Italy :BRAVE Combat Federation’s first show in Italy has two welcome additions in the Featherweight and Middleweight divisions. BRAVE CF 52: Bad Blood takes place August 1st, in Milan, in association with The Golden Cage and two more bouts have been announced for the show.
Middleweight sensation Enrico Cortese will make his much-anticipated return to action at home as he looks for his third win in as many outings for BRAVE CF when he meets Rustam Chsiev, one of the division’s finest grapplers worldwide.
In Featherweight action, former world champion Elias Boudegzdame returns to BRAVE Combat Federation after nearly three years away as he meets Declan Dalton, one of the standouts 145-pound fighters in Ireland.
BRAVE CF 52: Bad Blood will be headlined by a hotly-contested match-up for the vacant Light Heavyweight belt between Middleweight world champion Mohammad Fakhreddine and top contender Mohamed Said Maalem,
Fakhreddine aims to become BRAVE Combat Federation’s first-ever double-weight world champion, and Arab MMA’s most accomplished fighter ever with a win over arch-rival Said Maalem.
The show will also feature a pair of big Lightweight bouts as Husein Kadimagomaev and Ayub Gaziev look for victories against Agshin Babaev and Valeriu Mircea, respectively, as well as a Bantamweight battle between IMMAF world champion Gamzat Magomedov and BRAVE CF Breakout Fighter of The Year Mochamed Machaev.
Current BRAVE CF 52 fight card:
Light Heavyweight: Mohammad Fakhreddine (MW-C) vs Mohamed Said Maalem
Middleweight: Enrico Cortese vs Rustam Chsiev
Featherweight: Elias Boudegzdame vs Declan Dalton
Bantamweight: Gamzat Magomedov vs Mochamed Machaev
Lightweight: Husein Kadimagomaev vs Agshin Babaev
Lightweight: Valeriu Mircea vs Ayub Gaziev