Pakistan’s trailblazing MMA fighter smashing barriers

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The uneven northern mountainous areas were raised, Anita Karim intensified his combat capabilities by provoking his three older brothers, which never retreated.

This intense upbringing founded his career in the Mixed Marshal Arts (MMA), where he combines Thai kickboxing, Japanese judo, and wrestling without interruption, and she has the most dominant female fighter in Pakistan. Has gained status.

“Wherever I came from, they support women fighters,” he told AFP. “But when I started the MMA, they had no knowledge of the game.”

The 28 -year -old said, “He said that the game is specially and the woman cannot do it.”

Eight years ago, she won the right to enter the color, quickly became Pakistan’s first international MMA fighter, and Asia’s biggest advertising appeared in a championship.

He said in his gym in the capital Islamabad, “Now mismanagement comments and criticisms are stopped, where they receive training without heating in the octal” cage “where fighters face.

It is unusual for women to play games in the country, where it is often forbidden by families.

But cream’s ancestral Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region-where women’s polite codes are more comfortable-they became incubators for women’s games.

In October, two sisters from the region, Millia and Manisha Ali, returned gold and bronze from Taekwondo in Indonesia.

‘Arm collector’

Karim’s brother Aleemi, who became his coach after the end of his shock, said the aid began at home.

“When he showed determination, dedication, we knew that he was going to make it,” the 33 -year -old said, standing in his family -owned gym.

“We knew that she could take it and we have no problem with her training with any boy.”

According to the regional government, the surprising thing is that the crooked, Karim Pakistani woman is on the head of a group of MMA fighters.

“She’s shy, but when she enters the cage, it is quite different,” Aleemi said, who has also participated in the game.

Its feature is Armlok, which is deployed with a physical grip, which aims to force an opponent to “tap out” before bone breakdowns or joints are destroyed.

In 2022, he showed a picture on a podium in Pakistan, in which two opponents wore sling on their wounded arms – a performance that earned it as the “Arm Collector”.

“They could tap to stop the fighting, but they didn’t, so I went with it,” he said.

‘Part of the game’

In his hometown, Karim actually trained in Taekwondo and Geo-Jauso before discovering the MMA at a high school in Islamabad.

“Many people near me have criticized me, but this is part of the game,” he said. Now he knows how it works. “

Now the message coming out of his hometown is proud.

“The way it has shinted the name of Gilgit -Baltistan and all Pakistan internationally, works as a lesson,” said Shah Muhammad, a sports chief of the regional government.

After losing his professional debut in 2018, where the referee refused to fight him until he raised his legs on his knees, he moved to Thailand for training at the MMA Academy.

Now she earns competitive rewards, minor government grants and coaching in her Islamabad gym.

When she returns after the competition, small crowds gather to welcome her at the airport, and then there is a new group of female fighters.

According to UN statistics, they also want to be a professional in a nation where only one of the five women is employed.

“Anita is a role model for us,” said Bashara Ahmed, for a few years out of the junior and breath of cream when she trains with her, another woman and a dozen men.

According to the UN, the cream also wants “Pakistani women to give confidence and defense techniques,” which has been the target of more than 80 % of public harassment.

Karim said.

“He went with his face with his face.”