BRAVE CF 39 results:

BRAVE CF 39: Bachar beats Hadbi in thriller, Gustafsson knocks Jurkovic out

The third consecutive fight card held by BRAVE Combat Federation in Sweden lived up to the expectations and delivered a night full of excitement and great fights.

The main event of the evening saw the return of the French-Algerian powerhouse Tahar Hadbi, after almost two and a half years of absence. “Fast Hands” welcomed Greece’s Giannis Bachar to the fastest-growing MMA promotion in the world.

The years sidelined clearly affected Hadbi, especially during the first round, in which the Frenchman struggled to keep up with Bachar’s pace. Known for his quick and deadly combinations and agility, Hadbi picked up the rhythm once again through the fight and he ended the show with a much better performance, especially connecting good elbows and hands.

Still, that wasn’t enough to deal with what Giannis Bachar brought to the cage. The Greek newcomer explored really well the low kicks and controlled the cage, constantly moving forward and cornering Hadbi. This gave Bachar the edge in the judge’s scorecard, which showed him as the winner by unanimous decision after the three rounds.

The co-main event of the evening between Sweden’s Andreas Gustafsson and Serbia’s Miro Jurkovic was an absolute war. During a back-and-forth contest, both men left everything inside the cage from the first seconds until the end of the fight.

However, Gustafsson seemed to be one step ahead of Jurkovic the whole time. His superiority got clearer and clearer through the fight and after a prolonged, and unanswered, beating less than a minute to the end of the fight, the referee interfered with the Serbian still standing, declaring Gustafsson the winner via TKO.