From December 5th to 16th, the biggest martial arts festival on the planet will land in Bahrain for the first time this year.
BRAVE International Combat Week will be held at the Khalifa Sports City Arena, but it will be noted that Bahraini fans will be absent: Hamza Kouheji is still injured and three large scale events prepared by BRAVE CF You can’t recover in time to fight in one of the events. Toward BICW 2023.
The 30-year-old Kuhegy holds an 8-2 record with BRAVE CF, his most recent performance being a convincing decision win over Eduardo Mora. With six wins in his last seven fights, he is expected to move closer to another title shot. All is not lost, however, as the organization is preparing the return of several future Bahraini MMA stars to compensate for Hamza’s absence, some of whom Kouhedi himself helped develop.
“We are disappointed that we will not be able to have Hamza Kuheji in action to celebrate what has been a historic year for the Brave Combat Federation.
I know our fans expect him to be there all the time, but this time he will be limited to coaching duties. He is helping prepare the next wave of Bahraini superstars and we will likely see some of those names in action. At BRAVE CF 80, Mohamed Al-Sameer will be competing and Abdullah Al Yacob will also be competing on stage.
And Bahrain will always have one of the pioneers of MMA, Hussein Ayyad, so Bahraini fans have a lot to cheer for,” BRAVE CF Chairman Mohamed Shahid said at the BICW press conference.