Brave Combat Federation made a historic debut in the Philippines, as local fans cheered on one of their own in bantamweight champion Stephen Loman.
"The Sniper" dominated his main event bout against Elias Boudegzdame, eventually landing a finishing blow to walk away with the technical knockout.
However, Loman's game wasn't the only KO finish in the stellar fight card. From the nine bouts that took place at the Mall of Asia Arena last Friday, six ended in finishes, an encouraging 66.6% rate to kick off the new year.
Aside from the champ's KO, another Filipino finished his fight early. Rolando Dy needed less than a round to knock out Pakistan's Mehmosh Raza, who is the owner of Brave's fastest submission.
There were also four tap-outs during the fight card.
The most exquisite one was a kneebar, lock-in by Harold Banario, who made his Brave debut one to remember following a decisive victory over Ariel Oliveros.
Another rare move was used by Abdul Hussein. In his Flyweight preliminary bout against John Cris Corton, the Finnish standout locked in a ninja choke to make his opponent quit.
Brave Bantamweight contender Jeremy Pacatiw dominated his countryman Marc Alcoba throughout the first two rounds before attacking with an armbar to add yet another finish on his Brave resume.
