Muhammad Mokaev is the number one-ranked contender under the BRAVE CF banner and will now have the chance to be cemented as their champion. The controversial former UFC veteran will get that chance against surging Irish combatant Gerard Burns. This battle will be for the distinction of becoming the first ever BRAVE CF flyweight world champion. This transpires at BRAVE 100 and emanates from Khalifa Sports City in Isa Town, Bahrain on Friday, November 7th.
Entering his sophomore MMA fight of 2025 after a brief foray outside of the BRAVE banner where he also had briefly mvoed up to bantamweight for his June bout at 971 Fighting Championship 2, Muhammad Mokaev stated [via BRAVE CF press release],
“This is the golden opportunity I’ve been waiting for.