Abdullah Qazi AOPNEWS | March 17, 2018 Afghan Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Nasrat Haqparast’s fight against Nad Narimani was cancelled today by the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). The UFC released the following statement regarding the bout on its website: “Based on advice from the UFC medical team on Saturday morning, Nasrat Haqparast was deemed unfit
Tolo News: Abdul Azim Badakhshi, Afghan Mixed Martial Arts – MMA fighter, knocked out his Indian-German rival in a Super Fight League (SFL) match on Saturday night in Mumbai, India. Click here to read more (external link). Related Abdul Azim Badakhshi – Another rising star in MMA sports in Afghanistan
Khaama Press: Ahmad Wali Hotak appeared in the first fight against his Ukrainian rival Vladislav Stepanov by fighting in all three rounds and managed to end the fight in his favor by scoring more points. Baz Mohammad Mubariz also managed to win the fight against the Scottish Mixed Martial Arts fighter Lain Feenan. Click here to
Tolo News: The first round of mixed martial arts (MMA) competition will be held in Kabul on Friday evening. The event will be aired on TOLO and LEMAR TV channels at 9pm local time. The competition has been organized by the MOBY Group in association with the Snow Leopard Fighting Championship (SLFC) to promote mixed martial arts
1TV: Band-e-Amir Region have won the title of Afghanistan’s first-class four-day competition Ahmad Shah Abdali by 537 runs. The tournament was first edition of the Afghanistan’s four-day competition to be played with first class-status. Five regional teams competed from 20th October until the final which ended on Friday with Band-e-Amir beating Speen Ghar Region. Click here
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: Athletes from the national muaythai team returned home on Thursday with six medals from the World Youth Martial Arts Masterships in Jincheon, South Korea. Eleven mauythai teams participated in last week’s championships. Afghanistan won three gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals. The two bronze medals were won by two Afghan females. Click
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: Afghanistan’s National Futsal Team beat Uzbekistan 4-2 in their third match in the fifth Asian Indoor Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat on Wednesday. Uzbekistan, a fierce opponent, had been listed as among the top two winners at last year’s games. Afghanistan will play the United Arab Emirates on Friday in the last of their
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