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

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 raredoubleas 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, nokuyeka Lazlow Kovacs II (11-6) at the 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) okulinganiswa esikalini at 10 amakhilogremu, 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, Okuxakayo, ngowakho 2016 Olympic gold medalist 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. Nokho, due to reasons beyond the event organizerscontrol, 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 futhi 168 amakhilogremu, 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, noma, 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. Sunday morning.
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Record iqhaza iinomboro 2015 World MMA Championship Testimony ekukhuleni WMMAA ngokushesha

Monte Carlo, Monaco (December 9, 2015)- Ukukhula okusheshayo World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) eminyakeni emine esifushane khona kwaba umhlabeleli wabonisa ngo last nyanga 2015 World MMA Championship (WMMAA) e Prague, I-Czech Republic.
Cishe 200 abasubathi, ezimele 49 amazwe (bheka uhlu ngezansi), bahlanganyela irekhodi-setting 2015 World MMA Championship, which was dominated by team champion Russian Federation. Heavyweight Zaur Gadzhibabaev, owaba ngowokuqala esigcwele ezimbili WMMAA iqhawe, wanika Azerbaijan ngendondo yegolide kuphela hhayi bathunjwa Russian Federation, ezazinamacilongo abawinile muntu eziyisithupha isisindo amakilasi eziyisikhombisa.
“Lo nyaka World Championship kwaba umcimbi umhlabeleli siye saba kude kangaka,” WMMAA Director of Communications Mikhail Mazur wathi. “Isibalo esiphezulu of amazwe, kanye abahlanganyeli, ligcwaliswe kulo nyaka. WMMAA isencane isakhasa yayo kodwa sigcina socwaningo. Ungabona ngokucacile ukuthi unyaka ngamunye. Singeze ezintsha izigaba isisindo futhi wasamukela amazwe amasha njengoba amalungu non-profit inhlangano yethu. Lona umsebenzi kunzima kodwa kwanelise kakhulu ukubona abasubathi fly in ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba ukuze ukuncintisana ngokumelene umhlabeleli fighters amateur ngubani ngamunye waya ngokusebenzisa kanzima Ukukhetha inqubo ezweni lakubo.
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. We kuphela gearing up. I’m thrilled to see what the next year will bring us and the sports of amateur MMA in general.
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Fighters Russian linqobe 2015 World MMA Championships

Prague, I-Czech Republic (December 7, 2015) — Fighters Russian owayebusa yamuva 2015 World MMA Championships (WMMAA), ngokuwina igolide izindondo e ayisithupha nesikhombisa ukwahlukana kalula wasithatha isihloko team, e Prague, I-Czech Republic.
On amandla ukunqoba Zaur Gadzhibabaev ngo emncintiswaneni sosondonzima, Azerbaijan wawina indondo yesiliva mayelana izindondo izinga won in team mncintiswano. Gadzhibabaev became the first two-time WMMAA champion. In quantity of medals earned, Kazakhstan won amahlanu esiliva kanti omunye indondo zethusi, yesibili kuphela eRussia eyisikhombisa, kuhlanganise golds eziyisithupha futhi omunye zethusi.
Kwezinye team amagoli, Latvia futhi Tajikistan kokubili won izindondo zesiliva; China, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan futhi Georgia wathatha ekhaya izindondo ezimbili zethusi yileyo naleyo ingamashekeli; Greece, Colombia, Czech Republic and Ukraine konke wakuthola eyodwa indondo zethusi.
Nakhu ukuwohloka imiphumela kusuka ngamunye ekilasini isisindo:
BANTAMWEIGHT UPHIKO: -61.2 kg (135 lbs.)
1. The Bakhachaliev khachali (Russia)
2. Sergey Morozov (Kazakhstan)
3. Andrey Roa Ruiz Dumar (Colombia)
3. Yuan Liu Ping (China)
Featherweight UPHIKO: -65.8 kg (145 lbs.)
1. Magomed Yunusilau (Russia)
2. Zhumageldi Zhalgassuly (Kazakhstan)
3. Archil We ashvili (Georgia)
3. Elnur veliev (Ukraine)
UPHIKO engasindi: -70.3 kg (154 lbs.)
1. Gadzhi Rabadanov (Russia)
2. Loik Radzhabov (Tajikistan)
3. Rashid Dagaev (Kazakhstan)
3. Changxin Fu (China)
Welterweight UPHIKO: -77.1 kg (170 lbs.)
1. Gadzhimurad Khiramagomedov (Russia)
2. Shaukat Rakhmonov (Kazakhstan)
3. Denis Maher (Belarus)
3. Beknazar Kainazar uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
Middleweight UPHIKO: -84 kg (185 lbs.)
1. Gamzat Khiramagomedov (Russia)
2. Bopha Ermekov (Kazakhstan)
3. Daniyar Abdibaev (Kyrgyzstan)
3. Giorgi Lobjanidze (Georgia)
LIGHT wesibhakela UPHIKO: -93 kg (205 lbs.)
1. Magomed Ankalaev (Russia)
2. Khasan Mezhiev (Latvia)
3. Michal Kotalik (I-Czech Republic)
3. Yulian Borisov (Belarus)
Wesibhakela UPHIKO: +93 kg (+205 lbs.)
1. Zaur Gadzhibabaev (Azerbaijan)
2. Mokhmad Sulimanov (Kazakhstan)
3. Rizvan Kuniev (Russia)
3. Angelos Giatras (Greece)

Hamba lapha ukuze ubuke video of the 2015 WMMAA Championships:

ULWELA’ OKUCASHUNIWE OF QAPHELA
2015 WMMAA Bantamweight Champion Bakhachali Bakhachali:
“Kwaba yinto enhle. Kepha niyazi ukuthi kwaba umgwaqo eside. Ngijabula kakhulu kuphelile futhi ngaphumelela ekufinyeleleni yonke imigomo kakade ngase ngizibekele. Le mpi sokugcina kwaba nzima kakhulu, esitheni sami kwaba novivinyo olunzima for me. Muhle ebuthaka futhi enqunywe. Kodwa makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngathola ukunqoba.
“Isinyathelo esilandelayo Yebo Russian MMA SuperCup. Ngithemba uNkulunkulu iyakungisiza win it.
Ngithanda ukubonga wena abaqeqeshi bami: Rasul Magomed-Aliev, Abdulla Gaidarbekov. Ngenxa Shamil Alibatyrov owayebizwa bengunge kulo lonke ubuqhawe futhi bangisiza a lot.”

2015 WMMAA featherweight Champion Magomed Yunusilau:
“Injabulo Extreme. Okokuqala nje, Ngangingaqiniseki ukuthi ngingathanda ukwazi ukubamba iqhaza ngenxa yokulimala, kodwa abaqeqeshi bami, abangane nomndeni kwangisiza ukubutha ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo. I landizela ePrague futhi got the best kungenzeka Chile.
“Kwadingeka ukulwa ezine. Owokuqala (1/8) waya ibanga. Umphikisi My, kusukela Colombia, wayezimisele ngempela, wayengeke ithawula. Kwaba a empini kanzima-alwa. Kwezinye ukulwa kwami ​​ngiqeda bonke ababephikisa ezintathu.
“Okokuqala, Ngidinga ukuphulukisa ukulimala kwami; kungcono revalidation isikhathi. Ngizothatha ikhefu sonto post-World Championship kuqala bese ngizogxila ezintweni impilo yami. Nginezinkinga emuva yami futhi omunye knee. Bese, inkosi ikubusise, Ngizothola emuva ebhizinisini ngaphakathi 2-3 izinyanga. I uhlose ukudlulisela professional MMA ukuncintisana. Sine abaqeqeshi omkhulu nesiqhema kakhulu abaqeqeshiwe futhi bakwazi lula in soguquko yami. Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi ngizobuya OK.”

2015 WMMAA uHlelo Champion Gadzhi Rabadanov:
“Ngijabule kakhulu. Kuba onjalo umuzwa nice ukwenza abangane nomndeni wakho ujabule. Ngiphilile ngempela zokubonga ukwesekwa ngifika kubo.
“Kwadingeka ukulwa ezine isiyonke futhi ngiqeda yonke labamelene nami. Angikwazi ukusho iyiphi nzima, bonke phambi kwami ​​kwaba ngempela okuhle ilungelo lakhe siqu.
“Uma ngibheka emuva, Ngiye ayeqeqeshwe amakamu amahlanu umnyuziki kulo nyaka. Manje, sekuyisikhathi sokuba ikhefu mncintiswano. Ngidinga amanxeba ami, ukuphumula bese ubuyela njengoba fighter ehlukile. 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. Ngaphezu kwalokho kungcono kunalokho kunzima ukwenza isisindo kabili phakathi luhlaka day-10. Kungaba alimaze impilo yami ngaphansi kwalezi zimo. Uxolo, bonke owayethembela ukubukela kimi ukulwa Chelyabinsk (Russia –wmmaa.org) woza December 5.”

2015 WMMAA Welterweight Champion Gadzhimurad Khiramagomedov:
“Angikwazi ukuchaza imizwa yami manje. Kuye kwaba mgwaqo omude. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, kimi nakumfowethu, (Gamzat Khiramagomedov – wmmaa.org) iphokophele zethu phezu World Championship. Futhi silapha – kokubili Champions. Ngijabule kakhulu.
“I ngempela kudingeka alungise umzimba wami ngaphambi uhlela yini enye. Abaphukile isandla sami futhi unyawo. Omunye umsipha idabukile emlenzeni wami kwesokunxele. Ngidinga isikhathi ukuba ululame bese Sizobona.”
2015 WMMAA middleweight Champion Gamzat Khiramagomedov:
“Lesi sigameko iyona engcono kunazo kungenzeka. Phela umsebenzi engangikwenzile sekuyisikhathi ukubamba umoya isikhashana. Still, Angiyi uphumule azithele ngabandayo yami. I ukulwa zakulelo SuperCup ngokumelene Gamazan Gamzatov. Emva kwalokho mpi I uzokwazi ukuphumula evamile.
“At the World Championship I iziqubu ezine. Ukuhlola labamelene nami, Ngingasho bonke babeyizidumbu fighters okuhle. Impi enzima kunazo zonke kwadingeka sasimelene iqhawe kusuka Georgia. Wayengeke give up; enamandla kakhulu futhi wrestling okuhle. Ngalimala ingalo yami kwesokunxele yingakho angikwazanga ukukhombisa okusemandleni ami finals. Nokho, Ngijabule kakhulu ngenza abantu bami smile, ikakhulukazi umfowethu, Gadzhimurad, ofaka a lot of ngizikhandle ekusizeni kimi. Muhle njalo ujabule ngaphezu kwami ​​lapho Ngiwina. Muhle fan yami enkulu.”

2015 WMMA Light wesibhakela Champion Magomed Ankalaev:
Imizwa yami kukhona okungcono kungenzeka. Gold kule amateur MMA World Championship ubungesiyo target yami okwesikhathi eside.
“Kwadingeka amahlanu ukulwa okokugcina kwaba nzima kakhulu kimi. Ngazizwa umthwalo omkhulu ngoba kwaba kimi noma cha ifulege Russian kungaba ezindizayo okusezingeni ukuthi. Ngiyabonga Nkosi, Ngakwazi ukufeza lokho.
“Ngihlela ukuba yingxenye Russian MMA SuperCup. Ngemva kwalokho, Ngizothatha ukuphumula ukuthi, Ngiyakholwa, Mina ngizoba hola ngokugcwele.”

2015 WMMA wesibhakela Champion Zaur Gadzhibabaev:
“Kuningi okwakuhilelekile kusengozini owamanqamu kusukela esitheni sami, Mokhmad Sulimanov, wayefuna ukuziphindiselela ukulahlekelwa kwakhe kusukela WMMAA World Championship ngonyaka odlule. Ngiyajabula lanqoba aphinde.
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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