With simply hours remaining for BRAVE CF 87, the fighters had intense face-offs in Alkmaar, Netherlands, setting the stage for an thrilling night time of fights on Sunday, September 22.
Essentially the most intense second of the face-offs was between Noach Blyden and Adrian Gralak forward of their co-main occasion showdown. Each fighters refused to interrupt eye contact, signalling what could be anticipated when the cage door closes on Sunday night time. Gralak, in latest interviews, said that Blyden doesn’t belong in MMA attributable to his kickboxing background, whereas Blyden appears to be like to show his spectacular first-round win at BRAVE CF 83 was no fluke.
For the principle occasion, reigning Light-weight champion Abdisalam Uulu Kubanychbek and challenger Raul Tutarauli shared an intense but respectful stare down forward of their title combat. Kubanychbek goals to defend his title and break BRAVE CF’s Light-weight title curse, whereas Tutarauli seeks to grow to be the primary Georgian BRAVE CF champion, an achievement that his fellow countrymen Guram Kutateladze and Ilia Topuria couldn’t obtain.
All different fighters on the cardboard maintained respectful but intense staredowns. Rasul Magomedov and Pablo Benaion, who will kick off the occasion in what would be the newest chapter of the Wrestling vs. BJJ rivalry in MMA, displayed mutual respect, embodying the values of the disciplines that they signify. Clyde Brunswijk and Madalin Pirvulescu additionally saved their alternate respectful, as did Nabil Haryouli and Zabiullah Mubarez, regardless of Haryouli lacking weight for his or her Catchweight bout.
BRAVE CF 87, held in affiliation with Enfusion’s ECE MMA, marks BRAVE Fight Federation’s second occasion within the Netherlands following BRAVE CF 83. The occasion will showcase prime MMA expertise from all over the world and guarantees to be one of many greatest MMA occasions in Dutch historical past.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and likewise a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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