PAK Fight Club – Fight Card and Preview

PAK Fight Club – Fight Card and Preview

Published on April 10, 2012 by The Editor in PAKfight Club

Another of this weekends Asian MMA shows isPak Fight Club from Lahore

Our special thanks to Bashir Ahmad for his help with this Article.

Breakdown of the Fight Card

Bout: 

Sameer Khan  Vs Haaris Farooq (83kg) 

Khan (1-0-0)  is a veteran of PFC and comes from a family of fighters. His uncle is one of the best Sanda coaches in the country and his brother is in the national Sanda team. He has great boxing and underestimated kicks. He only has basic ground ability, his real strength is in stand-up. From a the northern part of the country he has “mountain man strength” and is tough beyond belief.

Farooq (no record) is a Kyokushin Karate Champion. He has got serious power but an unknown ground game.

Bout:

Idrees Baig Vs Waqas Azeem (83kg) 

Baig (no record) is a team mate of Sameer and is expected to have decent stand up and a general knowledge of the ground game via Sameer.

Waqas (no record) trains out of 3G MMA in Karachi. The only team out of Karachi which is active in MMA. Expect him to be well rounded as these guys take the MMA game seriously.

Bout:

Ezzatullah Zakir Vs Ashfaq Jutt (77kg)

Ezzatullah (no record) comes from Sultan Sports Academy out of Quetta, a rough and tumble frontier town on the border with Afghanistan and Iran. He has a Sanda background.

Ashfaq Jutt (1-0-0) is a well known face in the MMA scene here. He has Wushu background, this guy has great conditioning and is relatively well rounded.

Bout:

Rehmatullah Vs Ali Ahmed  (70kg)

Rehmatullah (no record) is also from Sultan Sports Academy. He has cross trained in many different martial arts since he was young. He is very eager to get into MMA. His ground game is weak, but then again his last fight was to Bashir Ahmad who has much experience.

Ahmed (no record) comes from Team Pakido in Gujar Khan. These guys are some of the most well rounded fighters in the country and expect him to have a big advantage on the ground.

Bout:

M. Arshad Vs Bashir Ahmad (70kg)

This is actually a rematch. These two faced off in the Punjab Jiu Jitsu Final. A Japanese Jiu Jitsu tournament in which Arshad got a major upset against PAKMMA founder Bashir Ahmad. So, expect this to be a real exciting bout.

Arshad (no record) is a  TKD and Karate champion who has also trained in Judo. He is from Hafizabad Martial Arts Academy.  He is technically a gold medalist in JJ competition so expect a huge difference in skill level on the ground.

Ahmad is the pioneer of MMA in Pakistan with a background in Muay Thai and BJJ. He is welcoming Arshad into the world of MMA so he can get revenge on a his loss.

Bout:

Abdur Rehman  Vs Waqar Umar (70kg) 

Rehman (no record) is another fighter from Pakido and should be a tough match.

Umar (0-1-0)  from Synergy MMA Academy is the most experienced MMA fighter in Pakistan. Very well rounded he was suppossed to fight in SFL 2 (Super Fight League)  but sadly had visa issues.

Bout:

Snobar Rana Vs Khalil (61kg) 

Snobar (0-1-0) is 19 and is fighting out of Chiniot. He has a background in TKD and Muay Thai. Loves the elbows and knees but ignores doing any training on the ground.

Khalil (no record) is 39 years old and is one of the oldest members of the Sanda community. He has been training hard to catch up on the ground game but will mostly rely on good boxing to win this fight. So, with neither fighter being strong on the ground expect this to be a stand-up brawl.

Bout:

Uloomi Vs Owais Shah  (61kg)

Uloomi (1-0-0)  is fighting out of Team Fight Fortress. One of the best teams in the country with some of the smartest and most effective training. A life long practicioner of martial arts he has excellent boxing and is well rounded in other areas.

Shah (no record) is the Act One Tourney Muay Thai champion but other than that not much is known about this guy who is the captain of 3G MMA out of Karachi. A lifelong martial artist we are all waiting to see what this guy brings to the table.

 Bout:

Afnan Iftikhar  Vs Kamran Iqbal  1-0 (61kg)

This is a rematch from their meeting in PFC 1.

Iftikhar (0-1-0)  trains out of Synergy MMA in Lahore and has a solid grappling and striking background. In their last meeting he was unable to capitalize on his grappling strengths and in fact was defeated via Ground and Pound.

Iqbal (1-0-0)  is out of Team Fight Fortres and is more of a striker.

Bout:

Muhammad Imran 1-0 vs Shams Rehman 0-0 (55kg)

Imran (1-0-0) is from Team Pakido and has some great clinch work as well ground game. If this fight goes to the ground Rehman will be in for a rough night.

Rehman (no record) is a Sanda standout and there are a ot lof hope that this young guy will make it far in combat sports. He has good striking and takedowns and a very very calm fighter.

Bout:

Jamil Jamil  Vs Muhammad Shahid (55kg)

Jamil (no record) is The Dragon Society of Islamabads top prospect and a well rounded guy with a love for the Muay Thai elbows and knees. He Won his tryout fight via choke.

Shahid (no record) is another Pakido fighter who is expected to be well rounded with good clich work and ground game.