Enrico “The Killing Machine” Cortese just
tapped his opponent due to some VICIOUS elbows. DAMN!
#BRAVECF35 pic.twitter.com/gX4wHYDtg5— Al Zullino (@phre)
July 20, 2020
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The first of the many shows Brave Combat Federation
is scheduled to hold in Europe this summer went down at
the Beraria H in Bucharest, Romania, on Monday.
In the main event of
Brave CF 35, Enrico Cortese (7-2) forced Claudiu Axinte (0-1)
to tap in the latter’s MMA pro debut. Cortese should have
initially faced Mohammad Fakhreddine, but “The Latest” was unable
to travel to Romania due to Covid-19 flight restrictions. The
Italian fighter adjusted his game plan and shot for a takedown
early in the opening round, exploiting the fact that Axinte is a
kickboxing veteran. On the canvas, “The Killing Machine” gained the
mount with ease, exposing that Axine still has a lot of ground to
cover as far as the grappling goes. After Cortese landed a few
vicious punches and elbows from above, Axinte tapped at the 2:00
mark of the opening round.
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR? COMPLETED IT,
MATE!Ion Grigore survives almost two rounds of pain to knock Mamadou
Lamine Sene out in a dramatic turnaround!#BRAVECF35
pic.twitter.com/UvxZwnwf3W— BRAVE Combat Federation (@bravemmaf)
July 20, 2020
The co-main event saw Ion Grigore (7-1) and Mamadou
Lamine Sene (3-2) lock horns in the heavyweight division. The
two behemoths didn’t spare any energy in their clash, but
eventually, Grigore proved to be the better fighter, winning by
technical knockout 4:30 into Round 2. While former Glory
competitor Sene came out strong in the opening stanza, Grigore was
able to take his opponent’s best strikes. The Romanian contender
then came back with some combinations of his own in the second
round after the referee called for action several times due to both
fighters stalling the match. Sene went to the canvas after
eating several uppercuts from Grigore, who is now riding a
five-bout winning streak.
Malin Hermansson cinches up the RNC against
Ana Maria Pal. No hooks required, Caol Uno style
#BraveCF35 pic.twitter.com/0IOwaLldqe— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman)
July 20, 2020
In the only women’s MMA match on the card, Malin
Hermansson (5-1) scored her first career submission victory
after overcoming RXF veteran Ana Maria Pal (2-4) at the
2:30 mark of the second round of their flyweight encounter.
Elsewhere, Aboubakar Tounkara (6-1) smashed Marvin Belecciu in
Belecciu’s MMA pro debut via TKO 3:36 into Round 2 in a 155-pound
clash, and Mihai Laurentiu Iorga (3-2) rendered Ioan Vranceanu
(7-18) unconscious thanks to a highlight-reel head-kick KO 3:34
into the second stanza.
Surprise surprise, Abou Tounkara finished
the fight in the second round, after brutalising his opponent for a
minute in the crucifix position to end round 1.
#BraveCF35 pic.twitter.com/rQS6Ip6giS— Andy Stevenson (@andyste123)
July 20, 2020
In the opening fight of the event, Mirel Dragan (2-2-1)
gave himself the perfect birthday present as he submitted Marian
Olaru (1-3) with a guillotine choke at the 2:39 mark of Round
1.
Mihai Laurentiu KO’s Ioan Vrânceanu pic.twitter.com/iOE4KJmzty
— Streetfight Banned-cho (@streetfitebncho)
July 20, 2020