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Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan (or PAK MMA) is the premiere mixed martial arts (MMA) and martial arts promotion based in Pakistan that was created in December 2007 by Bashir Ahmad to promote martial arts (and martial sports such as boxing and wrestling) styles in Pakistan with a particular focus on mixed martial arts competition. From organizing seminars all around Pakistan to having the first mixed martial arts event in the country, Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan has had a huge amount of success in being the first organization to promote MMA in Pakistan. Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan covers everything from the training of students, promoting events, sponsoring of fighters and the organization also reaches out to the community as well. ==History== The organization is the result of the hard work and dedication of pioneer Bashir Ahmad, after being inspired by the early UFC events, Bashir Ahmad thought about bringing the sports of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) to Pakistan. Having a background in different martial arts including Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Boxing, which he studied in Thailand and USA respectively, he started giving free classes in his hometown to all the kids in the community during one of his visits to Pakistan in Winter, 2007. "I left the states because I was not ready to join the race. I did not think that money was worth living in suburbia or spending 3 hours of my day in a car going to a job that felt meaningless. It was also because I was really into the whole “promoting MMA in Pakistan” although at the time I had no idea where things would go.", Returning in the spring of 2008 he rented out a small apartment to start his very own MMA training gym in his home town calling it ''The Slaughter House'',inside the makeshift gym were mats made out of tarp and carpet pads. His students were the same children he trained when he visited Pakistan in 2007. Others from the martial arts community took notice when he started showing Pride and UFC fights explaining MMA was the evolution of combat sports. This served as the first MMA training centre in the country, the gym ran till the spring of 2009 until Bashir Ahmad left his home town to promote MMA in the major cities of the country. "I rented this small place above a restaurant. It was a nasty, filthy restaurant. There was grease all over the floors. It was disgusting. I got it for fifty dollars a month and nicknamed the place 'The Slaughterhouse' because it was so filthy." Later on as time progressed things became more concrete, with a proper gym opening up in Lahore, Pakistan, now known as Synergy MMA, the gym also serves as the headquarters for PAK MMA and is the epicentre for all major MMA activities in the country and is responsible for all the funding related to MMA PAK. Without support from the government and the martial arts community Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan has now managed to become one of the most prominent organizations in the Asian MMA scene. Currently Bashir Ahmad is signed to ONE FC and has won one out of his two fights in the industry. Meanwhile, PAKMMA holds quality events under the Fighting Alliance banner in association with ONE FC. The promotion, headed by musician Mahmood Rahman, 〔(Raging bull - Newspaper - DAWN.COM )〕 provides world class entertainment while giving Pakistani MMA fighters a platform on which to sharpen their skills before hopefully heading to the big stage at ONE FC. So far, PAKMMA has two fighters fighting in ONE FC, Bashir Ahmad and Waqar Umar, both fighting out of Synergy MMA Academy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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