Anita Karim

Anita "The Arm Collector"

Karim (Urdu: انیتا کریم) is Pakistan's first international female Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter who has won multiple national and international-level bouts.

Early years

Karim was born in Karimabad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, in a family of MMA fighters. Karim, along with her brothers, Uloomi Karim Shaheen, Ehtisham Karim, and Ali Sultan, founded the MMA gym, "Fight Fortress", which is one of the first MMA training centers in Pakistan.

Achievements

Karim won the One Warrior Series (OWS) on 28 February, 2019, against Indonesia's Gita Suharsono. . She was awarded Rs. 100 000 by the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, Hafeez-ur-Rehman.

Karim earned medals at the Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi, 2019, and was given a shield as appreciation for her representation of Pakistan in this tournament by the Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon.

Karim also emerged victorious with two gold medals at the Pakistan Grappling Challenge (PGC) 2018.

In One Warrior Series 10 under the flag of ONE Championship, Anita Karim unanimously won her match against Estonia’s Marie Ruumet.