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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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For my fight against “The Lanna Warrior” at ONEFC 21 on October 17th in Kuala Lumpur, I cut the largest amount of weight I have cut in my professional career. I cut about 8-9 kg over the course of 24 hours. Now, before I continue and tell you what my techniques were, I need make this disclaimer. I AM EXPLAINING HOW I “CUT WEIGHT.” “CUTTING WEIGHT” AND “WEIGHT LOSS” ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. “CUTTING WEIGHT”…
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This is not going to be your usual guide to training. It’s not only about training during the month of Ramadan, but also about the integration of martial arts principles in Ramadan. Every year when Ramadan comes around, people who workout become confused as to what to do about their training, while others view it as as an opportunity for weight loss. Some worry about getting weaker and taking a break from exercise, some are…
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I want to tell the whole story of my ONEFC MMA fight and I figured it to be best to start from the end. It’s been 5 days since my fight and I can say that my current existence is defined as desperately trying to put myself back in that ONEFC. I refuse to accept that it’s over and the days are passing, and these cuts, theses badges of honor on my face are going…
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Bashir Ahmad, MMA Pioneer in Pakistan and founder of PAKMMA was victorious in his ONEFC Debut at ONEFC 8 in Singapore on April 5th. Bashir Ahmad came back from a nasty cut above his eye to win a unanimous decision win over his game Thai opponent Shannon “OneShin” Wiratchai. More news and backstage info to come soon!
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Since I have been here at Team Quest, one of the biggest things I have been taking advantage of is training partners. I have a different experience with training partners than others might have but I am sure most people will be familiar with some of my issues. For one I am the coach at my gym, I am the person who introduced MMA to Pakistan and I am quite sure I will be the…
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Been a while since I updated this thing and I am sorry. It’s just that I have hit that period in training where you realize that a fighters life is not exciting. It’s monotonous, it’s painful, it’s tiring and repetitive. I am not saying I would like to do anything else. I feel most at peace when my world revolves around focusing on my skills and getting to be the best that I can be. …
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One of the things I plan on taking advantage of while I am here is being able to fight in MMA. I have had three MMA fights before in Pakistan but I never really consider them fights that challenged me or gave me opportunities to assess myself and explore what I can do to make myself a better fighter. These three fights have a total time of a little over 3 minutes with the first…
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“Training is 90% physical and 10% mental, fighting is 10% physical and 90% mental” – Rich Franklin These words could not be any truer. People seem to forget where the impetus to fight comes from. Fighting can be surmised to be at its most bare, an expression of rage or passion, defending oneself or one’s family, a sinister desire to take with force from others what is not theirs, to right a wrong and to…
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I looked at the calendar today. I have a little more than 8 weeks left here and although I am not even 25% of the way into my trip here I feel depressed about going back. I don’t regret what I have done and I know that what I have done in Pakistan has made many people thankful to me and I have created an entire scene and put Pakistani MMA on the map all…
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