Brave Combat Federation held, this Saturday (12), in Curitiba, the eighth show in its history in less than a year. And in the second show held in Brazil, the country already has a champion. Brazilian Klidson de Abreu became the first light heavyweight champion in the organization's history, submitting Timo Feucht, from Germany, in the second round. The Guyanese based in Rio de Janeiro Carlston Harris took advantage of a last-minute chance and beat Englishman Carl Booth via unanimous decision to capture Brave's first welterweight belt.
Klidson dominated the young Feucht, just 21 years old, who was undefeated. Abreu surprised by showing much better striking than the German, who had been seen as dangerous on the feet. When the fight went to the ground, the brown belt world champion's jiu-jitsu made the difference and Klidson won the light heavyweight belt with an armbar from mount.
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In the second most important fight of the night, the Guyanese Carlston Harris surprised Carl Booth with his wrestling and wrestling. The Guyanese, who represents the RFT in Rio de Janeiro, agreed to fight for the title a day ago, when Mohammad Fakhreddine, “Bomber's” original opponent, fell ill at the weigh-in cut. Dominating Booth in the clinch and almost submitting him twice, “Moçambique” won by unanimous decision to close a week full of emotions with a flourish.
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Voted Brazilian MMA Fighter of the Year in 2016, Luan “Miau” Santiago scored another knockout in the first round, against Igor Soares, but needed to show heart to stay in the fight. Soares accepted the fight three days ago and, even so, surprised the CM System lightweight, who had been preparing for another opponent. Before knocking out his opponent, “Miau” was knocked down on two occasions.
Edilberto Crocotá and Christiano Frohlich had a quick fight, but full of emotions. After being surprised at the weigh-in the previous day, the two started at a frantic pace. The veteran ex-UFC fighter soon managed a takedown, but didn't come close to a submission. “Urso” got up and threw a hard blow at his rival, who appeared to give up, but claimed to be signaling to the referee that his mouthguard had fallen off and ended up losing by forfeit.
Brave 8: The Rise of Champions results
Light heavyweight (title): Klidson de Abreu (c) beat Timo Feucht by submission (armbar) in the second round
Welterweight (title): Carlston Harris (c) beat Carl Booth by unanimous decision
Lightweight: Luan Santiago beat Igor Soares by technical knockout in the first round
Midfielder: Christiano Frohlich beat Edilberto Crocotá by withdrawal in the first round
Welterweight: Killys Mota beat Allan Moziel by unanimous decision
Light heavyweight: Johnny Walker beat Rodrigo Santos by technical knockout in the first round
Bantamweight: Jeremy Pacatiw defeated Thiago Dela Coleta via TKO in the second round
Fly: Marcel Adur defeated Rodrigo Melonio by technical knockout in the second round
Welterweight: Eduardo Ramon beat Rogério Santos via submission (armbar) in the second round
Bantamweight: Shyudi Yamauchi beat Werlleson Martins by submission (rear naked choke)
Welterweight: Luciano Contini defeated Diego Gasparetto by unanimous decision
Amateur: Matheus Correia beat Alison Martins by unanimous decision
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