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Hammad interviews the Godfather of MMA in Pakistan Bashir “Somchai” Ahmad. We discuss many topics such as the development of MMA in Pakistan, the importance of Shaheen Academy , McDojos and much more. Timestamps (00:24) Start of Interview (01:10) How he got the name “Godfather of MMA in Pakistan” (03:03) Whether the motive was to Introduce MMA to Pakistan (03:59) Different countries he had trained Martial Arts (04:39) Discussed some of his ONE Championship Fights (05:40) How his ONE Debut started a breakthrough of Pakistani fighters (06:56) Backstory of Shaheen Academy (10:52) Bashir explains the situation of Charra Pind (12:35) Bashir gives examples of success stories from Shaheen (18:30) Why it is necessary to reach the fundraiser goal for Shaheen (23:37) Discuss the work ethic of Muzammil Aziz (CEO of Shaheen MMA Management) (24:57) Discuss the popularity of MMA in Pakistan in the last 10 years (27:45) What stage is Pakistani MMA in? in terms of skill level (30:11) We discuss on Bashir moving to Thailand and how PAK MMA runs (32:50) Bashir explains when moving first to Pakistan in 2007, he felt American (33:20) Hammad explains to Bashir how many times he has visited Pakistan (34:15) Discuss whether there was a negative response when he first introduced MMA in Pakistan (36:23) Why aren’t Pakistani Wrestlers transitioning to MMA? (38:48) Does Pakistani MMA need better PR? (41:17) Does there need to be an International Pakistani MMA Champion to get better PR (42:41) How there are so many MMA shows and how difficult it is to watch every promotion (43:14) Hammad explains the reasons why we started the podcast to Bashir (43:44) Who will be the next Big Pakistani Fighter in ONE Championship (45:13) Discuss the dynamic between Boxing and MMA in Matchups, Records etc. (46:45) Discuss the evolution of MMA Fighters e.g. Kevin Belingon (48:00) Hammad asks Bashir about his background in Martial Arts (49:07) Importance of Live Full Contact Sparring when training for Self Defence (51:29) We discuss why it’s beneficial to train MMA and try sparring (52:30) Why you shouldn’t spar too hard and his experience training with Demetrious Johnson (56:26) Hammad asks Bashir if there is a lot of McDojos in Pakistan (58:56) Discuss how students can easily get fooled by their Martial Arts Instructors (01:01:20) Trivia Questions (01:03:20) Where you can donate to Shaheen Kids (01:03:55) How you can help the cause (01:06:22) End of Interview/Outro Donation Link to Shaheen Kids: https://www.gofundme.com/f/shaheenkids Bashir Ahmad Social Platforms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bashirahmadofficial/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BashirMMA/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bashirmma Shaheen MMA Management Social Platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaheenmmamanagement/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShaheenMMAManagement/ MMA Diagnosis Social Platforms: Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mmadiagnosis Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mmadiagnosis/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mmadiagnosis Subscribe to our Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrNuveRQ22lQqHSuMWCcjQw/featured MMA Diagnosis Audio Platforms: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mmadiagnosis Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/mma-diagnosis/id1446218931 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mi0QRTywmCm5EIBrcqZ06 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mmadiagnosis Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/MMA-Diagnosis-id1659467?country=gb #godfatherofmma #mma #onechampionship #pakmma #mmadiagnosis