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ANN GETS OUT

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ANN Osman will be missing life in the cage after having just retired as an MMA fighter. The One Championsh­ip female star speaks with Timesport’s Farah Azharie

As One continues to grow with more competitio­ns next year including three events in Kuala Lumpur, this has provided many opportunit­ies for Malaysian fighters and MMA artists to make their dreams come true and advance their careers to a global stage.

As part of the Athlete Relations and Recruitmen­t team for One Championsh­ip, I look forward to discoverin­g and signing new talents, who possess the skills, heart and values that reflect what One Championsh­ip athletes represent. as Ella Tang, Adek Omar and Audrey Laura Boniface.

I really look forward to seeing all of them succeed and continue to make our country proud. To see more rising Malaysian female fighters and bringing different fighting styles to the One cage and winning a One world title in the future would be great.

I am looking forward to expanding our travel company, Travel Rite Tours Sdn Bhd and our brand, Xtreme Paddlers. We offer a lot of adventure tourism products with white water rafting, mountain climbing and trekking being our core products.

I will be busy exploring all the amazing tourism sites in Sabah, creating more travel packages and growing our market appeal. With the success of our recent social responsibi­lity project, Xtreme Academy, we hope to continue it and groom more local youths from rural areas in Sabah to become adventure and tourism profession­als in the industry.

Aside from managing work, I am also looking forward to learning more new skills and martial arts as I am still actively training despite having to retire from profession­al fighting. It’s also a great way to forge relationsh­ips with other teams and gyms as well as discover new talents across the country.

The power to grant never-ending wishes so I can help to make this world a better place to live in.

Thor, must I say more?

There should be more compromise in the world so that peace could take place!

I am such a movie buff that I really love watching comedy and romcom (romantic comedies), aside from Marvel movies, of course.

My all-time favourite, and something I share with my sisters and friends, is that we are huge fans of the movie White Chicks!

I think I have watched it like 10 times and can memorise all the important lines. My favourite line is ‘Triple T KA — Time to Totally Kick-Ass!’

 ??  ?? Ann Osman (left) wants to focus on business as well as explore other opportunit­ies outside the cage.
Ann Osman (left) wants to focus on business as well as explore other opportunit­ies outside the cage.

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