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Pakistan's Maliha Ali topples Russia's Drozdova at MMA world championships
<p>Russia arrived at the IMMAF World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, with more than 60 athletes, government backing and one of the best-funded programmes in the sport. On Tuesday, a 24-year-old from Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, beat one of them.</p> <p>Maliha Ali defeated Veronika Drozdova, a two-time European champion and, at 19, by split decision in their f