The main event of the Pakistan Open MMA Champion, Pakistan Combat Night 2025, will take place on Sunday under overcast weather conditions at the DHA Phase 6 Sports Complex in Lahore.
The event features international fighters, including Egypt's Adham, also known as The Warrior, who will take on Pakistan's Rizwan Ali at the mega event.
There are two events to have their finales on Sunday, the Pakistan Open MMA Championship and Road to BRAVE 100.
The winners of the Pakistan MMA Open represent Pakistan at the IMMAF World Championships in Georgia later this year.
On the other hand, the winners of the Road to Brave 100 will qualify for BRAVE CF 100, which is a global flagship event of BRAVE Combat Federation, held in Bahrain under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
Pakistan Open qualifiers
In the Pakistan Open MMA Championship, the quarterfinals took place on Friday, and the semifinals were decided on Saturday at the Brave Gym in an atmosphere that can only be described as communal, high-energy, and safe, despite the intense bouts in the cage.
The first fight on Friday was between Tayab of Punjab and Bismillah Khan of Balochistan, which the former won on a unanimous decision by the three judges present at the side of the cage.
"It is all very statndard, and the fighters are giving there all, so you ca see everyone is enjoying," the Brave Gym caretaker Zubair told The Express Tribune, who was disciplining the crowd from using gym equipment, but elaborated that his main job is to make sure that the fighters are safe and he guides them properly, none of the fighters are allowed to train during the breaks and he keeps them in line too.
There were fighters from all over Pakistan who were featured in the preliminaries of the event. There were 14 fights decided on the penultimate day of the event.
The cards for the final day will start with a Strawweight fight between Tayab and Islamabad's Abdul Mannan vying for the belt.
In the flyweight division, the all-Islamabad final will feature Muhibullah and Mohiz Satti, whereas in the Bantamweight Asghar Kahn, the defending champion, will be challenged by Siddiullah, who is coming into it after fighting the quarterfinals and semifinals.
Ayyan Hussain, the champion of the featherweight category, will meet Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tanzil, who defeated Hussain Malik in the semifinal on Saturday.
Shahab Ali and Jibran will fight for the title in the lightweight final, and Asif Khan will face Sajid Qutoshi in the welterweight final.
The middleweight final will be between Muhammad Hassan and Muhammad Sami, whereas Roman Khan and Asmatullah will be vying for the light heavyweight final.
Women’s finals of Pak Open
The women's card will also be lit up by champion Bano Butt taking on Saira Kahn in the atomweight final, Maham Baig will play Arusha Saeed in the flyweight final, Bushra will be up against Shagufta Asif in the bantamweight final, whereas Marwa Kashani will be fighting with Imama Siddiqui in the featherweight final.
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