Bahrain's National Team Wins MMA World Champion for 1st Time

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Bahrain's national team won the world championship in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) for the first time in its history on Saturday, February 18th.

Bahrain's Magomed Sheikhov beat Ruslan Abdrakhmanov via Split Decision to win Senior World gold at the 2022 MMAWorlds and become Senior Male Strawweight Champion.

 

 

 

 

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Also, Bahrain's Murad Ibragimov claimed the gold medal for the first time in the Men's Bantamweight Final via Split Decision on Friday, February 17th. 

Ibragimov is 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻 🇧🇭🥇

Murad Ibragimov claims gold for the first time in the Men’s Bantamweight Final via Split Decision 👏

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— IMMAF (@IMMAFed) February 17, 2023

The championship was organized by Serbian MMA Federation from February 11th to 18th in Belgrade, under the supervision of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF). 

Image source: @bahrainmma_fed Instagram account.