Canada's Jeremy Kennedy shortlisted for KHK World Championship in Bahrain

 

KHK World Championship belt

Jeremy "JBC" Kennedy, 27, has a chance to become the inaugural KHK World Champion. He is the only fighter from Canada in the shortlist of mixed martial artists released by Brave Combat Federation and Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Mixed Martial Arts.

Brave CF and KHK MMA will hold the first ever KHK World Championship in Bahrain on November 15, 2019. The bouts will be on the card of “Brave 29,” which is part of the Brave International Combat Week.

A one-night, four-men, open weight MMA tournament, KHK World Championship will award a US$ 100,000 check to the winner. He will be the first ever holder of the KHK World Championship belt, which is made of 6.2kg of gold.

Originally, Brave CF and KHK MMA planned to shortlist only 10 MMA fighters as participants of the inaugural KHK World Championship. However, the organizations extended the list and included 15 MMA fighters including Kennedy.

Born on September 16, 1992 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Kennedy competed as an amateur MMA fighter from 2008 to 2012. He made his professional MMA debut in 2013.

From 2016 to 2018, Kennedy competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In 2018, he won two bouts in Brave CF.

On October 17, 2019, the Canadian MMA fighter is scheduled to compete at "PFL 2019 #8: Playoffs" in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. He will face Luis Rafael "Japa" Laurentino, 27, of Brazil.

Kennedy and the other 14 shortlisted KHK World Championship fighters were chosen from the hundreds of athletes who applied. The shortlisted fighters are from 11 countries namely Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Iran, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland and the United States.

“Our special committee was unable to cut all the hundreds of fighters and make a list of only 10 athletes,” Brave CF president Mohammed Shahid stated. “There was too much talent involved so they decided to leave 15 names and we’ll draw them out and see what are the matchups.”

“I understand them as I would definitely have a hard time making the same choice,” Shahid continued. “I’m very excited to find out who will be coming to the Kingdom of Bahrain to fight for the inaugural KHK World Championships.”

Among the 15 shortlisted MMA fighters, four will be selected to compete in the semifinals while one will serve as an alternate in case of an injury. Check the list on Conan Daily.