Gerson “Bila Boy” Pereira, 31, of Brazil fought Bair Shtepin, 26, of Kazakhstan and Russia at “BRAVE CF 44.” BRAVE Combat Federation held the mixed martial arts event at the Bahrain National Stadium in East Riffa, Bahrain on November 5, 2020.
On the “BRAVE CF 44” fight card were two amateur MMA matches and six professional MMA fights. Six Asian countries were represented namely Bahrain, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Pakistan and the Philippines.
In the fourth bout of the evening, Pereira and Shtepin battled it out in the bantamweight division. Here are the details:
- REFEREE: Declan Larkin
- WINNER: BAIR STEHPIN
- METHOD: Technical Knockout
- TIME AND ROUND: 5:00 of Round 1

BRAVE Combat Federation belt (© BRAVE CF)
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
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- Austria: Dominik Schober
- Bahrain: Mohammed Salah Almuamari, Mohamed Sameer, Abbas Khan
- Brazil: Gerson Pereira, Cleiton Silva
- Denmark: Louis Glismann
- France: Abdoul Abdouraguimov, Amin Ayoub
- Jordan: Mohammad Tawfeeq Almherat
- Kazakhstan: Bair Shtepin
- Lebanon: Toni Abi Rached
- Luxembourg: Yann Liasse
- New Zealand: John Brewin
- Pakistan: Abbas Khan
- Philippines: Rolando Dy
- Russia: Bair Shtepin, Abdoul Abdouraguimov
- South Africa: Mzwandile Hlongwa
Professional MMA record after “BRAVE CF 44” |
Gerson Pereira | Bair Shtepin |
WIN | 12 | 9 |
LOSS | 8 | 3 |
DRAW | 0 | 0 |
NO CONTEST | 0 | 0 |
Categories: Mixed Martial Arts, SPORTS BUSINESS