Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise, Peshawar Zalmi has partnered with Serai Fight Night to promote Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in the country. The sport is gaining huge popularity by the day in Pakistan.
Peshawar Zalmi’s broadcasting platform, Zalmi TV will broadcast Serai Fight Night’s blockbuster contender night event which will be held at Amir Khan Boxing Hall in Islamabad on August 3rd, 2019.
The event will feature 26 athletes including two female fighters. The fight cards are expected to be announced in the coming days.
BREAKING 🔥@PeshawarZalmi join hands with @seraifightnight to promote MMA in Pakistan. Contender Fight on 3rd August'19 in Islamabad. The event will be broadcasted live on https://t.co/xc20IXXbDD ⚡
More details coming your way. 👍#ZalmiTV #YellowStorm #HumZalmi pic.twitter.com/3QeINnkAOC
— Peshawar Zalmi (@PeshawarZalmi) July 29, 2019
Peshawar Zalmi owner, Javed Afridi believes that the partnership can usher a new era of MMA in Pakistan and that they will do their best to make SFN a global brand.
We have joined hands with SFN to promote MMA in Pakistan. With PSL-5 happening in Pakistan, it is incumbent on us to promote other sports as well. Pakistan has a lot of talented MMA fighters and they require the proper platform to showcase it. Peshawar Zalmi will help in making SFN a global sporting entity across the region.
The event marks the first of its kind MMA tournament in Pakistan and SFN CEO, Umer Toor says that “it is a grand opportunity for all the athletes to prove their talent in MMA cage”.
SFN Chairman, Saad Khan lauded the efforts of Peshawar Zalmi for sports development in the country:
Through this collaboration, we have combined the unique strengths of MMA expertise of SFN with the biggest sports entity of Pakistan, Peshawar Zalmi, and appreciate their efforts in developing other sports as well.
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