Bashir Ahmad | Godfather Of MMA In Pakistan | Ep.25 Podcast | MMA DIAGNOSIS - a podcast by MMA Diagnosis

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

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