The Israeli MMA team made history last night (Thursday), when fighter Shaked Nasimian won the under-21 world championship in the weight class up to 70 kg, thus becoming the first Israeli to win a gold medal in an international tournament.
The world championship, which was held under the international association IMMAF, took place in Serbia during the past week and it was the first time that a women's team took part in the tournament, with Shaked's sister Roni also fighting in the team.
Nesimian, who competed throughout her career in jiu-jitsu and previously won the European Championship and the title of world runner-up, made the transition to the sport of MMA only a few months ago under the guidance of Olga Rubin, Moshik Kidar and Dodi Ben Zaken, and already in her debut fights she was successful Impress a lot and win the world championship.
The 19-year-old fighter said after the big win: "I'm so excited to bring the first gold medal to the MMA Association together with my amazing coaches, and to play our anthem once again in a different and new format for me in MMA. This is just a taste of many more moments to come Those that will come later with God's help."
The road to the medal began with a dominant fight in the semi-finals against an opponent from Kazakhstan, where Nasimyan won by technical knockout in the second round.
In the final, the Israeli fighter met an opponent from Uzbekistan and after three rounds in complete control, the judges unanimously decided that the gold medal goes to Nesimian.
Also, the fighters of the Israeli national team failed to qualify for the later stages of the World Championship.
In the senior team Moshe Eldi lost in the quarterfinals to a fighter from Portugal, in the round of 16 Yevgeny Shinkarvski lost to an opponent from Tajikistan and Roni Nasimian to a fighter from Austria.
In the under-21 men's team, Yigal Danos succumbed to a German opponent in the preliminary stage, Daniel Robinov lost in the round of 16 to an Armenian fighter and Uri Sarosi to a Bulgarian opponent.
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