Mohammad Farhad vs. Uloomi Karim
India's Mohammad Farhad lands a head kick on Pakistan's Uloomi Karim at BRAVE 47: Asian Domination last March 11 in Bahrain @bravemmaf on Twitter

KEY POINTS

  • Brave CF 47: Asian Domination took place last March 11 in Bahrain
  • The event saw two Knockout of The Year-worthy candidates
  • Mohammed Farhad and Nursulton Ruziboev authored two of the night's most vicious stoppages

The biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the Middle East recently put on one of its biggest events of the year, and it produced a pair of vicious Knockout Of The Year candidates.

Brave Combat Federation, an MMA promotion based in Bahrain, held its second event of the year last Thursday, and it aimed to showcase a number of the promotion’s Asian talents. The card was aptly-entitled Brave CF 47: Asian Domination.

The live spectacle was headlined by Kyrgyzstan's Abdisalam Kubanychbek defeating Filipino veteran Rolando Gabriel Dy by corner stoppage in a battle between two of the organization’s top lightweight contenders.

The undercard, meanwhile, saw a pair of insane knockouts that are definitely worthy of Knockout Of The Year consideration.

In one of the evening’s early preliminary bouts, India’s Mohammed Farhad scored a fantastic one-punch knockout of Pakistan’s Uloomi Karim.

Karim, who was landing some bombs of his own, had Farhad backing up against the cage. As the Pakistani was charging in, the Indian hard-hitter sidestepped and landed a picture-perfect right hand to the jaw.

Karim was out before he dropped to the mat, and Farhad followed up with a hammerfists for good measure before getting pulled off by the official.

Mohammad Farhad vs. Uloomi Karim
India's Mohammad Farhad knocks out Pakistan's Uloomi Karim with a punch at BRAVE 47: Asian Domination in Bahrain @bravemmaf on Twitter

The official stoppage time was at the 1:18 mark of the second round. Farhad picked up his third-straight win and improved to 12-3 in his MMA career. Karim, meanwhile, dropped to 7-6.

Later that night, two super welterweights clashed in a featured bout that ended--with Uzbekistan’s Nursulton Ruziboev putting France’s Ibrahim Mane to sleep with a thunderous slam in the opening round.

After getting mounted by Mane, Ruziboev popped out of trouble by reversing the position, only to find himself trapped in a triangle choke attempt.

Ruziboev postured up and delivered a spine-folding slam that immediately had Mane separated from his senses. The Uzbek veteran landed one more hammerfist before the fight was stopped by the referee.

With the win, Ruziboev improved to 29-8-2, while Mane fell to 8-4.

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