The Malaysian Invasion Mixed Martial Arts, or MIMMA for short invaded Paradigm Mall, Kelana Jaya last weekend which marks the final spot of their tryouts tour. In case you don’t really know what MIMMA is for, it is a platform for amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) practitioners to compete and put their skills to the test. MIMMA goes around the whole of Malaysia searching for the next big name in Malaysian MMA. This is their second year running, and they plan to have many more years to come since it is supported by the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The tryouts was a huge success, with more than 500 odd participants signing up, the events area was pretty cramped (and smelling of testosterones). Majority of the MMA gyms in Malaysia have positioned MIMMA 2 tryouts as their major goal for the year, hence the big turn out. Participants were also more prepared and more ‘ruthless’ compared to last year, which meant more excitement for us by standers. Out of all the participants that signed up, only 112 fighters will be selected to move on to the ladder match which will be happening on the 17th & 18th of May and eventually stand a chance to win RM150,000 and also be called Malaysia’s best. Check out the photos of what went down during our visit there.
If you have never been to a live MMA fight, you really should. It is exhilarating, exciting, and definitely adrenaline pumping, even though your’e not the one fighting. If you are really keen to watch a live MMA fight, come on down to Paradigm Mall on the 17th and 18th May.
