Brave 3: Battle in Brazil - Full Fight Card for the event
BRAVE COMBAT FEDERATION has announced the full fight card in Brazil. Brave 3: Battle in Brazil is going to be the very first international installment of the Bahrain-based promotion, taking place on March 18th, in the city of Curitiba.
Curitiba is one of the most traditional martial arts hubs in Brazil, being the hometown of one of the most historical Brazilian teams: Chute Boxe. The gym presented to the world some of the biggest legends of the sport, such as Anderson Silva, Wanderlei Silva, Maurício "Shogun" Rua, Fabrício Werdum, and many others.
To headline this historical card, the main event was handpicked. Lucas "Mineiro" Martins, a former UFC fighter from Chute Boxe's branch in São Paulo, will face his long-time rival Paulo "Bananada" Gonçalves, a veteran of MMA since the time of "Vale Tudo" and Anderson Silva's training partner and pupil.
The card also counts with the biggest contemporary stars of Curitiba's MMA, like ex-Bellator Diego Marlon, ex-WSOF Marcel Adur, Brazilian Fighter of the Year in 2016 Luan "Miau" Santiago, Marcos "Pirata", and Cristiano "Pequeno" Souza. All of them facing internationally established fighters and some of the most exciting prospects around the world, coming from USA, Mexico, Africa, and India.
President Mohammed Shahid guaranteed that this will be the first of many Brazilian incursions for Brave.
"We definitely want to come back soon. We didn't even finish our first event and I can guarantee that Brazil is going to be on our key markets. I was very serious about how aggressive is our expansion strategy, so, if you didn't buy it before, there's still time to come on board" he said.
Brave 3: Battle in Brazil will take place at the Max Rosenaman Arena, a modern sports complex with capacity for almost 5,000 fans in São José dos Pinhais, Curitiba Metropolitan Area.
Brave 3: Battle in Brazil official fight card:
• Main event - Featherweight (66kg): Lucas "Mineiro" Martins vs Paulo "Bananada" Gonçalves
• Co-main event - Welterweight (77kg): Thiago "Monstro" Martins vs Carlston "Moçambique" Harris
• Middleweight (84kg): Jeremy "Pitbull" Smith vs Marcos "Pirata"
• Featherweight (66kg): Nate "The Train" Landewhr vs Julio César "Morceguinho" Neves
• Lightweight (70,3kg): Ivan "Choko" Castillo vs Luan "Miau" Santiago
• Bantamweight (61kg): Diego Marlon vs Walel "The Gazelle" Watson
• Bantamweight (61,2kg): Ivan "Niño Demoledor" Lopez vs Marcel Adur
• Featherweight (66kg): Fabian Galván vs William Lima
• Bantamweight (61,2kg): Cristiano "Pequeno" Souza vs Cristian "El Taylon" Quiñonez
• Welterweight (77kg): James Pou vs Pawan Maan Singh
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