BRAVE CF 64 results: Roman Bogatov crowned new featherweight champion with razor-thin split decision

BRAVE CF sixty four proved why glory and honor isn’t always smooth to return back with the aid of using as Russia`s Roman Bogatov (13-1) placed on an absolute dogged overall performance to ultimately be topped the brand new BRAVE CF featherweight champion of the world. From spherical one, the Russian absorbed the electrical strength and lightning-short transitioning from South Korea’s Tae Kyun Kim (9-1) to grind out a hard-fought break up-choice win on the Khalifa Sports City Arena in Isa Town, Bahrain.

Kim turned into the front-runner for almost all of the combat as he did his first-class to maintain the combat standing, lights up Bogatov with a fantastically timed jab. When the South Korean were given taken down, he confirmed his high-stage judo and average submission abilties that got here so short, it frequently left lovers and commentators reeling seconds behind, processing the South Korean’s transitions.

It regarded to be sport-over with the aid of using the second one spherical as Bogatov’s frame language found out a tired, tired athlete. But the Russian simply refused to stop and endured unleashing takedown after takedown. At one factor he produced a handful of single-leg takedowns in efforts of diffusing the hanging of Kim, slowly turning the tide. As the combat drew towards the very last and championship rounds, each athletes regarded to be tormented by fatigue beneathneath the intense BRAVE CF lights. However, Bogatov regarded to be dealing with the adversity a piece higher as he dug deep and observed power to retain enforcing a wrestling-sturdy sport with the aid of using getting Kim on his returned earlier than going to paintings together along with his ground-and-pound which ultimately noticed him get the win.

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“I even have waited for this second for a very, very long term,” Bogatov said. “I even have confronted such a lot of troubles to be right here today. I needed to depart my us of a and my family. For a long term I turned into with out cash also. I actually deserve this.

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“Thank you to my mom, dad, spouse and kids, thanks to all who supported me, specifically the human beings of Kyrgyzstan and Russia. To the BRAVE CF President, Mohammed ‘The Hawk’ Shahid, I am very grateful. Thank you. I would love to symbolize KHK Team Bahrain.”

The previously-deliberate co-fundamental occasion among the No. 5-ranked BRAVE CF bantamweight, South Africa’s Nkosi Ndebele, and Lativa’s Matiss Zaharovs turned into alas referred to as off because of Zaharovs being medically not worthy to combat. That opened the door for the first rate welterweights, South Africa’s Brendan Lesar (3-3) and Bahrain’s Zagid Gaidarov (3-1), who have been given the obligation of warming up the cage for the BRAVE CF fundamental occasion, and boy, did they deliver, generating the primary and best end of the night time as Gaidarov beat Lesar through rear-bare choke withinside the 2d spherical.

For so long as the bout lasted, Lesar struggled to locate his variety as he unleashed heavy overhand rights and lefts followed with the aid of using leg kicks that paid little dividends. Gaidarov took gain of this and used his wonderful timing to steady good sized takedowns. The first takedown got here near the stop of the primary spherical. Due to the little time left withinside the first 5 minutes, Gaidarov couldn’t put into effect tons harm as he sat in 1/2 of shield at the same time as Lesar attempted to get away earlier than the buzzer went. Early withinside the 2d spherical, Lesar followed an instantaneous competitive method with leg kicks and a effective overhand proper that didn’t land, in that second, Gaidarov observed a gap and took Lesar down earlier than transitioning to his returned. He then locked in his hooks in earlier than taking Lesar’s neck, cranking up the strain and forcing Lesar to tap.

The 2d combat of the four-combat card noticed No. 5-ranked middleweight, Russia’s Abusupyan Alikhanov (14-3), beat the electrical South African, Mzwandile Hlongwa (6-3), through unanimous choice in a 3-spherical grappling and wrestling clinic. It isn’t anyt any mystery that Hlongwa’s bread and butter is the stand-up sport, and outdoor of moments in which he regarded to rock his opponent, he struggled to diffuse the wrestling prowess of his Russian opponent who reminded BRAVE Nation why he’s on the pinnacle of the 185-pound division.

Alikhanov showcased his gifted mindset, ready patiently earlier than enforcing massive takedowns over the route of 3 rounds earlier than attending to paintings and beginning a ground-and-pound over Hlongwa. Hlongwa has proven a huge development in his wrestling protection as he prevented plenty of harm from the lowest or even controlled to transition to get away pinnacle manipulate from Alikhanov, it turned into, however, now no longer sufficient to win the combat.

In the outlet and best newbie combat of the night time, Burkina Faso’s Israel Mano and France’s Remy Serge placed on a taekwondo-esque show as each athletes launched vicious kick assaults to the our bodies in their warring parties at some stage in their 3-spherical combat. It turned into Mano who commenced transferring gears, taking the lead with a high-extent assault that blanketed powerful moves to the frame and head of Serge who regarded to fatigue from spherical together along with his mouth extensive open and his arms dropped to his chest.

The combat went 3 rounds with Mano ultimately getting his hand raised through unanimous choice, as Burkina Faso have become the eightieth kingdom to be represented withinside the BRAVE CF cage, but some other massive milestone for the fastest-developing MMA merchandising withinside the world. 

Following present day occasion, “BRAVE CF 65: Rumble withinside the Kingdom” takes location this Friday, October 28, concluding the epic nine-day Kombat Kingdom festival. For greater records on BRAVE CF’s Kombat Kingdom series, go to BRAVECF.com.

BRAVE CF sixty four consequences include:

Roman Bogatov def. Tae Kyun Kim through break up choice (48-47, 46-49, 48-47) – to assert vacant featherweight title
Zagid Gaidarov def. Brendan Lesar through submission (rear-bare choke) – Round 2, 1:24
Abusupyan Alikhanov def. Mzwandile Hlongwa through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Israel Mano def. Remy Serge through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)