BRAVE CF 108 results: Andi Vrtačić stops Sofian Bouafia in Pula, and what’s next for BRAVE

Andi “Highlight Machine” Vrtačić stopped Sofian Bouafia in round two to headline BRAVE CF 108 on Saturday 5 September, in front of a home crowd at the Roman amphitheatre in Pula. It was the first BRAVE Combat Federation event in Croatia, making it the 18th European country and the 39th country overall to host the promotion. There were no Latvians on the nine-bout card, and as of 20 October BRAVE has no next event on its calendar. Here’s where things stand.

Watch the replay: BRAVE streams its events on BRAVE TV, and it has posted BRAVE CF 108 fights in full for free on its official BRAVE CF YouTube channel.

Vrtačić vs Bouafia: the finish came in round two

Vrtačić boxed from range in the first round, moving in and out and mixing spinning kicks to the body with jab-cross combinations. In round two a sharp left hook to the chin dropped Bouafia, and Vrtačić followed him to the mat with unanswered ground strikes until the referee stopped it at 1:08. The broadcast team called it a good stoppage.

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Abramishvili beats a former champion

In the co-main event, Georgia’s Lasha Abramishvili took a clear unanimous decision (30-27 on all three cards) over former BRAVE CF bantamweight world champion Stephen Loman of the Philippines. BRAVE called it the biggest win of Abramishvili’s career and says it strengthens his case for a shot at the vacant BRAVE CF bantamweight world title. No title fight has been booked yet.

The rest of the card

Italy’s Walter Cogliandro outpointed Austria’s Mathias Prehofer after three rounds. Slovenia’s Domen Drnovšek lost the first round to Erik Pletikos, then came back to take his back and finish him with a rear-naked choke in round two. Bosnia’s Amil Tutić knocked out Ivan Kiš with a knee as Kiš charged in. Maja Drnovšek won a technical decision over Aleksandra Sokołowska: Drnovšek landed an illegal but unintentional knee on her grounded opponent in round three, Sokołowska couldn’t continue, and the judges’ cards decided it.

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BRAVE CF 108 full results

Results and times as published by BRAVE CF, main event first.

1. WinnerWAndi Vrtačić

   LoserLSofian Bouafia

   MiddleweightTKO (ground-and-pound)R2, 1:08

2. WinnerWLasha Abramishvili

   LoserLStephen Loman

   BantamweightUD (30-27 x3)R3, 5:00

3. WinnerWWalter Cogliandro

   LoserLMathias Prehofer

   FeatherweightUD (30-27 x3)R3, 5:00

4. WinnerWDomen Drnovšek

   LoserLErik Pletikos

   LightweightSubmission (rear-naked choke)R2, 2:06

5. WinnerWAmil Tutić

   LoserLIvan Kiš

   77.5 kg catchweightKO (knee)R1, 2:49

6. WinnerWMaja Drnovšek

   LoserLAleksandra Sokołowska

   Women's flyweightTechnical decisionR3, 0:15

7. WinnerWLuka Vrtačić

   LoserLAli Hodeib

   MiddleweightTKO (ground-and-pound)R2, 2:21

8. WinnerWFilip Vidak

   LoserLPatrick Pereša

   73 kg catchweightSubmission (rear-naked choke)R2, 1:12

9. WinnerWRoni Pavlovic

   LoserLNejc Rupreht

   Amateur, 77 kg catchweightSubmission (rear-naked choke)R1, 2:19

The Latvian angle

No Latvian fought in Pula. The last Latvian to fight for BRAVE was middleweight Ričards “Lionheart” Ozols, who made his BRAVE debut at BRAVE CF 99 in Vilnius in October 2025, knocking out Georgia’s Tornike Gigauri with a head kick at 3:18 of round one. His latest BRAVE fight was BRAVE CF 107 in Burgas on 1 August 2026, a TKO (punches) loss to Bulgaria’s Bozhidar Ivanov at 4:59 of round two in an 81 kg catchweight bout. A week after BRAVE CF 108, Ozols lost to Juris Zundovskis by second-round KO in a B0 Fist bout at Bazara 0 Fight Club IV in Riga.

What’s next

BRAVE’s official events page says there are no upcoming events scheduled, and Sherdog lists none either. So as of 20 October 2026 no BRAVE CF 109 or any other BRAVE event has been announced, and neither has a next fight for Vrtačić, Abramishvili or Loman. We’ll update this page when BRAVE announces its next card.