Brave initiates expansion to India

Manama : By the end of 2016 and a big year for Brave with two major events kick-starting its global MMA promotion, next year is set for things as Brave president Mohammed Shahid made a major announcement on November in Mumbai, initiating Brave’s expansion to India.

A host of Bollywood stars turned-out by Marriott, Mumbai for the press conference including fighter from Brave 1, Mohammed Farhad. 

President Shahid revealed his exciting plans for the forthcoming year, with an approximately $60 million dollar investment into Indian mixed martial arts laid-out, and key broadcast and media partnerships hinted during his speech.

For Indian MMA, Shahid revealed plans to develop Indian athletes from the grassroots level with KHK MMA, giving them the opportunity to train with world class equipment and coaching facilities.

This development at amateur level is set to create a new wave of Indian  fighters, as with five Bahraini fighters this year.

During the press conference it was noted that the Bollywood industry and India’s MMA community, have been closely interlinked in recent times and Bollywood has adopted some themes in big budget movies and the Indian fighters have, in turn, been offered roles.

Shahid also highlighting his plans to concentrate on the development and welfare of women in performance sports. The implications of this may be that Brave will eventually bring in female fighters as other organisations have successfully done. This announcement in India follows a thrilling year for Brave, which began in September with Brave 1. The Beginning where the presence of India was also felt with three stars on the card, Abdul Muneer, Sunny Khatri and Mohammed Farhad.

Farhad’s victory at Brave 1, considering his popularity in the country, was a major step for Indian MMA and it’s about to take some giant leaps in 2017 thanks to the vision of Shahid and HH Shaikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa.