tahmaz Alizada
Catchweight 77kg: Jovan Marjanovic vs Anthony Zeidan
Featherweight: Abdullah Al-Qahtani vs Denis Jurakic
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