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Team Bahrain Wins Inaugural MMA Super Cup

The Kingdom of Bahrain has emerged as the inaugural MMA Super Cup winner on Sat night (March 12) after sweeping Ireland to capture the trophy and collect $USD100,000 for their efforts. The win, was made all the sweeter because it took place on home soil inside the Khalifa Sports City, Bahrain. It was a fitting […]

The Kingdom of Bahrain has emerged as the inaugural MMA Super Cup winner on Sat night (March 12) after sweeping Ireland to capture the trophy and collect $USD100,000 for their efforts. The win, was made all the sweeter because it took place on home soil inside the Khalifa Sports City, Bahrain. It was a fitting to end to BRAVE International Combat Week, and hopefully the start of something big for amateur MMA.

The Irish team started the match-up already having to play catchup with two of their fighters failing to receive medical clearances after their semi-final bouts. This meant Bahrain entered the series already 2-0 up before Sabrina Laurentina De Sousa, the world female featherweight champion, put the hometown side out to a 3-0 lead with her first-round submission win over Kerry Ann Vernon.

From there on out, it was all one-way traffic as the Bahrain team gained momentum and went undefeated to claim a 9-0 series win. It was a disappointing end for the Irish team, but the Irish fighters will take comfort knowing they made it to the final and won $75,000 in prize money. The Irish team will no doubt continue to grow and improve the future and the team have an exciting future ahead.

Team Bahrain is loaded with talent, and it will only be a matter of time before its fighters start making waves on the professional scene. De Sousa and Ramazan Gitinov, in particular, are names that MMA fans should be paying close attention to.

Kazakhstan bounced back from its loss to Bahrain in the semi-final to win the bronze medal match with a flawless victory over Mexico. Team Kazakhstan will take home $50,000 for their efforts.

Full Results

FINALS: IRELAND VS BAHRAIN

61,2 kg Sabrina Laurentina de Souza (Bahrain) def. Kerry Ann Vernon (Ireland) – Sub (Rear-Naked Choke) R1

65,8 kg Haji Mohamed Ali (Bahrain) def. Jordan Bradshaw (Ireland) – Sub (Arm-Triangle Choke) R2 

70,3 kg Kurban Idrisov (Bahrain) def. Lewis Byrne (Ireland) – UD R3

77,1 kg Magomed Isaev (Bahrain) def. Jordan Furey (Ireland) – Sub (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 

83,9 kg Ramazan Gitinov (Bahrain) def. Cameron Clements (Ireland) – TKO R2

93 kg Gadzhi Gadzhiev (Bahrain) def. Dennis Perry (Ireland) – TKO R1 

120,2 kg Sultan Gapizov (Bahrain) def. Gustavo Lopez (Ireland) – UD R3

BRONZE MEDAL MATCH: KAZAKHSTAN VS MEXICO

56.7 kg Ayan Tursyn (Kazakhstan) def. Violeta Mendoza Corral (Mexico) – SD R3

61,2 kg Zhanibek Tynyshtyk (Kazakhstan) def. Jorge Cobos Marin (Mexico) – UD R3

65,8 kg Anatoliy Zolotykh (Kazakhstan) def. Anthony Ramirez Amado (Mexico) – UD R3

70,3 kg Neimat Assadov (Kazakhstan) def. Victor Gerardo Quintana Vazquez (Mexico) – Sub (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 

93 kg Alik Domnich (Kazakhstan) def. Miguel Angel Serna Castro (Mexico) – Sub (Armbar) R1

120,2 kg Rassul Khatayev (Kazakhstan) def. Daniel Flores Sartorius (Mexico) – Sub (Ankle Lock) R1 

Team Bahrain Wins Inaugural MMA Super Cup

The Kingdom of Bahrain has emerged as the inaugural MMA Super Cup winner on Sat night (March 12) after sweeping Ireland to capture the trophy and collect $USD100,000 for their efforts. The win, was made all the sweeter because it took place on home soil inside the Khalifa Sports City, Bahrain. It was a fitting […]

The Kingdom of Bahrain has emerged as the inaugural MMA Super Cup winner on Sat night (March 12) after sweeping Ireland to capture the trophy and collect $USD100,000 for their efforts. The win, was made all the sweeter because it took place on home soil inside the Khalifa Sports City, Bahrain. It was a fitting to end to BRAVE International Combat Week, and hopefully the start of something big for amateur MMA.

The Irish team started the match-up already having to play catchup with two of their fighters failing to receive medical clearances after their semi-final bouts. This meant Bahrain entered the series already 2-0 up before Sabrina Laurentina De Sousa, the world female featherweight champion, put the hometown side out to a 3-0 lead with her first-round submission win over Kerry Ann Vernon.

From there on out, it was all one-way traffic as the Bahrain team gained momentum and went undefeated to claim a 9-0 series win. It was a disappointing end for the Irish team, but the Irish fighters will take comfort knowing they made it to the final and won $75,000 in prize money. The Irish team will no doubt continue to grow and improve the future and the team have an exciting future ahead.

Team Bahrain is loaded with talent, and it will only be a matter of time before its fighters start making waves on the professional scene. De Sousa and Ramazan Gitinov, in particular, are names that MMA fans should be paying close attention to.

Kazakhstan bounced back from its loss to Bahrain in the semi-final to win the bronze medal match with a flawless victory over Mexico. Team Kazakhstan will take home $50,000 for their efforts.

Full Results

FINALS: IRELAND VS BAHRAIN

61,2 kg Sabrina Laurentina de Souza (Bahrain) def. Kerry Ann Vernon (Ireland) – Sub (Rear-Naked Choke) R1

65,8 kg Haji Mohamed Ali (Bahrain) def. Jordan Bradshaw (Ireland) – Sub (Arm-Triangle Choke) R2 

70,3 kg Kurban Idrisov (Bahrain) def. Lewis Byrne (Ireland) – UD R3

77,1 kg Magomed Isaev (Bahrain) def. Jordan Furey (Ireland) – Sub (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 

83,9 kg Ramazan Gitinov (Bahrain) def. Cameron Clements (Ireland) – TKO R2

93 kg Gadzhi Gadzhiev (Bahrain) def. Dennis Perry (Ireland) – TKO R1 

120,2 kg Sultan Gapizov (Bahrain) def. Gustavo Lopez (Ireland) – UD R3

BRONZE MEDAL MATCH: KAZAKHSTAN VS MEXICO

56.7 kg Ayan Tursyn (Kazakhstan) def. Violeta Mendoza Corral (Mexico) – SD R3

61,2 kg Zhanibek Tynyshtyk (Kazakhstan) def. Jorge Cobos Marin (Mexico) – UD R3

65,8 kg Anatoliy Zolotykh (Kazakhstan) def. Anthony Ramirez Amado (Mexico) – UD R3

70,3 kg Neimat Assadov (Kazakhstan) def. Victor Gerardo Quintana Vazquez (Mexico) – Sub (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 

93 kg Alik Domnich (Kazakhstan) def. Miguel Angel Serna Castro (Mexico) – Sub (Armbar) R1

120,2 kg Rassul Khatayev (Kazakhstan) def. Daniel Flores Sartorius (Mexico) – Sub (Ankle Lock) R1 

MMA Super Cup Day 2 Full Results: Bahrain & Ireland Set To Meet In Final

Day 2 of the MMA Super Cup saw Ireland taking on Mexico in the first semi-final, with Kazakhstan and Bahrain facing off in the second. Mexico came into this event as a late-notice replacement but impressed everyone with a clean sweep over the Arab Champions in the quarter-finals. Ireland worked hard for their win over […]

Day 2 of the MMA Super Cup saw Ireland taking on Mexico in the first semi-final, with Kazakhstan and Bahrain facing off in the second.

Mexico came into this event as a late-notice replacement but impressed everyone with a clean sweep over the Arab Champions in the quarter-finals. Ireland worked hard for their win over Oceania, with the best of nine series going down the wire before heavyweight Gustavo Lopez secured victory for the Irish team.

The Mexican team started strong and shot out to a 3-1 lead before the Irish team stormed back to record four straight wins and book their spot in the final with a 5-3 series win. Donegal’s Jordan Furey backed up his quarter-final first-round stoppage victory over Oceania’s Mitchell Kelly with another impressive performance as he stopped Mexico’s Israel Salcido Rodriguez via TKO in the second frame of their welterweight contest.

Ireland will now have to take on Bahrain in the final on Saturday after the Bahrani handed rivals Kazakhstan a 5-3 loss. The home team started out strong with Aieza Ramos Bertozo and Sabrina Laurentina de Souza scoring back-to-back submission wins. Kazakhstan then stormed back, recording three straight victories (one being a forfeit) to take a 3-2 lead.However, the home nation would not be denied. Welterweight world champion Ramazan Gitinov started the resurgence with his opening-round submission win over Zhaxybek Aimakhanov before his compatriots Sultan Omarov and Gadzhi Gadzhiev picked up the fourth and fifth wins.

One of the exciting subplots of the gold-medal final will be to see how Furey goes up against the formidable and intimidating figure of Gitinov. The winner of the tournament will collect USD100,00 while the runners will take home 75,000.

Mexico and Kazakhstan will battle it out for the right to claim the bronze medal and $50,000

All the action can be streamed live on immaf.tv

Full Results:
MEXICO VS IRELAND

56.7 kg Violeta Mendoza Corral (Mexico) def. Eabha Cruise (Ireland) – UD R3
61,2 kg Kerry Ann Vernon (Ireland) def. Andrea Gabriela Guzman Salazar (Mexico) – TKO R1
61,2 kg Jorge Cobos Marin (Mexico) def. Jamie Abbott Bissett (Ireland) – TKO R3
65,8 kg Victor Gerardo Quintana Vazquez (Mexico) def. Jordan Bradshaw (Ireland) – UD R3
70,3 kg Lewis Byrne (Ireland) def. Luis Enrique Gonzalez Martinez (Mexico) – UD R3
77,1 kg Jordan Furey (Ireland) def. Israel Salcido Rodriguez (Mexico) – TKO R2
83,9 kg Conor McCarthy (Ireland) def. Cruz Emmanuel Garcia Gonzalez (Mexico) – UD R3
93 kg Dennis Perry (Ireland) def. Miguel Angel Serna Castro (Mexico) – Sub (Americana) R1

BAHRAIN VS KAZAKHSTAN

56,7 kg Aieza Ramos Bertozo (Bahrain) def. Ayan Tursyn (Kazakhstan) – Sub (Armbar) R1
61,2 kg Sabrina Laurentina de Souza (Bahrain) def. Antonina Kotlyarevskaya (Kazakhstan) – Sub
(Armbar) R1

61,2 kg Zhanibek Tynyshtyk (Kazakhstan) def. Abdulla Mubarak (Bahrain) – Forfeit
65,8 kg Anatoliy Zolotykh (Kazakhstan) def. Haji Mohamed Ali (Bahrain) – Technical Submission
(Triangle) R1
70,3 kg Neimat Assadov (Kazakhstan) def. Kurban Idrisov (Bahrain) – SD R3
77,1 kg Ramazan Gitinov (Bahrain) def. Zhaxybek Aimakhanov (Kazakhstan) – Sub (Rear-Naked
Choke) R1
83,9 kg Sultan Omarov (Bahrain) def. Vakhid Timerbiyev (Kazakhstan) – UD R3
93 kg Gadzhi Gadzhiev (Bahrain) def. Alik Domnich (Kazakhstan)

MMA Super Cup Day 1 Full Results : Ireland And Oceania In Nail Biting Finish

MMA Super CupThe inaugural MMA Super Cup kicked off today with eight amateur teams competing in a knockout tournament for the right to claim the trophy as well as US$100,000 in prize money. The tournament is taking place as part of BRAVE International Fight Week and is being held inside the Khalifa Sports City Arena in Isa […]

MMA Super Cup

The inaugural MMA Super Cup kicked off today with eight amateur teams competing in a knockout tournament for the right to claim the trophy as well as US$100,000 in prize money. The tournament is taking place as part of BRAVE International Fight Week and is being held inside the Khalifa Sports City Arena in Isa Town, Bahrain.

Teams compete in a best of nine series and require five wins to advance to the next round. Bouts consist of three, three-minute rounds, with an extra round in the event of a draw.

The opening day saw Ireland taking on Oceania, Mexico facing off against the Arab Champions, Kazakhstan vs. Balkan Champions, and Bahrain vs. Tajikistan. Oceania and Mexico were last-minute replacements for Ukraine and Russia, but you would not have known that from the performances both sides produced.

The Oceanian team, made up of Australian and New Zealand fighters, went head to head with their Irish counterparts as they traded wins. Each side sat at four apiece heading into the final bout, a 120kg contest between Ireland’s Gustavo Lopez and Oceania’s Larry Adnan.

Adnan started strong and soon had Lopez in all sorts of trouble, as the Irish fighter found himself stuck on the mat and receiving a barrage of blows from Adnan. A stoppage looked to be on the cards when in the final ten seconds of the bout, Lopez took advantage of a mistake from Adnan and secured a kneebar which forced Adnan to tap out.

Lopez’s victory will now see Ireland take on Mexico in the semi-finals, with the Central American nation making short work of the Arab Champions. The Mexican team won the first five fights in a row and will be confident they have what it takes to make it to the final.

Team Kazakhstan demonstrated its superiority over the Balkan Champions with a 5-0 clean sweep on the other side of the bracket. They will now meet Bahrain in a massive clash between two of the top amateur nations in the world, with Bahrain and Kazakhstan ranked two and three, respectively.

Bahrain had a tough first outing against Tajikistan. Still, a team that includes such names as world pound for pound No.1 Ramazan Gitinov and will always be a challenging assignment for any opposition, and Bahrain ended up taking the matchup 7-2.

You can follow all the semi-final action at immaf.tv.

Inaugural MMA Super Cup To Take Place At BRAVE International Combat Week

Russia's Gadzhimurad ZavaevBRAVE CF has developed a reputation as one of the most dynamic MMA promotions currently on the scene. The Bahrain-based organization has staged events in 25 countries and has held 56 events since the company’s inception in 2016. In addition, the promotion’s impressive scouting program has seen the company introduce names such as Khamzat Chimaev […]

Russia's Gadzhimurad Zavaev

BRAVE CF has developed a reputation as one of the most dynamic MMA promotions currently on the scene. The Bahrain-based organization has staged events in 25 countries and has held 56 events since the company’s inception in 2016. In addition, the promotion’s impressive scouting program has seen the company introduce names such as Khamzat Chimaev and Muhammad Mokaev to worldwide audiences.

However, starting on March 8, BRAVE CF will go one step further in helping grow MMA when it hosts the inaugural Mixed Martial Arts Super Cup during BRAVE International Combat Week in the Kingdom of Bahrain. BRAVE CF will promote the tournament jointly with the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation — which recently wrapped up its 2021 World Championships.

The concept is simple. Selected countries will send a team of nine fighters and three substitutes to compete in a knockout tournament. Each stage will consist of nine fights, and whichever country picks up the most victories moves on to the next stage. The bouts will consist of three, three-minute rounds. In the event of a draw, an extra round will take place.

The prizes on offer are substantial, especially when you consider the fact that few national amateur MMA federations get government funding. The winning federation will pocket US$100,000; the runners-up will collect US$75,000, with the third-place team receiving US$50,000.

The draw for the tournament took place last week at the Grand Wyndham Garden Manama in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The competing nations whose names went into the draw were Russia, Ukraine, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Ireland, and Tajikistan. In addition, two wildcard teams were also added into the mix, and they were a Balkan and an Arab team, made up of the top fighters from each region.

Russia and Bahrain will head into the tournament as the bookies’ favorites, and the mind games between the two camps have already started. Team Bahrain’s head coach, Eldar Eldarov, felt that his chief rivals had got an easier first-round matchup, as well as ending up on the side of the bracket, which on paper appears less difficult.

“Russia got an easy draw for MMA Super Cup, but the harder the way, the better the feeling will be when we get this cup,” said Eldar.

Russian head coach Gennady Pavlovich Kapshay appeared to agree.

“I can’t hide the fact that we were lucky with our rivals in the qualifying stage. In the other subgroup, three strong national teams of Bahrain, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan will meet at once.”

The creation of an MMA Super Cup offers fans the chance to support their country in a way that, up until now, they have not been able to do. Over time the tournament could become a must-see fixture for fight fans, as well as a launching pad for emerging talent.

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