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Bruno Malfacine Opponent for Brave Debut Revealed

Bruno Malfacine Opponent for Brave Debut Revealed

 

 

Bruno Malfacine is 9x IBJJF World Champion. On top of that he’s been prepping to venture into mma for quite some time. He recently he signed with the Brave promotion.

 

Now he’s gotten his first opponent under the promotion’s banner: Rafael “Mini Man” Pereira Costa is his first opponent.

“Mini Man” is only 20 years old and has a fight record of 5 victories and 2 defeats.

”I started training at age 13, when Bruno Malfacine was already a world champion,” Costa told MMA Fighting. “I used to watch his videos to inspire me before tournaments and I call him an idol. It’s going to be amazing to face this guy in MMA.

”But this is MMA and I’m more experienced than him so I feel this fight favors me. I’m from jiu-jitsu and I always look to go to the ground, and it won’t be different against Bruno. He might be a nine-time world champion in jiu-jitsu, but this is MMA and I’m going to submit him.”