Rose Gym, Pai

Rose Gym, Pai

So this is a bit of an odd post for me. Writing it isn’t odd, actually  the experience behind it is. Not so much odd as it is surreal. If you look at my old posts you will see that I spent A LOT of time at True Bee Gym in Pai Thailand. In fact I spent a total of 8 months there out of a one year span. Broken up my a 4 month…

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Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Sihanoukville, Cambodia

So, for the past couple days I have been in Sihanoukville on the southern coast of Cambodia. I thought I would spend a few days here to relax before heading back to Thailand for some more training but I think I may be here just a few days longer. The place is very laid back and there aren’t too many people around as it is low season. I, of course did a search before entering…

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Back to Thailand

Back to Thailand

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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Why I Fight – Haider “Robocop” Qayyum

Why I Fight – Haider “Robocop” Qayyum

Most people take things slow in the fight-game. They train for a year or so, then have some amateur fights, maybe change gyms and then maybe…in the rare instance that they can break the monotony and social stigmas around them, they go professional. I dove head-first into professional combat sports. Training for a few months before my Thai Boxing debut in Phuket,Thailand and that lack of experience and know-how showing in the ring. I fought an Australian , Taizo…

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Changes made in upcoming spring schedule

Changes made in upcoming spring schedule

The May 16th scheduled Pakistan Warrior Challenge (PWC) has been canceled and has now been changed to a Shaheen Smoker. The next PWC is still to be announced and there is no scheduled tentative date as of yet. The upcoming Shaheen Smoker may also include kick boxing and grappling matches if willing participants are founds. In other news, Shaheen MMA Academy should officially open in time for the Shaheen Smoker. To get a better idea…

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The beginning of Pakistan’s FIRST MMA Team

The beginning of Pakistan’s FIRST MMA Team

Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan is pleased to announce that an MMA Academy, to be called Shaheen MMA “Mixed Martial Arts and Elite Fitness” is currently under construction in Defence Area, Lahore, Pakistan. Shaheen MMA Academy will be home to Pakistan’s FIRST legitimate MMA team. The fight team has already been training for 2 months and will now be shifting into a public facility in Defence, Lahore. Shaheen MMA will be a fully functional MMA center,…

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PTV Seminar (with video)

PTV Seminar (with video)

Apologies for the late delivery of this article. The website was down for almost a week and just got back online. On January 17th, at Sukh Chan Wellness club in Gulberg, Lahore Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan partnered with Fite Selektor to hold an MMA seminar for Pakistan Television. The purpose of the seminar was to educate the Pakistani audience on what Mixed Martial Arts is as well as let everyone know that there is a…

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7 Ways YOU can Help Promote MMA in Pakistan

7 Ways YOU can Help Promote MMA in Pakistan

Every few days we get emails from individuals asking “what can I do?” or posts on our face page asking if there is a training center in such and such city. So for everyone who is interested in bringing MMA into the sport scene I have made a list of what you can do to help out. 1. Hold a fight night UFC events air live on Show Sports 4. Invite your friends, have snacks…

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10 Questions for Gohar Gul

10 Questions for Gohar Gul

In what is the first of what will be a continuing series of interviews with Pakistan’s top Martial Artists we got a chance to get some information from Gohar Gul who teaches Muay Thai, Karate, Kung Fu and TKD in Karachi. You can visit his website at www.thes3.org which I suggest you check out after reading the interview. We’ll most definitely follow up with Gohar Gul later at some point and see how his training…

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What is Practical Martial Art? An Article by Fahad Rehman

What is Practical Martial Art? An Article by Fahad Rehman

The following post does not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan. The post is to give fans of MMA Pakistan an avenue in which to express their opinions on anything Martial Arts. Please use these posts as starting points for discussions on martial arts in Pakistan. We appreciate the time and effort put in by our fans to make MMA Pakistan a reality in the near future. Martial arts. Meaning…

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