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World amateur champion Mohammad Rabii Wins pro debut & becomes first-time father within hours

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Welterweight prospect Mohammad Rabii ended his pro debut in grand fashion (photo by Martina Houdek)
CASABLANCA, Morocco (March 14, 2017) – Last Saturday night in the Czech Republic, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Mohammad Rabii experienced a rare “double” as he successfully turned pro and a few hours later became a father for the first time.
The 23-year-old Rabii, fighting out of Morocco, turned in a sensational professional debut, ka tu Lazlow Kovacs II (11-6) i te 2:35 mark of the opening round at Sportovni Hala Kralovka in Prague.
Rabii entered the ring knowing his wife, Imane Imari, was in labor. “On the way to the arena,” Rabii explained, “I received a call that my wife was in labor and my son was coming soon. The fight couldn’t come quick enough for me. I was very excited but I had to concentrate on my first fight as a pro because it was such a big moment for me. The news later that my son had arrived was reason for a double celebration.
“Every time I connected on Kovacs, I could see that it was affecting him. I knew it was all over because I hit him with a big punch that me and my coach, Donald Leary, had worked on in training camp. I cannot wait for my next fight in April.”
Rabii’s son (unnamed at this writing) nōhia te tauine i 10 pauna, 3 ounces. He and his mother are both in good health.
Rabii was one of the leading pro prospects coming of the Olympic Games in Brazil. He had dropped a highly-disputed decision (0-3) in the semifinals to Uzbekistan boxer Shakhram Giyasov, the eventual silver medalist. Rabii captured a coveted gold medal at the 2015 AIBA World Amateur Championships, ho'i,, hinga 2016 Mētara koura Olympic Daniyar Yeleussinov in the welterweight division championship final.
Rabbi had planned to make his pro debut prior to the arrival of his baby, who was due February 18, training in Cork, Ireland for his originally scheduled pro debut February 28 in Casablanca. Heoi, due to reasons beyond the event organizers’ control, that show was unfortunately cancelled.
“I had to reschedule his pro debut for March 11th against the same opponent, Kovacs,” said Rabii’s manager Gary Hyde, president of Nowwhere2Hyde Management. “Kovacs fights between 154 a 168 pauna, which is much heavier than the 147-pound welterweight division in which Rabii fights.
“Mohammad learned during his warm-up for the fight that his wife was in labor and close to delivering his first child. He had other things to take care of before concentrating on his family affairs, wasting no time as he annihilated Kovacs until dropping his Hungarian opponent hard near the end of the opening round. Czech spectators gasped as Rabii’s thunderous punches connected. Kovacs somehow got to his feet to beat the count but he was visibly shaken and the referee wisely stopped the fight. Rabii had no time to celebrate, ahakoa, as he rushed to contact his family back in Morocco, happily learning his wife had given birth to the couple’s baby boy at 7 a.m. Rātapu morning.”
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Tau Record whai wāhitanga i roto i 2015 Ao MMA Championship whakaaturanga ki te tupu tere o WMMAA

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Monte Carlo, Monaco (Hakihea 9, 2015)- Ko te tupu tere o te Ao Mixed Arts Association (WMMAA) i roto i te wha tau poto ngā o te oraraa i pai faaite i roto i te whakamutunga marama o 2015 Ao MMA Championship (WMMAA) i roto i te Prague, Czech Republic.
Fatata 200 kaitäkaro, e tohu ana 49 whenua (kite te rārangi i raro nei), whai wāhi i roto i te lekooti-tautuhinga 2015 Ao MMA Championship, which was dominated by team champion Russian Federation. Heavyweight Zaur Gadzhibabaev, tei riro te toa WMMAA e rua-wā tuatahi, hoatu Azerbaijan te mētara koura anake e kore e mau i te Russian Federation, i te toa takitahi i roto i te ono o e whitu akomanga taimaha.
“O tenei tau Ao Championship ko te hui pai i ia tatou i na tawhiti,” Ka mea a WMMAA Kaiwhakahaere o Communications Mikhail Mazur. “Ko te maha rawa o nga whenua, me te kaiuru, whakataetae i tēnei tau. Ko tonu WMMAA i roto i tona kōhungahunga, engari e pupuri ana tatou tipu. Mārama koe e taea e kite i ki ia tau. Kua tapiritia e matou kāwai taimaha hou, me te whakaae whenua hou rite mau melo o to tatou whakahaere pai-kore. Ko te mahi uaua tenei engari te reira tino makona ki te kite rere kaitäkaro i i katoa i runga i te ao ki te whakataetae ki te whawhai pai runaruna i haere ia i roto i te tukanga kōwhiringa pakeke i roto i to ratou whenua te kāinga.
“Prague was a great host and the WMMAA is extremely happy to have held the championship in this beautiful European capital. A lot more needs to be done next year. We expect more Asian and Pan-Am countries to enter the WMMAA family as our continental presidents put a lot of effort looking for the best National Federations to work as hard and as diligent as our current members do. E anake whakarite matou ake. I’m thrilled to see what the next year will bring us and the sports of amateur MMA in general.”
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Whawhai Russian te nuinga 2015 MMA Toa o te Ao

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Prague, Czech Republic (Hakihea 7, 2015) — Te nuinga toa Russian te tata 2015 MMA Toa o te Ao (WMMAA), toa mētara koura i roto i ono o e whitu wehenga ki te hopu ngāwari te taitara kapa, i roto i te Prague, Czech Republic.
I runga i te kaha o te wikitoria Zaur Gadzhibabaev o roto i te whakataetae taumahamaha, Riro Azerbaijan he mētara hiriwa i roto i ngā o te mētara kounga riro i roto i te whakataetae kapa. Gadzhibabaev became the first two-time WMMAA champion. In quantity of medals earned, Riro Kazakhstan rima hiriwa, me te kotahi mētara parahi, tuarua anake ki Russia ki whitu, tae atu e ono golds me kotahi parahi.
I roto i te tahi atu Kautetanga kapa, Latvia ko Tajikistan riro e rua mētara hiriwa; China, Peraruhia, Ka mau Kehitāna ko Georgia fare mētara parahi e rua o tetahi,; Kariki, Colombia, Czech Republic ko Ukraine katoa roaa kotahi mētara parahi.
Tenei te he rärangi o ngā hua i ia akomanga taimaha:
Whā WĀHANGA: -61.2 kg (135 lbs.)
1. Ko te khachali Bakhachaliev (Russia)
2. Sergey Morozov (Katatānga)
3. Andrey Roa Ruiz Dumar (Colombia)
3. Yuan Liu Ping (China)
Mā whitu WĀHANGA: -65.8 kg (145 lbs.)
1. Magomed Yunusilau (Russia)
2. Zhumageldi Zhalgassuly (Katatānga)
3. Archil ashvili tatou (Georgia)
3. Elnur veliev (Ukraine)
Wehenga Kōmāmā: -70.3 kg (154 lbs.)
1. Gadzhi Rabadanov (Russia)
2. Loik Radzhabov (Tajikistan)
3. Rashid Dagaev (Katatānga)
3. Changxin Fu (China)
Welterweight WĀHANGA: -77.1 kg (170 lbs.)
1. Gadzhimurad Khiramagomedov (Russia)
2. Shaukat Rakhmonov (Katatānga)
3. Denis Maher (Peraruhia)
3. Beknazar Kainazar uulu (Kehitāna)
Whitu WĀHANGA: -84 kg (185 lbs.)
1. Gamzat Khiramagomedov (Russia)
2. Riria i Ermekov (Katatānga)
3. Daniyar Abdibaev (Kehitāna)
3. Giorgi Lobjanidze (Georgia)
LIGHT Heavyweight WĀHANGA: -93 kg (205 lbs.)
1. Magomed Ankalaev (Russia)
2. Khasan Mezhiev (Latvia)
3. Mikara Kotalik (Czech Republic)
3. Yulian Borisov (Peraruhia)
Heavyweight WĀHANGA: +93 kg (+205 lbs.)
1. Zaur Gadzhibabaev (Azerbaijan)
2. Mokhmad Sulimanov (Katatānga)
3. Rizvan Kuniev (Russia)
3. Angelos Giatras (Kariki)

Haere konei kia mataara ataata o te 2015 WMMAA Toa:

Toa’ Korukī o FAKATOKANGA
2015 WMMAA whā Champion Bakhachali Bakhachali:
“Ko ha a'usia faahiahia. E mohio ana koe ko te reira i te ara roa. Au ahau na koa te reira ki runga ki a ko ahau angitu i roto i pa i te whāinga katoa i hoatu e ahau ki. Tino pakeke te whawhai whakamutunga ko, Ko toku hoa tauwhainga he whakamātautau nui hoki ahau. Te ia i te pae tino kaha, me te takoto. Otiia ka whakawhetai Atua ahau te wikitoria.
“Ko te taahiraa i muri mai o te akoranga te Russian MMA SuperCup. E tumanako ana ahau e te tauturu i te Atua i ahau riro te reira.
Hinaaro nei e ahau ki te mea whakawhetai ki a koutou ki toku kaiako: Rasul Magomed-Aliev, Abdulla Gaidarbekov. Ngā mihi ki a Shamil Alibatyrov i cornering ahau puta noa i te taitara katoa a awhina i ahau he rota.”

2015 WMMAA mā Champion Magomed Yunusilau:
“Te oaoa Extreme. Tuatahi o nga mea katoa, Kihai i ahau tino e taea ki te whai wāhi nui o ngā wharanga ahau, ko toku kaiako, hoa me te whānau tauturu huihuia ahau tinana, a hinengaro. Rere ahau ki Prague, a ka te hua ka taea pai.
“I ahau e wha nga whawhai. Ko te tetahi tuatahi (1/8) haere te tawhiti. Toku hoariri, i Colombia, I takoto tino, e kore ia e hoatu ake. Ko te he whawhai pakeke-whawhai. I roto i te tahi atu oku whawhai oti ahau katoa hoariri e toru.
“Tuatahi, Me ahau ki te whakaora i toku injuries; wā revalidation te reira. Ka tango ahau i te whati mo te wiki pou-Ao Championship tuatahi, me te reira ahau ka arotahi ki runga i toku hauora. Kua ahau take ki toku hoki, me te kotahi turi. Na ka, Manaaki te Atua, Ka whiwhi ahau hoki i roto i te mahi i roto i 2-3 marama. Nei ahau ki te whakawhiti ki ngaio whakataetae MMA. Whai ngā kaiako nui me te kapa e tino tohu, me te taea ki te whakahaere i roto i toku whakawhitinga tatou. E ua papû ka waiho e ahau OK ahau.”

2015 WMMAA Kōmāmā Champion Gadzhi Rabadanov:
“Ahau tino hari. Te reira i te huru pai ki te hanga o koutou hoa, me te whānau oaoa. Ahau tino mauruuru no te tautoko katoa ka e ahau i a ratou.
“I ahau e wha whawhai i roto i te katoa, ka oti ahau katoa o toku hoariri. E kore e taea e ahau te mea ko uaua nei tetahi, ko nga tangata katoa i roto i te mua o ahau pai rawa i roto i tona matau ake.
“Ki te titiro ahau hoki, Kua ahau i puni whakangungu tonu e rima tenei tau. Na, te reira te wā mo te whakatā i te whakataetae. Me ahau ki te whakaora patunga toku, okioki a ka hoki mai ano he toa rerekē. There is enough room for improvement. I know I had one more fight planned at the Russian MMA SuperCup in December but I’ll have to cancel it because of my knee injury. Ano te reira kaua uaua ki te hanga taimaha rua i roto i te anga 10-ra. E riro te reira ki te e whara ana o toku hauora i raro i ēnei āhuatanga. Aroha mai, te hunga katoa e tumanako ki te whanga ki ahau te whawhai i roto i te Chelyabinsk (Russia –wmmaa.org) haere mai Hakihea 5.”

2015 WMMAA Welterweight Champion Gadzhimurad Khiramagomedov:
“E kore e taea te whakaahua e ahau toku mana'o tika inaianei. Ua riro te reira i te ara roa. E rua tau ki muri, ahau me toku teina, (Gamzat Khiramagomedov – wmmaa.org) whakaturia tatou mātanga i runga i te Ao Championship. Na konei e tatou – toa e rua. Au ahau na fiefia.
“Me tino ahau ki te hanga i toku tinana i mua i te whakamahere tetahi atu. Kua pakaru toku ringa, me te waewae. Haea Kotahi nape te i runga i toku waewae maui. Me ahau wa ki te whakaora me te reira ka kite tatou i.”
2015 WMMAA whitu Champion Gamzat Khiramagomedov:
“Tenei wheako Ko te pai taea. I muri i te mahi katoa i mea ai ahau te reira te wā ki te hopu i te manawa mo te wa poto nei. Tonu, E kore e haere au e ahau ki te akaanga i runga i toku tatü. I ahau i te whawhai whakaritea i te SuperCup ki Gamazan Gamzatov. I muri i taua whawhai ka taea ki te okiokinga tikanga ahau.
“I te Ao Championship i ahau e wha pāngia. Te aromatawai i oku hoariri, Ka taea e ahau te mea i ratou whawhai pai katoa. Ko te whawhai faingataa i ahau ki te toa i Georgia. E kore e hoatu e ake ia; tino kaha me te whātōtō pai. Whara e ahau toku ringa maui e te aha e kore i taea e ahau te whakaatu i toku pai i roto i te whiringa toa. Heoi, Au ahau na fiefia ana oku iwi ataata ahau, tautautefito toku teina, Gadzhimurad, nei e te rota o te kaha ki te tautururaa ahau. Ko ia tonu i oaoa i to ahau ina riro ahau. Te ia toku tahi nui.”

2015 WMMA Light Heavyweight Champion Magomed Ankalaev:
“Ko te pai taea toku mana'o. Kua koura i roto i tenei runaruna MMA World Championship i toku ūnga mo te wa roa.
“I ahau e rima whawhai, me te kotahi whakamutunga ko te uaua rawa hoki ahau. Ua ite au i te hopoi'a nui no te mea ko te reira ki runga ki ahau, kahore ranei e te haki Russian e rere e tiketike. Mauruuru i te Atua, Ko ahau e taea e ki te whakatutuki i taua.
“Whakamahere ahau ki te tango i te wahi i roto i te Russian MMA SuperCup. I muri i taua, Ka tango ahau i te okiokinga e, Whakapono ana ahau, Ka kua kakato tika ahau.”

2015 WMMA Heavyweight Champion Zaur Gadzhibabaev:
“He rota ko i te tĭtĭ i roto i te whiringa toa mai toku hoa tauwhainga, Mokhmad Sulimanov, hiahia ki te utu i tona mate i te whakamutunga tau WMMAA World Championship. Au koa ahau ka kaha ano ahau.
“I’m honored to be the first two-time WMMAA champion. The competitors in my division were outstanding this year. I trained very hard to give my best and I’m very happy with my performances during the tournament.”
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