In three rounds to the MMA title
Damaged, fought and rewarded: The Birkenfeld MMA fighter Sascha Sharma celebrates the greatest success of his sporting career with the German championship title.
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Hardly fought: Sascha Sharma proudly presents his belt, which he received as the winner in the title fight of the National Fighting Championship in Krefeld.
Foto: Harry Rubner
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Sascha Sharma sits on the floor of his gym in the Pforzheimer Salierstrasse, in the back corner, while his martial arts students warm up. The 33-year-old is holding his cell phone in his hand and a video is playing – a video that makes Sharma’s eyes light up. He’s beaming, his laugh lines making waves on the little white plaster under his left eyebrow. Sascha Sharma exudes satisfaction, almost a little more: real happiness.
Hard road to the title
It has only been a few days since Birkenfeld celebrated the greatest success of his sporting career: He became the first featherweight champion of the National Fighting Championships NFC 2 in mixed martial arts – MMA for short. And the moment when his name sounded in the hall in Krefeld is captured in this video. “I’ve seen it umpteen times now,” says Sharma, averting his gaze from the cell phone, his face still shining firmly and honestly. “But I still almost cry – and that really rarely happens to me.”
The 33-year-old started MMA only eight years ago. With this sport that doesn’t really seem to get rid of its dark backyard character – because it is fought out in a cage, because it has hardly any restrictions, but allows all forms of combat, be it wrestling, jiu-jitsu, Thai boxing or boxing.
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