“Smooth” Kenneth Maningat, 29, of Silang, Cavite, Philippines is one of the Filipino professional mixed martial artists currently signed with BRAVE Combat Federation. He trains out of the DyIncredible Fighting and Fitness Center in Dasmariñas, Cavite
On November 26, 2023, Maningat will make his third BRAVE CF appearance at “BRAVE CF 76” at Balai Sarbini in Jakarta, Indonesia. He and “Macho” Fajar, 28, of Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia will battle it out in the bantamweight division.
Fajar is 5’6″ tall. He holds a professional MMA record of 4 wins and 2 losses.
Maningat is 5’7″ tall. He has 6 wins and 2 losses.
Kenneth Maningat
From August 27, 2021 to November 25, 2022, Maningat was an undefeated professional MMA fighter. Prior to this, he graduated from De La Salle University-Dasmariñas in Dasmariñas with a bachelor’s degree in information technology.
On November 26, 2022, Maningat made his BRAVE CF debut at “BRAVE CF 66” at Politeknik Pariwisata in Bali, Indonesia where he was submitted by Almaty, Kazakhstan’s Asu Almabaev. The Kazakh MMA fighter is now signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
On June 19, 2023, Maningat fought Manama, Bahrain’s Abdulla Al Yaqoob at “BRAVE CF 71” at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa, Bahrain. The Bahraini fighter won via technical knockout.
Fajar
A grappling specialist, Fajar is known for his takedowns and submission attacks. He is an alumnus of Sport School Ragunan in Jakarta.
From 2017 to 2018, Fajar fought in One Pride MMA, winning three of his four bouts in the promotion. On February 7, 2020, he made his ONE Championship debut at Istora Senayan in Jakarta where he defeated his fellow Indonesian fighter Eka Aprilianto via technical knockout.
Like Maningat, Fajar made his BRAVE CF debut at “BRAVE CF 66”. He lost via technical knockout to South Africa’s Nkosi Ndebele.
“BRAVE CF 76“
Including Indonesia and the Philippines, a total of 10 countries are represented at “BRAVE CF 76”. The others are Australia, Bahrain, China, Iran, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia and Thailand.
Fajar is one of the nine fighters representing the host country while Maningat is one of the three fighters representing the Philippines. In the main event of the evening, Kamil Magomedov, 31, of Moscow, Russia will fight Josh Togo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in the lightweight division.
“BRAVE CF 76” is the third BRAVE CF event hosted by Indonesia. “BRAVE CF 12” was held at Balai Sarbini on May 11, 2018 and “BRAVE CF 66” was held at Politeknik Pariwisata in Bali, Indonesia on November 26, 2022.
The bantamweight bout between Maningat and Fajar is the eighth among the 11 “BRAVE CF 76” matches. The fights will be livestreamed here:
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