Sports

Mahdi Parsafar – The Manager who Brings the Best for his Athletes

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3 years ago

May 8, 2020

Mahdi Parsafar has an experience of 8 years as sports manager. He has worked with athletes of repute. He has the experience of handling champions and overcoming any kind of hindrance to get the best for his clients.

The champions he has managed includes the best like Iranian bodybuilder Baitullah Abbasport and Hadi Choopan. Baitullah Abbasport was in fact his first client. He started big from the beginning of his career.

Baitullah famously known as “Baito” gained place in the bodybuilding scene in 2008. But the destiny didn’t favor the champion and he lost his life due to an incurable illness. Before he left the world The Star athlete shown bright.

Mahdi Parsafar then went on to manage Hadi Choopan. What Mahdi did to his career is unparalleled! He got him the US visa. The most challenging issue and problems for Iranian athletes and the Iranian community, in general, was tackled under the manager’s supervision.

This got Hadi Choopan to new heights. He got the people champion belt granted by US audiences in his first contest itself. Then bagged third place in the most significant bodybuilding contest called Mr Olympia. Now under the efficient manager he is looking forward to achieving another height after participating in Mr Olympia. The champion is currently preparing for it.

The manager has tried the best for all the athletes he has represented. A champion becomes a champion when he gets an opportunity to show his talent. Mahdi Parsafar has been creating this opportunity for every athlete he is managing. He has been the wind under their wings.

Sports

The Soccer Master Who Became MMA Legend – Pawel Kozlowski

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3 weeks ago

January 14, 2023

Jonathan Grilli

Pawel Kozlowski was born in 1992, in Gniezno, Poland. The footballer-turned-MMA fighter was born to rule the ring. He was destined to achieve greatness, and he did that in style. Early in his life, at 17, he played soccer to mesmerize the world with his natural talent, but his love and passion for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) never faded. His life took a significant turn during a break from soccer training, triggering an unrelenting interest in MMA. Taking advantage of his football break, he enrolled in a club with facilities for boxing, Thai boxing, wrestling, and Jiu Jitsu. It was a decisive moment in his life. After playing soccer for nine years, he decided to make a professional career in MMA.

The Shift – Training For MMA

When preparing for a professional MMA fight, Pawel takes a strategic approach, planning all the tactics eight weeks ahead of the event. Usually, he trains 2-3 times a day and maintains a balanced and nutritious diet for this purpose. Before going into the ring, he follows a special diet to maintain weight.

The MMA Early Days – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

In 2010, Pawel Kozlowski started training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. After a year of toil and hard work, he finally tasted success at the Austrian National Championship. Since then, he has never looked back, winning the World Pro Jiu Jitsu Trials and the European Championship. In 2016, Paweł Kozłowski became the national champion of Poland and Austria in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. At the WKF World Championships in Italy, he won the runners-up medal in the Sanda category and a Bronze Medal in the MMA category. He also won the Qualification for the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championship, which took place in Abu Dhabi. BJJ Fanatics website lists Pawel among the three best BJJ players from Poland for 2016. In 2014, he joined the Vienna edition of the charity action “You will not keep the Master – Sportsmen for Children.” In July 2016, he established the Alpha Jiu-Jitsu Academy to train aspirant individuals.

Greatest Achievements

Pawel’s most significant career moments came at the WKF World Championship, where he won Silver in Sanda and Bronze in MMA. He is a multiple Austrian and Polish National Champion and has won the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam twice. In MMA, he has 5 professional bouts, all of which he won in the first round and all by Submission. Pawel has also defeated the 2012 European champion twice.

The Pride Of His Parents

Pawel’s father always wanted him to become a soccer player, and he was not very happy with him not playing football anymore. Still, he continued to make a name for himself in MMA, making his parents proud of his unprecedented achievements.

Fighting with an injured knee

The most challenging fight for Pawel was the fight in the final of the Open Championship, held in Croatia in 2012. It was his first fight after sustaining a knee injury, and he only had 10 days to prepare for it. In the final, he was leading his opponent with a 2:0 score line. Unfortunately, his stamina was running out, and the opponent took full advantage and won back-to-back points to lead with a 2: 6 score line. However, he got two more points and eventually won the fight with a 7:6 score line, with only 10 seconds to go for the final whistle.

Pawel Kozlowski – The Legend

At pro-MMA, Pawel Kozlowski is unbeaten with a record of 5-0-0, securing all his wins in the first round. He is also a six-time European Championship medalist in Jiu Jitsu, having won over 400 matches with another 500 Jiu Jitsu fights worldwide. He has won three European titles and the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, the most prestigious tournament in this sport. Pawel released an instructional DVD about a technique he has developed called the “GremlinLock,” thus becoming a legend of the sport.