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Bashir Ahmad currently works as an executive in competition and matchmaking for
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1432:"Bashir Ahmad steps up to face Amir Khan for One Championship on 3 days notice"
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Bashir Ahmad submitted his
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medic in a team that disarmed explosives. Ahmad started training in
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1075:"Bashir Ahmed: "I can be a contender for the ONE FC belt""
1290:"This Fighting Life 3: Bashir Ahmad and MMA in Pakistan"
1374:"ONE FC: 'Champions & Warriors' preview (part one)"
1192:"Team Quest Thailand's Pro MMA Fighter – Bashir Ahmad"
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Esquire Middle East – the Region's Best Men's
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Bashir Ahmad was scheduled to fight Martin Nguyen at
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1549:"Meet the MMA Fighter Hoping to Heal Pakistan"
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1462:"One Championship Valor of Champions Results"
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410:ONE Championship: Odyssey of Champions
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1109:"The MMA Roadshow comes to Pakistan"
399:ONE Championship: Valor of Champions
1639:Mixed martial artists from Virginia
1584:American male mixed martial artists
1399:Goldman, Eddie (October 17, 2014).
421:ONE Championship: State of Warriors
386:He fought Tanaphong Khunhankaew at
269:who is known as the "God-father of
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1430:Nazran, Hazwady (April 21, 2015).
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880:De Souza, Wesley (July 29, 2012).
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1259:Raimondi, Marc (March 5, 2013).
726:ONE FC: Champions & Warriors
261:), (born October 12, 1982) is a
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1346:Goyder, James (April 6, 2013).
1221:"First Trip: The Beginning – I"
1589:American emigrants to Pakistan
1372:Goyder, James (Sep 11, 2013).
1323:. James Goyder. Archived from
1107:Rehman, Sonya (14 June 2015).
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377:ONE FC: Champions and Warriors
313:. In 2004, he was deployed to
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965:"ہانی پاکستانی – MMA Special"
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939:"PAKISTAN – PART 1 OF 3"
645:ONE: Valor of Champions
562:Submission (heel hook)
356:ONE Championship career
311:Virginia National Guard
1296:. The Underground Blog
1079:Fighting Lifestyle UAE
686:ONE FC: Roar of Tigers
679:Tanaphong Khunhankaew
641:TKO (doctor stoppage)
604:ONE: Tribe of Warriors
566:ONE: State of Warriors
1503:on September 26, 2015
762:Decision (unanimous)
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303:Great Falls, Virginia
1472:on November 19, 2015
1442:on November 19, 2015
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919:on November 17, 2015
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