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Brave 6: Kazakhstan (also known as Brave 6 or 'Brave Kazakhstan') was a mixed martial arts event held live by Brave Combat Federation on Saturday April 28, 2017 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event was broadcast live online and locally through Bahrain TV, ABS-CBN Sports and Action, Combate, Kazakh TV Claro Sports and OSN Sports.
| Brave 6: Kazakhstan | ||||
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| Promotion | Brave Combat Federation | |||
| Date | April 28th, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Almaty Arena | |||
| City | Almaty, Kazakhstan | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editBrave 6: Kazakhstan was Brave Combat Federation's sixth card, the fourth to take place outside Bahrain, where the company headquarters is located, and the first one in Central Asia. In addition, Brave 6 was the first co-promotion in the event's history, promoted in partnership with the local promotion Qazaq FC.[1]
The event had the first ever Women's MMA fight, between Mariya Agapova and Yulia Litvinceva, in the Flyweight division.
Júlio César "Morceguinho" was supposed to face Bakhtiyar Arzumanov in a main card featured bout but was forced to withdraw after being diagnosed with dengue fever.[2] His opponent Arzumanov was kept on the card, but was also pulled a few days later after having his visa denied while entering Kazakhstan. The bout was then canceled.
Ikram Aliskerov was originally scheduled to face Ireland's Will Fleury in a main card featured bout but Fleury was forced to withdraw[3] due to an injury. Fleury was then replaced by Azerbaijan's Rufat Asadov.[4]
Fakhreddine vs Mafra cancellation
editAfter debuting with a win at Brave 4: Unstoppable, Lebanon's Mohammad Fakhreddine had a quick turnaround and was scheduled to face The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil season 1 veteran Leonardo Mafra[5] in a welterweight bout.
However, Fakhreddine missed the weight during the official weigh-ins and Mafra failed to reach an agreement to compete against his opponent under these circumstances.[6] Fakhreddine, on the other hand, was kept on the card and took a catchweight fight against Poland's Lukasz Witos in 81 kg.
Broadcast
editThe event was broadcast internationally online, through Brave's official website and YouTube channel, for free. In addition, the card was also broadcast in Bahrain through Bahrain TV, Middle East through OSN Sports, Kazakhstan through Kazakh TV, Hispanic America through Claro Sports, Brazil through Combate and Asia through ABS-CBN Sports and Action.
Broadcasting team
edit- Play-by-play commentator: Cyrus Fees
- Color Commentator: Nate Quarry
- Cage announcer: Carlos Kremer
Results
edit| Main Card (TV)[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | vs. | TKO (Elbows) | 1 | 3:52 | |||
| Lightweight | def. | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:51 | |||
| Catchweight (81kg) | def. | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:24 | |||
| Bantamweight | def. | Decision (Unanimous) (29x28, 28x29, 29x28) | 3 | 5:00 | |||
| Lightweight | def. | KO (Knee to the Body) | 1 | 3:13 | |||
| Women's Flyweight | def. | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:15 | |||
| Middleweight | vs. | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 4:00 | |||
| Featherweight | def. | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 1 | 4:55 | |||
| Preliminary card (bravefights.com) | |||||||
| Bantamweight | def. | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 3:30 | [a] | ||
| Featherweight | def. | Submission (Rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:19 | [b] | ||
References
edit- ^ "Fight card finalized for Brave's first Central Asia show in Kazakhstan | BRAVE Fights". Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ http://www.mmamadhouse.com/morceguinho-forced-out-of-brave-6-card-due-to-illness/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Will Fleury vs. Ikram Aliskerov, Brave CF 6 | MMA Bout". Tapology. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ "FightCenter". Tapology.
- ^ Br, Jeremy (2017-04-18). "Ex-TUF Brazil Leonardo Mafra signs with Brave; faces Mohammad Fakhreddine in Kazakhstan". MMASucka.com. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ Staff, Arabs MMA (2017-04-28). "Brave 6 Weigh-Ins: Main event set while Fakhreddine vs. Mafra is off". ArabsMMA. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ^ "Brave CF 6 | MMA Event". Tapology.