Isa Town – Bahrain. Ivan Lopez emerged victorious in his promotional debut at Brave Combat Federation via rear naked choke in the first two minutes of round 1!
The fight at 56Kg was the fourth fight of the Brave 1 fight card at the Khalifa Sports City in Bahrain. The event streamed live on bravefights.com and on Arabsmma.com.
The Tijuana native was facing Jessie Rafols who came into the cage with a record of 8-5. Lopez quickly looked for the takedown and his grappling superiority paid dividends. He had Rafols up against the cage and was sitting in his half-guard waiting for the opportunity to progress his position. The end came once Rafols attempted an armbar from the bottom which Lopez used to quickly and fluidly transition to side mount, then full-mount then back mount from which he secured the submission!
Lopez now has record six of 14 victories via submission!
