Zaid's promotion ceremony. Photo: personal archive.

After successfully promoting the World Pro tryouts and the Desert Force Championship MMA event in Jordan, black belt Zaid Mirza had further reason to celebrate the end of the 2010 season.

“I promoted a lot of athletes at the end of this year. More than thirty of them, men and women. It was the first time we promoted anyone to brown belt, and we also promoted three purple and eleven blue belts, aside from the other promotions,” says Zaid in celebration.