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The Story of Mehmosh Raza: How bullying and underground fighting led him to BRAVE CF 72
Jun 03, 2023
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Mehmosh Raza’s calling to mixed martial arts was powered by intrigue and a deep survival instinct. As a youth growing up in Pakistan, Raza’s first contact with professional fighting came via his cousin, who introduced him to the world of MMA with an epic fight between legends Wanderlei Silva and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
“Organized MMA was non-existent in Pakistan when I was a teenager. My cousin - staying in Canada - was exposed to it, and he then showed me videos of Wanderlei Silva, who instantly became my favorite fighter,” says Raza, who will compete at BRAVE CF 72 in an exciting Featherweight bout against France’s Yanis Ghemmouri in Riffa, Bahrain, on June 23.
“I became obsessed with watching fighting even though I didn’t train.” Not long after, Raza and his family left Pakistan and moved between England and Northern Ireland. While growing up there, Raza was the victim of racism and bullying. A reality that he quickly had to meet face-to-face and overcome.
“I was bullied from a young age, especially growing up in Northern Ireland. I faced a lot of bullying and racism there, being the only Asian kid on the block. It became so bad that I began defending myself every day. At one point, whenever people had looked for me, my sister would say: ‘Mehmosh is probably fighting someone again.’” “When my family moved back to Pakistan, I was further bullied for being too Westernized, spending so much time in England and Ireland. “I realized that I am used to this, but never did I ever want to bully people because I am aware of how it feels. I always wanted to be nice; unless you treated me ugly,” added Raza.
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