PAKMMA 2018 Awards

PAKMMA 2018 Awards

Welcome to the first ever PAKMMA Awards! This is your chance to vote for your favorite stars and moments from 2018!The winner will be chosen in two ways: 1. A People’s Choice Award2. Decision by a Panel This way, we acknowledge and open up the possibility for the most authentic winners! We know that not everyone will be happy, but we will do our best to spread the love! Thanks for voting and don’t forget…

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Looking Back on 2018 and Forward to 2019

Looking Back on 2018 and Forward to 2019

I am not one for New Year’s resolutions. I think the idea is certainly noble. I think any kind of resolution to become better than your former self is a noble effort. I commend it. However, the faddish and sometimes commercial nature of New Year’s resolution is not something I can get into. What I can get into is self-reflection for the past year and the next one. For 2018, this was my first full…

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BRAVE 17 Pakistan Results

BRAVE 17 Pakistan Results

A historic night in the history of Pakistani MMA has come to a close. Brave Combat Federation held it’s 17th event in Lahore, Pakistan on October 27th, 2018. Brave is the first international MMA event to come to Pakistan. The MMA community from all over Pakistan was there in attendance. Notably absent was the “Godfather of Pakistani MMA” Bashir Ahmad. There were six matches with Pakistani athletes. The first match was a contest between two…

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Watch out Guys, this Gal will give you some Serious Fitness Goals……

Watch out Guys, this Gal will give you some Serious Fitness Goals……

Sidra Noureen is an aspiring body-builder and a certified Jacked Nutrition personal trainer who has been in the fitness industry for more than 6 years. However she went through an amazing body transformation in just 2 years where she went from skinny to defined muscular person making her a real bodybuilding inspiration. Awesome biceps, triceps, glutes, quads, you just name it and she got it all and can easily compete with those big guys in…

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The State of Martial Arts in Pakistan Today – 6 years later

The State of Martial Arts in Pakistan Today – 6 years later

It’s crazy. I made a post like this about 6 years ago. I was thinking about how much things have changed since then and now and I decided I had to make another post, more than 5 years later. Here is what I can say now. MMA is going to continue its juggernaut march forward. Despite being less than 10 years old, I firmly believe that MMA is now the premiere combat sport in the…

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Weight Cutting by the Grenade

Weight Cutting by the Grenade

Disclaimer: This article is about WEIGHT CUTTING WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS WEIGHT LOSS. Use of this method by non-athletes to look slimmer will endanger their life. Even athletes are not recommended to use this method without an Expert Supervision. We won’t be responsible for any misuse of this information. Also this only depicts the method used by one of PAK MMA Pro Fighter. Slight variations may exist in weight cutting methods used by other athletes.  Here is…

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I will encounter defeats, but I will never be defeated

I will encounter defeats, but I will never be defeated

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” ― Maya Angelou I remember being in the locker room – inconsolable and in shock. “No….no….no,” I cried over and over again, my head in my hands, running from one place to another. It…

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Trend Setting by K7 Redemption Fight Night

Trend Setting by K7 Redemption Fight Night

As the crowd cheered to the entry of Mubz Bajwa and Sin Noi, the air was filled with excitement. Yes the venue was K7 fight night. Though it was indeed an honor for Karachi to be hosting an MMA event of international fighters but another big feat also marked the event. Well it was the presence of trained medical personnel at the site. Well yes, we finally managed to hold the event with the requisite…

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Pakistani Wushu and its development into MMA

Pakistani Wushu and its development into MMA

Chinese Martial arts have always been a surprise for us as its history can be count back from many centuries. The term “Wushu” means martial arts in Chinese. In Wushu competitions,  take-downs and throws are allowed and you can use kicks and punches to strike your opponent. Wushu has mainly two styles Sanshou or Sanda (Sparring) and Taolu. In Sanshou or Sanda, form of Wushu Chinese grappling and Chinese boxing play a huge part. A…

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Conversation with The Grenade

Conversation with The Grenade

Faizan Khan also known as “The Grenade” is a fighter from Team Fight Fortress who is famous for his striking skills both in standing and ground game. He is soon going to fight Susovan Ghosh of India in Ultimate Beatdown on November 28, 2015 at Malaysia. In order to gain insight about his upcoming fight, we had the following conversation with him: From which area of Pakistan do you actually belong and where were you brought up? I belong…

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