Three members of the KHK MMA Fight Team will take part at Brave 17, the first ever international mixed martial arts event to be hosted by Pakistan on October 27 at Nistar Sports Complex in Lahore.
The fight team, founded by Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, is also preparing to compete in the 2018 Unified IMMAF-WMMAA World Championships 2018.
Brave 17 will witness 2017 IMMAF gold medalist Gamzat Magomedov and Ahmed Amir competing in professional bouts, while Abbas Khan will take part in an amateur bout in the fight card.
Magomedov will face South Africa’s JP Buys who will be making his promotional debut in the bantamweight division.
Amir will take on John Brewin in the lightweight division.
Khan will be featured in an amateur bout which will also be the opening bout for the night. He will face Sikandar Badar from Pakistan.
The fighters are undergoing training at KHK MMA Gym in Bahrain under head coach Eldar Eldarov.