The joy for the premier newbie match in Asian MMA continues at an all-time excessive, with 38 bouts taking up Lahore, Pakistan, with a number of unimaginable performances highlighting the really rising technical prowess of Asian newbie athletes.
The competition of stoppages was led by 2023 Asian champion, Tajikistan’s Ibrohim Rahimzod (pictured), who had a picture-perfect spinning-back kick to glide his approach into one other closing, as he faces Kadyrbek Shinbayev, from Kazakhstan. Elsewhere within the Junior divisions, there have been large wins for Bahrain’s Ali Marhoon, Lebanon’s Mohammad Fakhreddine, and Pakistan’s Abdul Manan, who will all compete for Gold this Thursday.
Within the Senior divisions, the Girls kicked off their 2024 marketing campaign in fashion, with a number of matchups showcasing the standard of Asian feminine MMA. From Atomweight Gulnaz Abdrakhmanova to an epic conflict between Pakistan’s Bano Butt and India’s Kushboo Nishad (gained by Bano), the ladies introduced superb performances as soon as once more, together with a tremendous armbar victory for Adel Makhmetova.
Within the Male Senior classes, the likes of Shahab Ali shined, as he led the house staff again to the ultimate following disappointment with the Silver medal final yr. He takes on harmful Neimat Assadov, one of many standout names within the victorious Workforce Kazakhstan. Jovidon Mahmudov, from Tajikistan, arrange an epic closing match in opposition to Bahrain’s Gimbat Magomedov, whereas one of many high names on this world’s match, Gadzhi Gadzhiev, narrowly averted defeat in opposition to Iran’s Saeed Ahmadvand. He’ll now face a closing take a look at so as to add one other Gold medal to his extensve document in opposition to Abylay Shakirbekov.
The IMMAF 2024 Asian Championships concludes tomorrow in Lahore, Pakistan, with all closing matches beginning at 3pm native time (GMT+5). All matches might be accessible LIVE at immaf.tv.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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