The most beautiful & emotional thing in this photo is a brother's hug/support. The most beautiful photo on internet of Anita Karim after winning her Match against an Australian boxer. A Twitter user shared an image of Anita with her brother Uloomi Karim and wrote how encouraging and emotional it was to see the two on stage together. Karim’s win has been widely lauded on social media. A year later, she beat Marie Rummer of Estonia in the same event. Karim reportedly chose MMA over higher studies, and, in 2019, won the ONE Warrior Series (OWS), defeating Gita Suharsono from Indonesia. This makes our muscles adapted to hard work,” she said.īorn in Hunza valley of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, Karim took up her MMA training under Uloomi Karim Shaheen, Ehtesham Karim and Ali Sultan, who are also founders of “Fight Fortress”-an MMA gym and research setup established in 2008. A woman carries around 20 to 30 kilogrammes of wood, crop and other necessities for many kilometres. From an early age, we carry a lot of load on our backs and climb up the hills. “The bodies of the women in our region are trained to do hard work. In an interview with The Tribune, Karim said that she didn’t like that women were expected to ‘stay within their limits’. While the Phogat sisters had each other to train with, Karim only had the option of training with her brother and other male competitors. Karim’s story might bring to mind the story of Indian sisters Babita and Geeta Phogat, made even more popular through the movie Dangal (2018), where the Haryana-born wrestlers competed with boys in their preliminary training. If men can’t make it professionally, for women it’s near impossible.” But Anita turned out to be a ‘unicorn’ who persisted.Īlso Read: Pakistan celebrating return of international cricket but PTI minister is obsessed with India But he would always caution them: “There is no future in this sport. Karim told ThePrint, “I want women in my country to think that if one girl from Pakistan can do this much, coming out of the same area, other girls can too.” On a national level, there is almost zero recognition for MMA and no regulatory body for the sport despite having roots in Pakistan for over 15 years.Īnita’s coach, Ehtisham Karim, said in an interview that women-from housewives to law enforcement officers-came for MMA training before Anita. The 25-year-old beat her opponent in all three rounds of the bantamweight fight. Karim recently won her fight against Australia’s Uyen Ha with a unanimous decision under Fairtex Fight Promotion at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. MMA is a growing sport in Pakistan, and the first professional female fighter Anita Karim is an exception.
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