Growing up in the rugged northern reaches of Pakistan, Anita Karim honed her combat skills fighting with three older brothers who pulled no punches. The bruising experience was preparation for the 28-year-old's career in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and she is now the country's only internationally ranked female player.
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00:00Show me them in front.
00:01This way.
00:01This way.
00:02Show me them.
00:02This way.
00:03This way.
00:03Come on.
00:04Come on.
00:04Help with the net.
00:05If you start spreading, then in the first minute, you will...
00:09Go.
00:10Let's do some.
00:11Let's do.
00:12For the Farsi people.
00:15For the Farsi people.
00:17Go.
00:18Go.
00:19Go.
00:20Go.
00:21Go.
00:22Go.
00:23Go.
00:24Go.
00:25Go.
00:26Go.
00:27Go.
00:28Go.
00:30Actually, I broke the two girls' arm.
00:32But that was their mistake.
00:34So, like, the girls, like, didn't tape.
00:37So, she think she gonna be, like, get out from there.
00:41But cannot.
00:42And I, like, broke the arm, girls.
00:44So, they call arm collector.
00:46Let's go.
00:47Let's go.
00:48Let's go.
00:50Okay, guys.
01:11In a culture like this, when you are in Pakistan,
01:15there's people full of different kind of stereotypes and taboos.
01:19Training your own sister puts a big question mark on your forehead.
01:23You know, especially when she's competing on such a platform
01:27where you cannot not follow the rules of the...
01:31You know, you cannot not follow the dress code.
01:33You have to wear shorts.
01:34You have to have, you know, a T-shirt.
01:36The shorts need to be above knee length,
01:38which is against the norms of normal Pakistani people.
01:45Hi.
01:46Because she has competed at the highest level in Pakistan, at least.
01:51So, we all girls look up to her.
01:53Because, you know, like, definitely she's one of the best fighters.
01:59And she's definitely the best fighter in Pakistan.
02:14I would like to request my daughters and daughters-in-law in Gilgit-Baltistan
02:18to work hard and take themselves to that level.
02:22God willing, the government of Gilgit-Baltistan will support them in whatever way possible.