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So now I am in Phnom Penh on to the next leg of my journey. I got here this morning after spending a day checking out the ruins of the ancient city Angkor Wat. After checking into my hotel and having some lunch I headed to Paddy’s Fight Club and Boxing Gym. For those of you who have not heard of Paddy Carson here is a quick bio. Paddy hails from South Africa but has…
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So finally, I am getting some time to sit down at a proper keyboard and wrote about some of my training so far. I have arrived in Cambodia via Ubon Rachathani where I trained at one of the top MMA gyms in South East Asia – Legacy Gym. Legacy Gym though small and not the most fancy gym in Thailand is most definitely a legit fighters gym. All the guys there were within the same…
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It feels good to be writing about the same thing that actually was the mainstay of this blog from back in the day. For the ones that remember, this blog was mostly about my travels to Thailand and South East Asia, training in Muay Thai. Well, after almost two long long years, I am finally going back to spend the summer in the place that honed my skills. Right now my mind is ablaze with…
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Another blog posting by the creator and founder of PAKMMA and owner of Shaheen MMA Academy – Bashir Ahmad. Alright, so it’s been another long few months since I wrote a blog posting. It’s been almost one year since Shaheen Mixed Martial Arts Academy has been running. Anyway, this blog posting isn’t really about the great lengths that we have come to since opening the gym. Which mind you, we have. We’ve held numerous smokers,…
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Since Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan went online one year ago it has started growing and gained many more new members. The awareness regarding MMA in Pakistan has spread and there is now a core group of MMA Pakistan members. Basically when this site started it was simply a blog telling my story of how I was/am trying to bring Mixed Martial Arts to Pakistan. The early blogs were very personal accounts of my day to…
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It’s been exciting coming out to Abu Dhabi to watch UFC 112. The city is not very big and you can spot guys with their MMA team shirts or Tapout shirts in the hotels and malls. I flew here from Lahore on Friday and after checking into my hotel, I headed straight for Marina Mall to catch the UFC 112 weigh-in’s. Throughout the mall there were banners and the television screens advertising the fight. In…
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As MMA is growing in popularity all over the world it is also picking up here in Pakistan. More and more people have started watching UFC fights and now want to train to be able to fight like that. Academies and federations are being formed in order to further this sport. However there are some problems which are holding MMA and martial arts back in Pakistan. There is too much politics and many people are…
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If the recent rise of MMA (mixed martial arts) sports such as UFC has made you interested in learning martial arts then you should join a martial arts academy in Pakistan. However keep in mind that there are some things which you should consider before joining a martial arts academy. There are many academies which claim to give you proper training even though they do not have the required equipment. The thing is that the…
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Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan got to spend the day with Pakistani MMA fighter Shah “No Pain” Hussain in his hometown of Slough outside of London fifteen minutes from Heathrow airport. Over a traditional English meal Shah told Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan how he became a fighter, his future goals and hopes for MMA in Pakistan. Later on Pak-MMA got a chance to check out Shah’s training camp under UFC veteran David Lee. Shah Hussain is…
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This weekend I went up to NYC to corner my friend Hiro Perera for his 6th Muay Thai fight. I have not been to New York in a long time nor that often for that matter so I was just as excited to check out the big apple as I was to watch Hiro showcase his skills in the ring. We left Virginia around noon and made the 5 hour trip north. As we entered…
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