Every week, Combat Press takes a look at three regional, developmental and international cards from the upcoming weekend, previewing from each a single fight to which people should pay close attention. We will also list other significant bouts from the card, as well as information on how to follow each promotion and watch the events.
Let’s discover those prospects that fight in obscurity, waiting for their shot at the bright lights and big stage of the UFC, and those veterans looking for one more chance at stardom.
It all begins here, from the small convention centers and high school gymnasiums to the developmental leagues that serve as a launching pad to the big show. It all begins with promotions such as these…
Brave CF 50, CFFC 95 and iKON FF 6 Preview and Predictions
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Brave CF 50 s Valeriu Mircea: Hungry and Hunting for Gold
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Bellator 176 and Bellator Kickboxing 5 Preview and Predictions
Bellator MMA continues its run through the month of April, heading to Torino, Italy, and the Pala Alpitour. This is a combined event between Bellator’s kickboxing and mixed martial arts properties.
The main event on the MMA side of the card will be a middleweight title rematch between the champion, Rafael Carvalho, and the challenger, Melvin Manhoef. The two fought to what could be described as a stalemate, despite Carvalho receiving the decision nod. It was a fight where almost nothing happened. With a shortage of challengers, the promotion has decided to go for a second fight between these two men.
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Every person has a story. Some stories, though, are deeper than others and need to be told, like that of mixed martial artist Valeriu Mircea.
Mircea has born in 1993 in Satul Topala, a 2000-person rural village in Moldova, situated in the district of Cimișlia. His family was not wealthy, to put it mildly. His mother, though, did everything she could to give her sons what they needed.
“I grow up in poverty, I didn’t have what other kids of my age had,” Mircea told BJPENN.com. “My mother worked twelve hours per day, working other people’s fields under the sun just to bring up a piece of bread, a bucket of flour, maybe three litres of oil. When we were lucky she could get 200 Lei (about 11 USD today).”