Tolo News: An Afghan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Edris Zazai, defeated his American rival in a match in Thailand, where he receives training for his upcoming competitions. His American rival is known as ‘the Hunter’ in the MMA world, the national MMA fighter Baz Mohammad Mubarez said. Click here to read more (external link). Other
Tolo News: The Faizabad Volleyball Team won the Badakhshan Volleyball Tournament in the final match of the competition on Friday. Sixteen teams including 10 squads from the provincial capital, Faizabad city, and other teams from Keshm, Argo, Khash and Baharak districts of the province participated at the event. Click here to read more (external link). Other
Tolo News: Zahra Rezaee, member of Muay Thai National Team, says she will represent Afghanistan at an international event next month. Zahra Rezaee, 18, who joined the National Muay Thai Team four years ago says she found the sport as a perfect martial art to follow her big dreams. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: In yet another big step in promoting sport in the country MOBY Group has joined forces with the SLFC to promote MMA fighting in the country. “The MOBY Group is committed to promoting MMA fighting and bring some joy to the people and unite the people as it did with the Afghan Premier League; also
MMA Mania: Siyar Bahadurzada faced off against Rob Wilkinson today (Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017) on UFC Fight Pass from inside Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Siyar Bahadurzada defeated Rob Wilkinson via technical knockout at 3:10 of round two. Click here to read more (external link). Related Back on track at last, Siyar Bahadurzada targets Matt Brown
Tolo News: Siyar Bahadurzada, a world champion in free fighting and a member of Afghanistan’s mixed martial arts (MMA) national team will fight Rob Wilkinson his Australian rival Saturday night within the framework of the UFC organization in Netherlands. The match will be held in Rotterdam city in the Netherlands at 11:30 pm Kabul time and
Tolo News: Siyar Bahadurzada, a world champion in free fighting and a member of the mixed martial arts national team, returned to Afghanistan on Sunday to coach the national team. The popular MMA fighter has lived in the U.S for 18 years but returned on the back of an official invitation from the Afghanistan National Olympic
Reuters: In a custom-built arena in Kabul, crowds cheered as young Afghan men punched, kicked and wrestled in the country’s first professional mixed martial arts league, a welcome distraction to the violence besetting the country. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Afghanistan knock India out of Emerging Teams Cup; Bangladesh vs Pakistan
1TV: The tournament was organized in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan and athletes from six nations have participated including Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Brazil. The matches were broadcasted to millions of viewers by 1TV of Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Afghanistan A crash Zimbabwe A in 4th ODI, taking
Khaama Press: Afghan Mixed Martial Art fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz defeated his Kyrgyz opponent in the first round of his fight in Octagon Fighting Sensation on Thursday night. Mubariz started the fight aggressively with back to back punches to his opponent as he was apparently looking to knock out him during the initial minutes of the fight. However,