Up Close with Mubz Bajwa

Up Close with Mubz Bajwa

Mubz Bajwa, a British-Pakistani Muay Thai Fighter, is famous for his endurance accomplishments including Guinness World Record of 111 full contact consecutive kickboxing rounds which he did for charity. He also did 4 hours of bag work while fasting in the month of Ramzan for the charity again. With the announcement of new fight promotion Redemption International Fight Night (in collaboration with K7), it was announced that Mubz will be fighting Sing Noi in their…

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How To Beat Bigger Grapplers

How To Beat Bigger Grapplers

At intermediate and higher levels (amateur and particularly professional) the lighter students at a BJJ/grappling academy have it a little tougher than the average (and larger) sized fellow practitioners. The conventional platitude for BJJ “size doesn’t matter” isn’t entirely true as much of the time as many believe. Getting trapped under a heavier opponent that outweighs you by 20+kgs (50+lbs) is not fun! I am roughly 130lbs bodyweight so trust me when I say I…

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Bullet Tooth and The Dream Beg bagged PMM Awards

Bullet Tooth and The Dream Beg bagged PMM Awards

British-Pakistanis, Umer Bullet Tooth Kiyani and Qasim The Dream Beg, have won the first awards of Pakistan Music and Media (PMM) Awards in their respective sports categories on September 3, 2015 in Birmingham (UK). The Pakistani Music and Media Awards (PMMA) have been launched this year to recognize and celebrate the outstanding contributions and grassroots initiatives by individuals and groups across the UK with Pakistani and British Asian heritage. Umer “Bullet Tooth” Kiyani who won…

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Review of “Shah” – The Movie

Review of “Shah” – The Movie

Guess what, peeps? I went to the premiere of SHAH! I bet some of you are jealous, eh? The thing is, I hate Pakistani media. I hate our TV, and our movies, with a passion. They are over-acted, the scripts so boringly simple and always seem to be about the same things: love or marriage conflicts. To spice things up a bit they’ll throw a little family turmoil in as well. So uncreative, so dull!…

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Kung Fu Knee

Kung Fu Knee

There is nothing remotely common about Kung Fu Knee, however all martial artists, either novice or pros at one or the other part of their career may have suffered from one. Kung Fu knee or “Karate Knee” is the constant soreness or pain experienced by fighters after training or rather uncoordinated training. But let’s get the basics first minus the medical jargon of course! Knees are an asset in MMA, let alone any martial arts, the…

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Former UFC Pound for Pound king Jon Jones saved from the Grand Jury for now

Former UFC Pound for Pound king Jon Jones saved from the Grand Jury for now

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is out of the woods for now as he will not be facing the Grand Jury because the prosecutor failed to provide two key evidences in a 60 day deadline. Furthermore, the medical reports of the injured woman dispatched from the Albuquerque Police Department doesn’t bound Jones by the conditions of his release. District attorney Public Information Officer Kayla Anderson told MMA Junkie, “We have requested a complete…

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Jose Aldo’s rib injury puts UFC 189 main event at risk

Jose Aldo’s rib injury puts UFC 189 main event at risk

Combate correspondent, Ana Hissa, reported 2 hours ago on her Twitter account that the featherweight champion Jose Aldo has suffered a terrible injury during training. It is reported that he may have fractured his ribs. This catastrophe has put his UFC 189 fight with Conor McGregor at jeopardy as there are only two and half weeks left for the main event. Due to this tragic incident, unfortunately, the hungry Mcgregor shall have to wait for his…

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Disc Prolapse (Slipped Disc)

Disc Prolapse (Slipped Disc)

A couple of weeks back, I got a call from a gym regarding a female with history of disc prolapse wishing to pursue kick boxing. Well for starters a lot of us aren’t really sure what a disc prolapse is. The basics go down to the spaces in your spine. There are spaces in your spine on which your spine rests, which are composed of discs in between. These discs are made up of cartilaginous…

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Boxing Bodyweight Workouts

Boxing Bodyweight Workouts

Most bodyweight workouts end up making you lose muscle and strength. By ignoring that athletes have been doing simple bodyweight workouts for decades and have gained strength and speed while losing fat, there is a reason why boxing bodyweight workouts are better than ancient bodyweight workouts and i.e. “Boxers are fighters”. They train for a battle, so they have to get tougher and leaner without losing their agility and muscles. Following are the three major…

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The Pakistani Nayl

The Pakistani Nayl

This Article has been written by Shahid aka Bobby D from the Hip Hop Community of Pakistan. He tells MMA journey of his student Nayl. Not so long ago, Nayl walked into Cortex 3 sports venue, where fights took place at Club Synergy on April 4th of this year. We had a nice large crowd of visitors, way before even the event started. As I looked to the corner, I saw a young teen experiencing excitement…

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