Lopez returns

Manama : A Bantamweight bout between Mexican Ivan ‘Niño Demoledor’ Lopez (14-2 MMA, 1-0 Brave) and Brazilian Marcel Adur (11-4 MMA 0-0 Brave) will be part of the Brave 3 main card which takes place on 18 March in Curitiba, Brazil following an announcement yesterday by Brave Combat Federation officials. The event will be streamed live on BraveFights.com, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

This event will be headlined by a much anticipated 5X5 non-title featherweight bout pitting Lucas “Mineiro” Martins (16-3) against Paulo “Bananada” Goncalves (21-11).

Lopez fights for the second time under the Brave Combat Federation banner after most recently he fought Jessie Rafols at Brave 1 “The Beginning” which took place in Bahrain last September. He managed to submit the latter in the opening round after clearly dominating the contest. That same year, Lopez had scored yet another first round finish in his home country Mexico.

 A professional fighter since 2002, he has never been stopped in a fight and takes on 25 year old Adur, a Brazilian prospect who currently trains under the supervision of the MMA legend Cristiano Marcelo at CM System gym. Adur will have home field advantage and won 10 of his fights by TKO or Submission.

Other fights include Luan ‘Miau’ Santiago who was recently elected as “Brazilian Fighter of the Year against Mexico’s Ivan ‘Choko’ Castillo and also the return of Brazilian prospect Thiago ‘Monstro’ Vieira who will look to bounce back in his home country, after suffering his first professional loss in September, 2016 and set to Carlston Harris.