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Bahrain welcomes Filipino MMA legend

ManamaBrave Combat Federation, the Middle Eastern-based, International Mixed Martial Arts promotion, is bringing a big fight card to Bahrain on September 23 at Khalifa Sports City in Isa Town, with arguably one of the biggest fights of the night will see Filipino favourite Crisantos “Slugger” Pitpitung take on Mexico’s Ivan Lopez in a bantamweight bout.

This fight is sure to excite the large Filipino crowd expected to attend and cheer him on in the arena.

A former Pacific Xtreme Combat (PXC) World Champion, a Filipino record breaker, a police officer, Brave welcomes Pitpitung (8-5) to the roster and this man is guaranteed to put on a show forever etching his name in the history books.

This is a battle-hardened fighter, who has fought some world class opposition is widely regarded as the best Filipino fighter ever to grace MMA. He  hails from the notoriously tough Team Lakay gym and has an impressive resume including his spectacular world Bantamweight title victory over Justin Cruz, which was certainly “Slugger” at his brutal best. He also possesses excellent boxing skills and accurate punching, defeating the mighty Rambaa Somdet of Thailand and also knock out Alvin Cacdac.