Anita Karim retraces her journey into combat sports ahead of the country’s first ever professional women’s MMA fight.

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Islamabad, Pakistan – Six months into her training as a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Anita Karim grappled with her father on their living room floor, knocking him unconscious in six seconds.

Sitting in a busy coffee shop in Pakistan’s capital on a balmy day in October, Anita laughs as she recalls that summer afternoon in 2017.