BRAVE CF 45 will now happen on November
19th, as the entire BRAVE Nation sends its condolences to the Royal
Family on the passing and joins in mourning with the rest of the
world. @khalidbinhamad
@shahidthehawk
pic.twitter.com/sN1OkVsakf— BRAVE Combat Federation (@bravemmaf)
November 11, 2020
On Wednesday,
Brave Combat Federation announced that the upcoming
Brave CF 45 event has been postponed. The card was slated to
gone down on Nov. 12 in Bahrain, but it was delayed after prince
Khalifa Bin Salman al-Khalifa died at the age of 84, according to
the state-run
Bahrain News Agency. As a member of the royal family, Prince
Khalifa served as the prime minister of the country since 1970. He
was also related to Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the founder
of Brave.
The previous week, the Brave CF 45 card also underwent some
significant changes. The main event should have been a
featherweight clash between Dumar Roa and
Gabriel
Miranda, but Miranda was diagnosed with COVID-19 before he
could leave Brazil to fly to Bahrain.
Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Ian
Entwistle (9-3) stepped in on short notice to face “Corazon De
Leon” in a 150-pound catchweight tilt.
Now, Brave CF 45 will go down on Nov. 19. In the co-main event,
Kubanych
Abdisalam (14-2) will put his seven-bout winning streak on the
line as he locks horns with Brave newcomer Valeriu
Mircea (25-6-1) in a 160-pound catchweight scrap. The card will
also feature an exciting light heavyweight matchup between Mohamed
Said Maalem (10-3) and Zvonimir
Kralj (7-3).