Female cage fighting sensation Ann “Athena” Osman will visit Cambodia this week to throw her support behind Agape International Missions (AIM), a local Christian NGO that is helping fight the ground war on sex trafficking in the Kingdom.
The 28-year-old Malaysian lost a split decision to Singaporean strawweight Sherilyn Lim in her debut mixed martial arts bout at ONE FC: Total Domination in October. The third round of the fight was nominated for “Round of the Year” at the 2013 Bloody Elbow WMMA awards.
Osman was slated to face Lim in a rematch on March 14 in Kuala Lumpur, but her opponent failed to make weight (52kg) and their fight was pulled from the card.
After hearing about the valiant efforts of AIM on CNN’s Freedom Project, Osman made a pledge to come over and meet some of the victims of child prostitution and offer her assistance in training up the organisation’s undercover “SWAT Team”, staffed by volunteers.
She will visit the AIM centre in Svay Pak village, Russey Keo district, on Thursday morning before heading to NagaWorld in the afternoon to conduct a demonstration of combat skills that the SWAT Team member can utilise in real situations.
Accompanying Osman on the trip will be her trainer and fellow Malaysian MMA star AJ “Pyro” Lias Mansour, who is founder of the Borneo Tribal Squad MMA & Fitness Factory in Sabah.
Post sports editor Dan Riley held a Q&A by email with Osman ahead of her arrival in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. Read More
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