Congratulation Slobodan Maksimović on the
[#BRAVECF56
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#BRAVECF | in association with MMA Liga] pic.twitter.com/Thqunu7FAy— BRAVE Combat Federation (@bravemmaf)
December 18, 2021
Brave Combat Federation’s final event of 2021 went down on Saturday
night in Belgrade, Serbia.
Brave CF 56 was headlined by a lightweight clash between
Ultimate Fighting Championship alum Rolando Dy
and promotional newcomer Slobodan
Maksimovic. Both fighters began Round 1 by attacking with a
variety of calf kicks and head kicks. When Maksimovic attempted to
move the action to the canvas, Dy (14-11-1, 1NC; 3-3, 1NC Brave)
denied it. In the second frame, Maksimovic successfully landed his
shots before his Filipino opponent landed a well-executed
double-leg takedown. The Serbian returned to his feet quickly and
went for a takedown of his own, which was quickly reversed by
Dy.
The fighters spent half of Round 3 fighting against the fence until
the referee separated them for inactivity. In the second half of
the period, they traded blows in the center of the cage. The
hardest shot belonged to Maksimovic, who also ended the fight on
top of his opponent. When the dust settled, Maksimovic (18-6-1, 1-0
Brave) received 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28 tallies from the cageside
judges for a unanimous decision triumph. In his post-fight
interview, the Elevation Fight Team representative asked for the
Serbian government’s official recognition of mixed martial
arts.
In the co-main event, Mikhail
Allakhverdian earned a dominant unanimous verdict against
Miro
Jurkovic (11-5, 0-3 Brave) in his promotional debut. It took a
few minutes for Allakhverdian (10-3, 1-0 Brave) to make Jurkovic’s
face a bloody canvas thanks to relentless takedowns followed by
ground-and-pound action. Jurkovic showed great heart in surviving
the first frame and landed good shots in Round 2, including a
reverse elbow, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Allakhverdian from
dictating the pace and inflicting more damage. The third frame was
an emphatic statement from Allakhverdian, who sealed his victory on
the scorecards.
Ahmad “The Shadow” Labban drops Nemanja
Kovac in R2 before quickly locking up a lights-out ninja choke.
Tapped but still took a nap.
#BRAVECF56 pic.twitter.com/BteTPSHocn— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman)
December 18, 2021
Elsewhere, Ahmed
Labban (12-4, 3-0 Brave) handed Nemanja
Kovac (13-6, 0-2 Brave) his third consecutive loss after
tapping his opponent with a slick ninja choke at the 1:32 mark; at
bantamweight, Borislav
Nikolic (9-1, 1-1 Brave) defeated Matiss
Zaharovs (4-2, 2-2 Brave) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28,
29-28) after a close affair; Jakob Nedoh
(4-1, 1-0 Brave) smashed Zvonimir
Kralj (7-5, 2-2 Brave) with a right-punch missile 50 seconds
ingo their light heavyweight bout; Jovan
Marjanovic (6-1, 1-0 Brave) put away Tomek Langowski (3-1-1,
0-1 Brave) with punches after 91 seconds in Brave’s 175-pound
division; Abdullah
Al-Qahtani (4-0, 3-0 Brave) stopped Nejc
Preloznik (3-3, 0-1 Brave) with a body kick followed by a
series of punches 63 seconds into the third frame of their
featherweight affair; at welterweight, Nikolay
Nikolov (4-0, 1-0 Brave) tapped Milos
Cvetkovic (4-1, 0-1 Brave) with a rear-naked choke at the 2:10
mark of Round 2 and the event opened with Miljan
Zdravkovic (3-0, 1-0 Brave) taking a unanimous decision (30-27,
29-28, 29-28) over Ahmet
Simsek (5-2, 0-1 Brave) in a bantamweight battle.