Brave announces women’s bout in Brazil

Manama : Brave Combat Federation has announced to feature women’s strawweight bout in the eleventh edition of the event hosted in Brazil. 

Luana Pinheiro will face Elaine Leal in the strawweight division. This also marks Pinheiro and Leal as the first women fighters signed from Brazil. 

Luana Pinheiro is an MMA fighter out of Belo Horizonte, Brazil and has a record of five victories out of six appearances. 

While Elaine Leal is more experienced with nine professional bouts in her career and has won five fights. 

Brazil has hosted three Brave events and is one of the destinations that closely follow the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. 

The event marks the first time female fighters are included in a Brave card in Brazil. 

Earlier in 2018, the efforts of the Kingdom of Bahrain to promote and bring forward female competitors in combat sports were appreciated by multiple international organisations. 

In 2017, IMMAF World Championships, Bahrain’s first female competitors Fatema Bureshaid and Hend Rezk competed against global competitors. 

Bureshaid also became the first Bahraini female to be awarded an IMMAF medal and the first to wear a hijab in IMMAF competition.