Filipino fighters Rolando Dy and Jenel Lausa are raring to seek redemption following their respective losses in BRAVE CF 47: Asian Domination at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa last month.
Published March 12, 2021, 10:08 AM
Screenshot from BRAVE CF’s livestream
Filipino fighter Rolando Dy yielded to Kyrgyz foe Abdisalam Kubanychbek in the main event of BRAVE CF 47: Asian Domination at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa Thursday night (early Friday morning, Manila time).
Kubanychbek, who remained undefeated in BRAVE Combat Federation, scored a technical knockout win through a corner stoppage in the world lightweight title eliminator to move one step closer for a crack at the belt.
The 26-year-old Kubanychbek now awaits the winner between current champion Amin Ayoub of France and Ahmed Amir of Egypt in BRAVE CF 50 in April.
Collin Huckbody (9-2) vs. Aaron Jeffery (9-2)
The COVID-19 era has led some organizations to adopt a new event format. Instead of spreading out dates across multiple weeks and months, these companies choose to run shows on consecutive nights. So is the case this week for Cage Fury Fighting Championships, which delivers CFFC 92 on Thursday and follows with CFFC 93 on Friday. The latter of these efforts includes a middleweight title tilt between champion Collin Huckbody and challenger Aaron Jeffery.
“Young Huck” enters on the strength of a six-fight winning streak. The 26-year-old made his pro debut in 2017 after a 6-1-1 amateur run and went just 3-2 through his first five appearances, including a decision loss to Bevon Lewis at Legacy Fighting Alliance 38. Huckbody found his groove in the second half of 2018 and kicked off his current streak with a decision nod over sub-.500 fighter Thomas Krenzel. He marched through 2019 by adding another decision victory and two submissions. T
Weekly MMA Prospect Report: CFFC Double Header Hosts Top Prospects
Aaron Jeffrey Credit: SFT
There are lots of top prospects in action this week on CFFC’s back-to-back cards alone! Plus Brave CF and more are in action. Let’s get on to this edition of the Weekly MMA Prospect Report!
Brave CF 47 | Bahrain | Thursday
Lightweight, Abdysalam Uulu Kubanychiev (17-3)
The lightweight fighter from Kyrgyzstan has been fighting at a pretty high level. He’s on an eight-fight win streak with six finishes. Kubanychiev doesn’t have the prettiest striking but makes up for it with his pressure. He throws a lot of wild overhands and hooks to close the distance. He’s a decent wrestler. Kubanychiev isn’t much of a submission threat. He fights former UFC fighter Rolando Dy (14-9).
Published March 10, 2021, 2:51 PM
Photo from BRAVE CF
Filipino fighter Jenel Lausa will be facing a new opponent in his BRAVE Combat Federation debut Thursday, March 11.
In a last-minute decision, BRAVE announced Tuesday, March 9, that Rahmatullah Yousufzai of Afghanistan has withdrawn from his three-round flyweight bout against Lausa in BRAVE CF 47: Asian Domination in Bahrain.
Replacing Yousufzai is Ryskulbek Ibraimov of Kyrgyzstan, who was initially scheduled to face Kazakhstan’s Asu Almabaev in the same card. BRAVE did not disclose the reason for the fighters’ withdrawal.
Ibraimov, who holds an 18-8 record on top of six submissions and three knockouts, rides on a seven-match win streak since April 2019 before taking his act to the Bahrain-based promotion.