The 500 odd fighters which participated in this championship were not only from different states of India, but were also from different countries like Nepal,Iran,Lebanon, UAE,Holland,Canada, etc.

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Many highs and lows were witnessed throughout the tournament.Iranwon the team championship with their star Kickboxer Mehdi Stretch winning the title of International Kickboxing Championship by beating Arif Khan ofIndiain the third round of their bout, while the Holland’s fighter Matan won the Gold Medal in the professional International Kickboxing Championship in heavy weight category.India’s Rajeet Walia won the gold Medal in the Middle weight category of International Kickboxing Championship.

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The three days extravaganza witnessed all the stars from different galaxies come together. The opening ceremony of the event was kick started by the Bollywood’s hottest hunk John Abraham and Hon. Minister Mr. R R Patil, on the 28th of Dec, while the closing ceremony saw India’s one of the most successful skipper and the most stylized cricketer, Mohd. Azharuddin.

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Among the other celebrities who were also present in the event to boost the morale of the fighters were Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi, model turned actor Aryan Vaid, former Mr. World Rajiv Singh, Sudhanshu Pandey, upcoming actress Neetu Chandra, etc. to name the few.

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John, who was looking very cool in the event, took keen interest in watching the fights. One of the media person asked John why he decided to attend the event, he straight away said, “If I had not been an actor, then I would have definitely been a Kickboxer. I am into this sport before I became an actor.” He further added that, “The reason why I like this sport is because of the achievements of Ziauddin Khatib. I am training under him from past six years.”

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The event was so rocking that Ziauddin Khatib had no words to express his joy. “I am so thrilled with the success of the event that there are no words left with me to speak.” said Zia. Hon. Minister Mr. R R Patil gave his assurance that he will try his best to promote this sport in India

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Mohd. Azharuddin, who was looking as fit as he used to in his cricketing days, was very much impressed with the Kickboxing, and has decided that he himself will undergo training with Zia. “It is for the first time that I have watched kickboxing live, and I am very much impressed with this sports and am looking forward to start my practice session with Zia” said the former skipper.

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There was one special performance of demonstration of Brazilian Jujitsu which was performed by Nina Stone from US.

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The chairman of the organizing committee Mr. Arif Shaikh said that the next event will be much bigger than this one, “This was just the trailer, the full film will be coming soon” said Mr. Arif. On the other hand Mr. Parvez Khan, secretary of the organizing committee said,” This event has boosted our morale, and we are ready to organize more events like this in the coming future”.

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