2023 in Brave Combat Federation


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.

List of events

No.EventDateVenueLocation
1BRAVE CF 69Stark ArenaBelgrade, Serbia
2BRAVE CF 70Hala TivoliLjubljana, Slovenia
3BRAVE CF 71Bahrain National StadiumRiffa, Bahrain
4BRAVE CF 72Bahrain National StadiumRiffa, Bahrain
5BRAVE CF 73El Coliseo SalitreBogotá, Colombia
6BRAVE CF 74H ArenaNantes, France
7BRAVE CF 75Pacho Camurria ArenaTenerife, Spain
8BRAVE CF 76Balai SarbiniJakarta, Indonesia
9BRAVE CF 77Khalifa Sports City StadiumIsa Town, Bahrain
10BRAVE CF 78: VictoriousCentro de Formação OlímpicaFortaleza, Brazil
11BRAVE CF 79Khalifa Sports City StadiumIsa Town, Bahrain
12BRAVE CF 80Khalifa Sports City StadiumIsa Town, Bahrain

BRAVE CF 69

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.

Background

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.
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.
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.

BRAVE CF 70

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.

Background

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

BRAVE CF 71

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.

Background

A BRAVE CF Super Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Marcin Bandel and the undefeated russian Kamal Magomedov headlined the event. 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.

BRAVE CF 72

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.

Background

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

BRAVE CF 73

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 Bogotá, Colombia.

Background

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

BRAVE CF 74

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.

Background

A lightweight bout between Ylies Djiroun and former champion Lucas Martins headlined the event.

BRAVE CF 75

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.

Background

A super lightweight bout between Acoidan Duque and Donovan Desmae headlined the event.

BRAVE CF 76

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.

Background

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

BRAVE CF 77

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.

Background

A BRAVE CF Lightweight Championship bout between reigning champion Abdisalam Kubanychbek and former titleholder Lucas Martins headlined the event. While a BRAVE CF Super Welterweight Championship bout between reigning champion Marcin Bandel and undefeated challenger Kamal Magomedov served as the co-main event.

BRAVE CF 78

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.

Background

An inaugural BRAVE CF Flyweight Championship bout between Velimurad Alkhasov and Edilceu Alves was expected to headline the event. However, due to undisclosed reasons, Alkhasov has pulled out of the title fight and will be replaced by Flavio de Queiroz. 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. 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.

BRAVE CF 79

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.

Background

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

BRAVE CF 80

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.

Background

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