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Local promoter Abdul Wasi Sharifi of Truly Grand Fighting Championship says he hopes to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban outlawed MMA.<\/p>\n

The Taliban recently took back control of Afghanistan, and one of their rules is that “face-punching” has been outlawed, meaning no MMA fights are allowed. Sharifi, who heads the Truly Grand FC, recently spoke to MMAFighting.com<\/a> and explained what issues he and his promotion are facing right now. According to Sharifi, MMA is banned under Taliban rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not able to organize MMA shows in Afghanistan now. I organized a women\u2019s MMA show two years ago and received many letter threats and phone calls from Taliban regime to stop girls events and models in the show. We didn\u2019t stop our shows, and again organized women\u2019s shows live on TV,” Sharifi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2018re trying to leave country ASAP and hopefully the MMA community around the world, specially the biggest MMA industry like UFC and other promotion, can help us to leave Afghanistan. We are one in the combat community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abdul Wasi Sharifi explained that promoting women’s fights is something frowned upon.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir law also prohibits organizing [fights] in the cage. It\u2019s a serious matter. According to them, humans are not like animal to compete in the cage. My team are talking with Taliban and they denied [doing the event] with serious conversations. There is no role for MMA from their side. I\u2019ve received calls from an unknown number talking trash to me, saying that I\u2019m not a Muslim, that I was making obscenities in the country, and it was not good for me and my family to do it again. I posted the video and photos [online] and it made the situation very serious for me. I received a threat letter and so many calls. I was not going out for a few days and was scared, then I deleted the video and photos,” Sharifi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI organized another women\u2019s event in 2019. But this time it was a pro boxing event, and I faced with the same situation. I couldn\u2019t organize any other event because they continued their threats until I cancelled a women\u2019s fight from TGFC 12. They were threatening to kill me if I don\u2019t cancel the women\u2019s fight on TV. MMA<\/a> for women is prohibited here and no one has courage to open the gym for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Local promoter Abdul Wasi Sharifi of Truly Grand Fighting Championship says he hopes to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban outlawed MMA. The Taliban recently took back control of Afghanistan, and one of their rules is that “face-punching” has been outlawed, meaning no MMA fights are allowed. 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